23 April 2025
The publication African Urbanization Dynamics 2025 provides the most comprehensive overview to date of urbanization trends across the continent, covering demographic growth and spatial...
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23 April 2025
The OECD West Africa and Sahel Club (SWAC) report examines the link between transport infrastructure (roads, railways, ports) and conflict dynamics in North and...
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16 December 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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