Sahel conflicts

E816294
armed conflict humanitarian crisis regional conflict security crisis

Sahel conflicts are a series of overlapping armed struggles in the Sahel region of Africa involving jihadist insurgencies, communal violence, and state fragility that have created one of the world’s most severe humanitarian and security crises.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Insurgency in the Sahel 1
Northern Mali conflict 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
humanitarian crisis ⓘ
regional conflict ⓘ
security crisis ⓘ
characterizedBy attacks on humanitarian workers ⓘ
attacks on security forces ⓘ
cross‑border dynamics ⓘ
overlapping armed struggles ⓘ
terrorist attacks on civilians ⓘ
hasCause climate stress ⓘ
competition over natural resources ⓘ
marginalization of peripheral regions ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
proliferation of small arms ⓘ
spillover from Libyan civil war ⓘ
spread of jihadist ideology ⓘ
state fragility ⓘ
weak governance ⓘ
hasComponent communal violence ⓘ
cross‑border violence ⓘ
intercommunal conflict ⓘ
jihadist insurgency ⓘ
state–armed group conflict ⓘ
hasEffect civilian casualties ⓘ
disruption of education ⓘ
economic disruption ⓘ
food insecurity ⓘ
growth of ungoverned spaces ⓘ
mass displacement ⓘ
undermining of state authority ⓘ
involvesActor French armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations peacekeeping missions NERFINISHED ⓘ
national armed forces of Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ
national armed forces of Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ
national armed forces of Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ
regional G5 Sahel Joint Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesCountry Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mauritania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesNonStateActor Boko Haram NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic State West Africa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin NERFINISHED ⓘ
criminal networks ⓘ
ethnic militias ⓘ
local self‑defence militias ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises ⓘ
one of the world’s most severe security crises ⓘ
significantEscalation 2012 ⓘ
2013 ⓘ
startTime early 2000s ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trans-Saharan Africa → associatedWith → Sahel conflicts ⓘ
FAMa → conflict → Sahel conflicts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Insurgency in the Sahel
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2085 → subject → Sahel conflicts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict