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Sahelian farmers and herders will clash more

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SAHEL

Sahelian societies are overwhelmingly rural and dependent on agriculture and pastoralism. Farmer and herder lifestyles can complement each other, but climate change and population…

Food crisis in the Sahel will intensify this year

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SAHEL

The lean season in the Sahel region runs from May to August and is typically the period of greatest food insecurity in an endemically food-insecure area. This year, amid…

North Africa's wheat crisis may be worse in winter

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NORTH AFRICA

It has the per-capita highest wheat consumption in the world. A significant proportion of the region’s wheat imports comes from Ukraine and Russia, where war has created export…

Containing Africa’s armyworm invasion will be complex

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AFRICA

Fall armyworm in Africa.

Focus on politics will allow Mali’s epidemic to grow

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MALI

COVID-19 impact on Mali.

Drought mars Southern Africa water, food security

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SOUTHERN AFRICA

Water and food security outlook for Southern Africa.

Prospects for East and Central Africa to end-2022

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PROSPECTS H2 2022

Prospects for East and Central Africa to end-2022.

COVID-19 will compound other crises in Niger

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NIGER

COVID-19 impact on Niger.

Armyworm outbreak will become lasting African problem

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AFRICA

The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss the ongoing threat of fall armyworm (FAW) in Southern Africa. FAW wreaks havoc in the maize (corn)-growing countries of the…

Rapid demographic growth may destabilise the Sahel

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SAHEL

However, the context is crucial. This region, where reserves of water, arable land and vegetation are vulnerable to climate change, also sees rates of population growth and human…