Mapping Africa Transformations
Reports
Read in depth studies and publications.
City shapes and climate change in Africa
Africa is undergoing an unprecedented urban and climate transition; yet, given the right conditions, compact urban forms can encourage greater sustainability, resilience and liveability in coming decades
Boosting African cities’ resilience to climate change: The role of green spaces
Green spaces can boost the resilience of cities to heat waves, floods, landslides, and even coastal erosion, in addition, to enhancing sustainability by improving air quality, protecting biodiversity, and absorbing carbon
Populist civil society, the Wagner Group, and post-coup politics in Mali
The military coup of August 2020 upended Mali’s fragile liberal democratic order
Political violence targeting women in West Africa
Women around the world are facing unprecedented levels of targeted political violence
Non-military actors as a regional strategy in the Lake Chad region
The purpose of this paper is to examine current regional strategies employed to counter extremism in the Lake Chad Basin region
Women and climate change in the Sahel
This paper explores the gendered impacts of climate change in the Sahel
Long term trends across security and development in the Sahel
This paper offers a broad overview of the current situation in the Sahel paying attention to the intersecting and overlapping issues of security and development