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Infrastructure development in the Sahel will be slow

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SAHEL

With populations growing by 3-4% annually, physical infrastructure requires significant expansion. Mobile telephony has been a major success, but there is much to be done to…

Opportunism and localism drive Africa Islamist groups

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AFRICA

Militants targeted Baga town in Borno state on January 3. Unverified reports suggest that this may have been the group's most deadly attack on civilians to date. From Boko Haram…

Insecurity in Niger may rise

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NIGER

Chefou was reportedly recruiting youths from the Fulani ethnic group. There has been confusion around what happened during the incident, which was the US military’s first loss of…

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…

Sahelian countries face acute hunger crisis

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SAHEL

Food shortages and insecurity in the Sahel.

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…

The Sahel faces complex food and climate challenges

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SAHEL

Food security and climate change challenges in the Sahel.

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…

Donors look divided over approaches to the Sahel

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SAHEL

The conference raised approximately USD1bn for 2020, and USD725mn for 2021. This met the organisers’ target for the conference itself, but fell short of the USD2.4bn the UN says…

New AU chair shows regional dynamics will persist

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AFRICAN UNION

The AU Commission is effectively the secretariat of the AU. It has significantly less influence than the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which determines AU policy…