Sahel

On 25 June 2018, the Council adopted conclusions on the Sahel/Mali.

The collapse of the self-proclaimed "Islamic State" Caliphate in Syria and Iraq has led to increased efforts by extremists to recruit their members in Sub-Saharan Africa, which could trigger a new migration crisis in Europe.

This was warned yesterday by the director of the United Nations World Food Program, David Beasley, the Associated Press reported.

The European Union is set to double its funding for a multi-national military operation in West Africa’s Sahel region to counter Islamist insurgencies, EU diplomats said, part of a broader effort to fight militants and people traffickers.

Tens of millions of people will be forced from their homes by climate change in the next decade, creating the biggest refugee crisis the world has ever seen, according to a new report, quoted by the Guardian.