Children who fled from attacks of armed militants in the Sahel region play soccer at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kaya, Burkina Faso November 23, 2020 ReutersCentral Sahel has become a hunting ground for armed groups, rebels, jihadists and criminal gangsAfrica's semi-arid Sahel region is a crucible of climate change, population movement and jihadist attacks. A core group — Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger — are gathered in an anti-jihadist alliance called the G5 Sahel. Climate changeAs the world battles climate change, the effect of global warming is around 50% greater in the Sahel. In February, 17 countries set down a plan to invest $400 billion in fighting climate change in the Sahel by 2030. The population of the G5 Sahel region is expected to more than double to around 170 million by 2050, according to the United Nations.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 24, 2020 04:41 UTC