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Climate, Conflict and Overpopulation in the Sahel. The Sahel region of Africa comprises of one of the world’s harshest climates and faces some of the biggest challenges to development and peace. Stretching 5000 kms from Senegal’s Atlantic shorelines across to the Red Sea, the area transforms from the dry and semi-arid Saharan desert climate ...
- Geography and Climate
- Countries of The Sahel
- African Kingdoms of The Sahel
- People of The Sahel
The Sahel is approximately 5,900 km long. Its width differs depending on location, though its average width is 300 km. The total land area of the Sahel is 3,053,200 sq. km. In terms of topography, the Sahel tends to be quite flat. Elevations in the region average between 200 and 400 meters above sea level. The region is home to isolated plateaus an...
The Sahel passes through 10 African countries. It begins on the Atlantic coasts of Senegal and Mauritania, and passes east through the central parts of Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan into northwestern Eritrea, ending at Eritrea’s Red Sea coast. Part of the Sahel also reaches into the extreme northern parts of Burkina Faso and Nigeria, and the extreme...
The Sahel can be a harsh region to live in. Nevertheless, several African kingdoms have prospered in the region. The first large state to materialize in the Sahel was the empire of Ghana, not to be confused with the modern-day country of Ghana in Western Africa, for which it is named. Actually, modern-day Ghana is nowhere near the area that was hom...
The Sahel is home to several people and cultures. The most northerly ethnic group of the Sahel region are the Tuareg, a people of Berber origin, whose Sahelian people live in northern Mali and northern Niger. Further to the west are the Soninke, the ethnic group that founded the Ghana Empire. The modern-day Soninke live near Bakel, on the Senegal R...
Climate. The Sahelian climate is tropical. Summers are hot, with maximum mean temperatures varying from 33° to 36°C (91° to 97°F). Monthly mean minimum temperatures fall in the range of 18° to 21°C (64° to 70°). Rainfall in the southern area of the region is around 600 mm (23.6 inches). This decreases to around 200 mm (7.9 in) in the north.
The link between climate change and conflict is increasingly at the forefront of security and development discussions. One place of greatest concern is the Sahel, a region defined by challenging ...
Nick van de Giesen. Abstract Impacts of climate change vary from region to region. The 4th Assessment Report of the IPCC mentions that drier areas will be affected by more droughts and that the rainfall regime, in general, will become" rougher". In West Africa, specifically the area below the Sahel, the climate change signal may be more subtle.
- Wilfran Moufouma-Okia
In the Sahel, the population amounts to over 300 million peo - ple, Nigeria being the most populous country with 206 million inhabitants [4]. Despite high mortality rates of children under five [5], the Sahel is home to some of the fastest growing societies in the world with high population growth rates between 2.6 % and 3.8 % [6]. Based on ...
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Jun 7, 2021 · Analysis in English on Mali and 9 other countries about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Drought, Flood and more; published on 7 Jun 2021 by NUPI
