Audio and Key Insights: sahara-sahel.org, 6 April 2026
(sahara-sahel.org) – The gist of this edition’s texts are that in Africa’s Sahel and broader dry belt, overlapping crises—water scarcity,…
Securing Africa’s Future Water Needs (CSIS)
The serious and expanding problem of water insecurity from the Sahel to South Africa is examined in this feature. It…
Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program. Impacts on the Economy, Productivity and Self-Reliance (World Bank)
By incorporating income-generating assistance into social safety net systems, the World Bank’s Productive Inclusion page describes a strategy for improving…
Impact of climate-smart agricultural technologies adoption on food security in the West African Sahel: evidence from Mali and Niger (European Commission)
Using data from Mali and Niger and sophisticated econometric models, this study examines how climate-smart agricultural technologies (CSAT) affect food…
Healthy diets, costs and food policies in the Sahel and West Africa (OECD)
The ‘triple burden of malnutrition,’ which includes undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overnutrition, characterizes the food and nutrition security crisis in…
Improved Food Security in the Sahel (The Borgen Project)
More than 300 million people in the Sahel region suffer from chronic hunger as a result of extreme food insecurity…
From Silos to Synergies: Partnering for Social Cohesion in the Sahel (sipri)
In order to address the interconnected problems in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, the German government funds the…
Responding faster to droughts with satellites and adaptive social protection in Niger (World Bank)
This article describes how Niger is responding swiftly and efficiently to droughts, which often endanger livelihoods and food security, by…
From Silos to Synergies: Partnering for Social Cohesion in the Sahel (sipri)
Through the humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus, the Sahel Resilience Partnership (SRP) is an example of a concerted effort to solve complex,…
Audio: sahara-sahel.org, 15 October 2025
(Gemini Audio) (sahara-sahel.org) – Armed conflict, climate change, and food insecurity have displaced nearly four million people across Burkina Faso,…
In Africa’s Sahel, conflict and climate change force millions from their homes (United Nations)
Armed conflict, climate change, and severe food insecurity are all contributing to the Sahel’s worsening humanitarian disaster. By 2025, there…
Defying drought across the Sahel (World Bank)
Prosperity is based on water, especially in low-income areas where more than half of all jobs are in industries related…