The Sahel
The CSIS Africa Program provides analysis on the trends shaping the region through reports, private events, the Into Africa podcast, and our annual Sahel Summit in September
The Sahel is home to one of the world’s most protracted conflicts. A lethal mix of weak governance, mounting insecurity, and widening social chasms is resulting in a growing extremist threat, increased ethnic tension, and untold human suffering.
The Africa Program in coordination with the CSIS Humanitarian Agenda, Cooperative Defense Project, Global Food Security Program, and Project on Prosperity and Development, launched a series analyzing the complex challenges that shape humanitarian considerations in the Sahel. Details on the series can be found here.
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Finding a Path through Quagmire
Brief by Will Brown — August 12, 2022

Spurring Private Investment in Africa
Event by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele , Mimi Alemayehou , David Bamlango , Ken Shibusawa , and Leslie Marbury — March 25, 2022

Déby’s Dead. What’s Next for Chad and the Sahel?
Critical Questions by Judd Devermont — April 20, 2021

Sauti Sol on Making Pop Music During a Pandemic
Podcast Episode by Damola Durosomo — January 14, 2021

Rethinking Crisis Responses in the Sahel
Brief by Judd Devermont and Marielle Harris — December 22, 2020

Security Fragmentation Hinders Humanitarian Response in the Sahel
Report by Kyle Murphy — November 17, 2020

Online Event: The 2nd Annual Sahel Summit
Event by Judd Devermont , Ambassador Ángel Losada Fernandez , Minister Florence Parly , Ambassador J. Peter Pham , Ambassador Maman Sidikou , and Torge Gerlach — October 16, 2020

The Malian Military Ousts a Wayward Government
Critical Questions by Judd Devermont — August 19, 2020

No Time for Complacency: The Covid-19 Pandemic in West Africa’s Sahel Region
Critical Questions by Will Brown — July 8, 2020

Politics at the Heart of the Crisis in the Sahel
Brief by Judd Devermont — December 6, 2019
