Sahel

Water crisis in Burkina Faso: a struggle for every drop

9 March 2020

Over the last years armed groups have spread over the Sahel region causing a humanitarian and security crisis, and devastating lives. Humanitarian needs have exploded in Burkina Faso, with 2.2 million people in need of assistance. They are in desperate need of food, shelter, and healthcare, but most urgently they need water. You can help.
Civilians should be the priority at the G5 Sahel Summit

10 January 2020

As the G5 leaders meet at the Sahel Summit in France on 13 January 2020 to discuss their military response to the Sahel conflict, Oxfam and partners warn of insufficient humanitarian aid and protection of civilians.
Emergency in the Sahel: choosing the fight against inequalities

2 July 2019

The crises the Sahel faces, whether they be of a humanitarian, environmental, or security nature, are all rooted in the inequality and profound sense of injustice that permeate Sahelian societies.
More investment in resilience and development needed to tackle Sahel hunger crisis

5 December 2018

Africa's Sahel region currently faces the world’s fastest rise in food insecurity – with an increase of more than 13 million people over the last 11 years.
Social Protection and Food Security in Burkina Faso: Boutiques témoins

6 April 2015

This report examines the functioning of the boutiques témoin network in Burkina Faso, a social protection measure which seeks to improve access to food.
Food Crisis, Gender, and Resilience in the Sahel

15 June 2014

This report deals with the issues, or rather, with the responses to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel, from a gender perspective.
Promoting local food security reserves in the Sahel

10 July 2013

Burkina Faso relies on subsistence agriculture to meet the basic needs of a large part of the population.
First Line of Defence

20 October 2012

Acute food crises continue to reverse positive development trends in sub-Saharan Africa.
Learning the Lessons in the Sahel

15 April 2013

In 2012, the Sahel region of West and Central Africa was once again hit by a severe food crisis, affecting over 18 million people at its peak. At the start of 2012, when the crisis
In the wake of 2012 food crisis, Oxfam calls for radical shift in efforts to tackle hunger in the Sahel

15 April 2013

In a new report, 'Learning the Lessons', international agency Oxfam says that the aid community needs to fundamentally change the way it deals with food crises in the region and help communities to better prepare for recurring emergencies.