26 February 2025
OECD – Roads and Conflicts in North and West Africa
This report explores the relationship between transport systems and conflict dynamics in North and West Africa over 24 years. Roads, railways, and ports are...
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Research
26 February 2025
16 December 2024
ACLED – Conflict intensifies and instability spreads beyond Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger
In 2024, the central Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger continued to experience persistent high levels of violence. These countries grapple with...
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24 October 2024
ISS Africa – Rethinking responses to unconstitutional changes of government in West Africa
Since 2020, West Africa has experienced six unconstitutional changes of government in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger. The recurrence of these coups, the...
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22 October 2024
UNOWAS Report of the Secretary General of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel
The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) published an overview of developments and trends in West Africa and the Sahel,...
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21 October 2024
Senior Study Group for the Sahel: Final Report and Recommendations
The United States has not traditionally viewed the Sahel as a region of vital interest, whether in terms of security or from an...
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30 August 2024
The situation of refugees and internal displaced persons in the Sahel
As of July 31, 2024, 5,451,677 refugees, asylum seekers, and internal displaced persons were registered in the Sahel by the UNHCR and national authorities....
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31 July 2023
Clingendael – Unravelling Turkish involvement in the Sahel
In the past decade, Turkey has significantly expanded its engagement in Africa, leading to concerns within the European Union (EU) that this influence might...
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14 June 2023
SIPRI – Humanitarian Protection in the Liptako-Gourma Region: Local Protection Mechanisms and Humanitarian Response
Located at the borders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, the Liptako-Gourma region is the new epicentre of the Sahara–Sahel crisis that broke out...
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14 June 2023
Crisis Group – Containing Militancy in West Africa’s Park W
Sahelian jihadists have occupied Park W, a huge nature reserve in the borderlands of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger, transforming it into a launchpad...
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