A call to action: The humanitarian crisis in the Sahel is worsening (Open Global Rights)
Civil society organizations in the Sahel region are advocating for investments in resilience, sustainable development, and improved social cohesion, citing…
Sustained investment in the Sahel region: A humanitarian, peacebuilding and strategic imperative (International Alert)
Millions of people in the Sahel region are in desperate need of immediate humanitarian aid, which exacerbates the region’s already…
Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel (Council on Foreign Relations)
The Sahelian nations of Africa are expected to be among those most impacted by climate change. Beza Tesfaye contends that…
Political Instability and Economic Development in the Sahel: Governance in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Sudan since 2000 (BGI Country Reports and Briefs)
For an extended period, nations within the region have been imprisoned by unviable economic strategies that primarily concentrate on the…
New report finds major social cohesion losses in climate vulnerable areas and assesses existing programming and next steps (DIIS, Denmark)
This DIIS Report details new research showing significant losses in social cohesion in extremely vulnerable Sahelian and West African regions…
The Great Green Wall: Hope for the Sahara and the Sahel (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)
Africa is developing into a global marvel. The future of the African continent may be significantly impacted by the Great…
Deadly climate change-induced furnace strikes in Sahel and West Africa (Daily Maverick; Imperial College London)
According to hospital reports, many of the hundreds of deaths that took place in the Sahel region in April 2024…
Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel (Council on Foreign Relations)
The Sahelian nations of Africa are expected to be among those most impacted by climate change. Beza Tesfaye contends that…
Extreme Sahel heatwave that hit highly vulnerable population at the end of Ramadan would not have occurred without climate change (World Weather Attribution)
Extreme heat was experienced by a region in West Africa and the Sahel at the end of March and the…
Climate change, development, and conflict-fragility nexus in the Sahel (Brookings)
The Sahel has once again drawn attention from around the world, more than 40 years after a devastating famine devastated…
Support urgently needed to avert a deeper Sahel crisis, UNHCR’s protection chief warns (UNHCR)
The region has enormous challenges. The consequences of climate change are causing new acute strains in addition to the numerous…
Bringing forth water to combat food insecurity and climate change in the Sahel (The World Bank)
Rainfed farming is the main source of income for 64% of the Sahelian people, who are mostly rural residents. Just…