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Resilience

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This OECD report looks at ways to improve the resilience of systems to deal with the unexpected arrival of large inflows of refugees and other vulnerable migrants. For European countries as a whole, the impact of the refugee inflow is estimated to be small. The report tackles issues of anticipation, monitoring and reacting. It recommends that countries increase their co-operation and share information to enable them to deal more effectively and quickly with inflows of humanitarian migrants. Read on

27 Sep 2018

Driving factors of West African migration

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Nigeria

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SWAC

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Promoting good governance rather than economic development could be even more effective in providing West Africans with the hope that they can live fulfilling lives in their own countries of origin. This was a key message from the SWAC/OECD webinar, “Identifying the factors driving West African migration”, which took place on 27 September. Read on

31 Aug 2018

Chancellor Merkel visits Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria

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Business and migration were the key topics of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s three-day tour of West Africa from 29-31 August. Merkel was accompanied by a high-level business delegation to promote business ties and private sector investment, in line with the objectives of the G20 Compact with Africa that was initiated in June 2017. Read on

01 Mar 2018

Transhumance and nomadism

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Transhumance is a mobile livestock farming method that is based on regular, seasonal movements. The movements are mostly predictable; each year, herders follow the rhythm of the seasons and pass over the same trails and pasturelands that they already know. On the other hand, nomadism is characterised by the continual and unpredictable movements of all members of a family or a group. Most agro-pastoralists in the Sahel today practice semi-transhumance. Read on

23 Feb 2018

RPCA calls for action to address the critical pastoral situation

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The Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) organised a regional consultation on the critical pastoral situation in the Sahel on 21-23 February in Niamey. Bringing together six Sahelian countries, the main host countries on the West African coast and development partners, the Network members made a series of recommendations to the region’s policy makers on how to address the crisis. Read on

29 Jan 2018

30th AU summit launches African Anti-Corruption Year

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Democracy & Peace

Regional integration

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African leaders from the African Union’s (AU) 55 member countries gathered from 22-29 January in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss the continent’s integration agenda. “Winning the fight against corruption: A sustainable path to Africa’s transformation” was the official topic of the 30th AU Summit. On this occasion, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched the AU’s 2018 theme, fighting corruption on the continent. Read on

08 Jan 2018

Does pastoralism still have a future in West Africa?

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Culture & Society

Food security & Nutrition

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Sahara-Sahel

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This issue of the Grain de Sel magazine published by Inter-réseaux, is part of a series of reflections on pastoralism in West Africa, which started in 2015. It underlines the linkages between pastoralism in the Sahel and coastal countries, which have often been neglected in development strategies. Read on

08 Dec 2017

Pastoralism and conflict prevention

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Benin

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From 6-8 December in Cotonou, Benin, CILSS organised a conference on “Operational approaches to conflict sensitivity and prevention in pastoral areas,” which was chaired by the Beninese minister of agriculture, livestock and fisheries. The purpose of the event was to present the achievements of the Pastoralism and stability in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (PASSHA) project. Read on

04 Dec 2017

Linking borderlands research and policy in Africa and Europe

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Niger

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