WATCH: The Sahel region is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts on human security, particularly food security and conflict potential. The Potsdam...
WATCH: This session explores how rule of law approaches, including strengthening of legal and judicial systems, good governance and the empowerment of justice...
WATCH: The issues that afflict the Lake Chad basin cross sectors and national borders – and so should their solutions. Mohammed Bila from the Lake Chad Basin...
The people living around Lake Chad are currently suffering from an intertwined humanitarian and security crisis. Clashes between military forces and Boko Haram...
Prominent extremist organisations, including Boko Haram, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State affiliated groups, have flourished in the last...
WATCH: The "Sustainability, Stability and Security" (3S) Initiative is an intergovernmental action launched by Morocco and Senegal to address the root causes of...
WATCH: In this video, experts look into how climate change influences Mali's down spiralling security situation and suggest an approach directed towards...
WATCH: France is increasingly looking into climate and security risks, partly because they manifest in regions of key French interest such as the Pacific...
WATCH: Security in the African continent is severly undermined by climate-related impacts such as droughts, floods and conflicts for resources. However, deep...
WATCH: Japanese foreign policy sees climate change as a severe threat to peace and security. In this interview, Tomoaki Ishigaki from the Ministry of Foreign...
WATCH: What are the causes of violent extremism in Africa? UNDP Programme Coordinator, Mohammed Yahya, argues that young people are marginalized from the...
WATCH: Amina Mohammed discusses the linkages between Boko Haram and the drying of Lake Chad, as well as the challenges of urbanisation, rising sea levels and...
In 1992, plans for converting the Loita Forest – known as the ‘Forest of the Lost Child’ – into a forest reserve met strong opposition from local Maasai...
Since the establishment of the Mafia Island Marine Park in eastern Tanzania for conservation purposes, local access to fisheries and other maritime resources...
WATCH: Adil Najam, Professor for International Relations, Earth and Environment at Boston University, summarizes the main security implications of climate...
Since the end of the Second World War, the South China Sea has been considered to be a major region of instability in Southeast Asia. Whilst territorial...
Increasing demand for palm oil for use in biofuels, amongst other products, has led to drastic increases in land grabbing and deforestation in Indonesia...
From 1991 to 1997 different Tuareg groups were active in an armed struggle against the Government of Niger, demanding greater political autonomy and development...
The Tuareg Rebellion against the government of Mali (1990-1995) was primarily motivated by the economic and political marginalisation of Mali’s northern Azawad...
Sahel droughts in the 1970s and 1980 contributed to the outbreak of Tuareg insurgencies in both Mali and Niger in the early 1990s. After a period of peace...