UNA-ORLANDO - The African Sahel

THE AFRICAN SAHEL

The African Sahel, located underneath the Sahara desert and above the Sudanese Savanna represents a vibrant community of roughly 102 million people. However, turbulence has tumbled through the region the past few decades. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian 29 million Sahelians need assistance and protection. Its unique location has caused its inhabitants to be heavily affected by climate change, and has been a site for severe non-state violence. Finally as of 2021, countries within the Sahel such as Guinea and Mali face civil unrest after governmental coups. This page serves as an introduction to conflicts within the Sahel, and aims to keep our readers informed and updated with accurate and timely news about the Sahel.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEARNING RESOURCES

Civil Unrest & Uncertainty In Governance

Terrorism and Nonstate Violence

LEARNING RESOURCES

Background

Ten things to know about the situation in the Sahel - United Nations OCHAThe humanitarian situation in the Sahel is deteriorating quickly and significantly. People’s needs across the region are now at unprecedented levels, and their vulnerabilities are deepening and increasing due to escalating conflict, rising food insecurity, multiplying climate emergencies and the pandemic.People across the Sahel show great resilience, generosity, solidarity and strength. But meaningful action and support are needed to shore up that resilience and help millions of people protect their communities and land.Here are 10 facts you need to know.

The Sahel is engulfed by violence. Climate change, food insecurity and extremists are largely to blameFrom climate change to weak governance to poor infrastructure, a perfect storm of factors is threatening to unleash violence across the region.

Sahel - The world’s most neglected and conflict-ridden regionArmed conflicts, dramatic climate change and little opportunity to receive an education or find a job, are an everyday reality for many in Africa’s Sahel region.

Civil Unrest & Uncertainty In Governance

Guinea: Leaders Should Respect Fundamental Rights

West African bloc ECOWAS sanctions Guinea and Mali over coupsWest Africa's main regional bloc on Thursday imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea and those slowing Mali's post-coup transition - its toughest response yet to a run of military takeovers.

Guinea military government names Mohamed Beavogui as PMBeavogui, who has no previous government experience, is an expert in agricultural finance and has worked for the UN.

Climate Change

The Sahel in the midst of climate changeThe Sahelian region is experiencing the full impact of climate change and its dramatic consequences on people's livelihoods.

Where Climate Change Is Reality: Supporting Africa’s Sahel Pastoralists to Secure a Resilient FutureWith growing social and environmental challenges that are threatening the livelihoods and living conditions of pastoralists in the Sahel, a World Bank-financed project is protecting pastoral and agro pastoral systems and increasing resilience.

The Central Sahel: Scene of New Climate Wars?In the central Sahel, states are mobilising to combat the impact of climate change as way of reducing conflict. But to respond suitably to growing insecurity, it is important to look beyond a simplistic equation linking global warming and resource scarcity to outbreaks of violence.

Terrorism and Nonstate Violence

Sahel jihadists: West Africa faces up to policing its terror triangleNew tactics are being used in the fight against jihadists as Chad and France reduce their military roles.

Several soldiers killed in central Mali attackAt least 16 soldiers killed and 10 more wounded near the village of Bodio, Mopti region, according to officials.

France to pull more than 2,000 troops from Africa's SahelPARIS (AP) — France will withdraw more than 2,000 troops from an anti-extremism force in Africa’s Sahel region by early next year and pivot its military presence to specialized regional forces instead, President Emmanuel Macron said Friday.

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