Satellite analysis shows ‘vanishing’ lake has grown since 1990s, but climate instability is driving communities into the arms of Boko Haram and Islamic State...

In Mali and in the Sahel, changing rainfall patterns have been said to stress much of the current security crisis affecting the region, which can also be traced...

Intelligence analysts have agreed since the late 80s that climate change poses serious security risks. A series of authoritative governmental and non...

The Planetary Security Conference 2019, which concluded on 20 February, saw a number of workshops being held on the Sahel region and specifically Mali, one of...

In “Africa’s smallest war,” both Kenya and Uganda lay claim to Migingo Island, a tiny island in the waters of Lake Victoria. While the claims are over the...

Times of war can result in rapid environmental degradation as people struggle to survive and environmental management systems break down resulting in damage to...

“I want you to panic”. This was the message that 16 year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg gave to the World Economic Forum in Davos on 25 January, and in it...

Climate change has been identified and recognized as a security issue and a threat multiplier by the international community, and climate security is now an...