Francophone Africa
From instability across the Sahel to coups, conflicts and rising geopolitical tensions in central and western Africa, HD promotes dialogue and builds peace from ground level to high level.
In the Sahel region, HD focuses on mediating inter-community conflicts to create stability for communities affected by insecurity in the region.
As climate change aggravates many conflicts, our networks help to resolve violent disputes over water, land and other resources.
HD supports more than 2,000 agro-pastoral mediators across the G5 Sahel states of Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania who have settled hundreds of micro-conflicts between farmers and pastoralists.
HD has brokered local agreements in Chad, Mali and Burkina Faso over management of resources and demarcated hundreds of kilometres of corridors for safe movement of cattle.
In Senegal, home to Africa’s oldest insurgency, meetings facilitated by HD have led to an ambitious roadmap to peace by the government and three factions of the MFDC separatist movement in Casamance.
Across Francophone Africa, HD has mediated dozens of local peace agreements by consulting extensively with women, youth, community leaders and religious groups.
The accords have allowed the return of tens of thousands of displaced people and the reopening of schools and clinics.
We also work in coastal countries to support efforts to prevent, manage and resolve local conflicts.
HD backs initiatives for negotiations in Cameroon by focusing on conflict management and de-escalating violence.
We also support international efforts to end years of turmoil in Central African Republic.
Photo: Community dialogue in Chad as part of HD’s mediation work in the Sahel. © HD
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