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The Central Sahel: Scene of New Climate Wars?
The Central Sahel: Scene of New Climate Wars?
Table of Contents
  1. Synthèse
  2. Quand le climat chauffe, les esprits s’échauffent ?
  3. Le rôle du changement climatique dans la transformation des systèmes agropastoraux
  4. Ressources accrues, tensions accrues
  5. Mutations des systèmes agropastoraux et niveau de violence : l’exemple du centre du Mali
  6. Mieux réguler les conditions d’accès aux ressources naturelles
  7. Conclusions
Containing Militancy in West Africa’s Park W
Containing Militancy in West Africa’s Park W
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Containing Militancy in West Africa’s Park W
  3. Introduction
  4. A Park under Threat
    1. A Century-long Conservation Effort
    2. Droughts, Migration and Growing Populations
    3. Conflict on the Park’s Edges
  5. Jihadist Takeover
    1. Arrivals, Recruits and Allies
    2. Local Headquarters
    3. Satellite Cells and Forested By-ways
    4. Undermining Conservation
  6. Safeguarding Park W
    1. Securing Park W
    2. Improving Conservation
    3. Addressing Conflict over Resources
  7. Policy Recommendations
    1. A Three-tiered Military Strategy
    2. Declassifying the Park’s Buffer Zones
    3. A Long-term Project: Transforming Agricultural Production
  8. Conclusion
  9. Appendix A: Map of Conflict Incidents and Protected Areas in the Sahel
Girls carry water on their bicycles at a dispensary in Nedogo village near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 16 February 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Briefing 154 / Africa

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.

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