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…
Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel (Council on Foreign Relations)
The African countries of the Sahel stand to be among the most affected by climate change. To help mitigate its…
Foundations of Burkina Faso’s Great Green Wall: Vegetation Growth in the Sahel Since 1990 (Toronto Metropolitan University)
In 2006, the African Union conceived a plan to halt the advancing desert, a wall of greenery stretching from coast…
Reorienting Europe’s Approach in the Sahel (International Crisis Group)
To that end, the EU and its member states should … eorient their policies toward the long term in three…
Climate change, illicit economies and community resilience: Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal (Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime)
In West Africa, communities grappling with the severe impacts of climate change are turning to organized crime for survival. This…
Climate Change & Human Mobility In Africa: Global Political Implications (Global Forum on Migration and Development via Friedrich Ebert Foundation)
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G5 Sahel Region : Country Climate and Development Report – Annex (The World Bank)
The five countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger (the G5) in the Sahel region of Africa are…