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Sparsely populated and usually peripheral to the surrounding countries (Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria), the Lake Chad area has been affected by the spillover of the Boko Haram…
His nomination to run for yet another term met large protests in major towns including N'Djamena, where fighting broke out with security forces leading to arrests. In the last…
OCHA warns that over 8 million people in these states are in need of assistance and about 600,000 face emergency levels of food insecurity as a result of the insurgency by…
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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270693
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Military coups in Mali and Burkina Faso have led to political divisions that are now undermining regional security cooperation and threaten to end French and EU counterterrorism…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270510
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Much of Mauritania and Chad are food stressed as well. European Union estimates, counting the five Sahelian countries as well as Nigeria and Cameroon, put the number of people…
Sahelian societies are overwhelmingly rural and dependent on agriculture and pastoralism. Farmer and herder lifestyles can complement each other, but climate change and population…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270010
ISSN: 2633-304X
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This year, the floods have coincided with rising living costs and threaten to trigger protests, especially in densely populated southern cities where the president is not popular…
Boko Haram and the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216928
ISSN: 2633-304X
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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…