The Sahelian coups of 2020-23 exacerbated the jihadist insurgencies in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. However, these coups were not a total break with what preceded them. Recognizing pre-coup trends is crucial for understanding the impact of the coups on levels of violence.

The April 2024 restricted meeting of the RPCA looked at the food and nutrition security situation in the region.

At this year’s Munich Security Conference, the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC/OECD), hosted a roundtable discussion on the relationships between actors in conflict in North and West Africa.

The objective of this note is to update the pioneer work on conflict networks conducted by the OECD Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) in the region by using a formal approach to networks known as dynamic social network analysis.

Intended to help guide responses to the region’s political challenges, the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC/OECD) created an interactive, spatial tool for policy makers in 2019, the Spatial Conflict Dynamics indicator (SCDi).

How can food systems be transformed so that healthy and affordable diets are accessible to all? In this episode, Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, explores key strategies to achieve this goal. She discusses diversifying diets with more locally sourced, nutrient-dense indigenous foods that require fewer resources to grow and are climate-resilient.

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