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Violence is not fueled by a lack of food in West Africa

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The number of violent events recorded in the last decade in West Africa is either independent of agricultural seasonality or increases with the abundance of resources. The lack of seasonality in West African conflicts suggests that political violence does not have a direct link with environmental factors. Instead, the story of hunger is one of […]

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Food insecurity and conflict go hand in hand in West Africa

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Subnational data reveal a very strong link between food and political insecurity in West Africa. Regions subject to food insecurity are not only prone to more violence, but conflict is more concentrated spatially than in other regions. More food insecurity in conflict regions This correspondence is particularly evident when disaggregated food security data is superimposed […]

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