International Rescue Committee

The Central Sahel: How conflict and climate change drive crisis

Learn how conflict and climate change interact to form a compounded crisis in the Central Sahel, one of the world’s most vulnerable regions. Despite making up just 0.9% of the global population, the ...
Climate Central

Human-caused climate change fuels extreme heat in Africa’s Sahel region: Burkina Faso and Mali

Human-caused climate change fuels extreme heat in Africa’s Sahel region: Burkina Faso and Mali Unusually hot temperatures forecast over the next four days (March 4-8) in Burkina Faso and parts of Mali ...
Mongabay

How the Sahel junta is responding to climate change amid political isolation

Torrential rains during the Sahel’s rainy season (July to September) caused widespread flooding, displacing millions and submerging tens of thousands of hectares of cropland across Burkina Faso, Chad, ...
Mongabay

A forest garden project attempts to expand into the Sahel

A project in the Sahel and East Africa claims to fight both soil erosion and poverty through regenerative agroforestry. U.S.-based NGO Trees for the Future (TREES) trains farmers in what it calls the ...
International Rescue Committee

The Central Sahel: How conflict and climate change drive crisis

The Central Sahel region of Africa, which includes Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Over 16 million people need assistance and protection, marking a 172 ...