Stories by Janani Vivekananda, Sinead Barry

Survival Sex, Seasonal Migration, How Climate Change Is Driving Mali’s Conflict

Now well into its tenth year, Mali’s conflict has been scrutinized with almost every lens available. Numerous angles can help explain the conflict, including jihadism, democratic fragility, colonial legacies, and Cold War-styled proxies, all of which have intersected to drive the war into its second decade. Despite numerous local and international initiatives to bring lasting …