Archive - October 6, 2023

In the news   Foley Institute hears about effects of climate crisis overseas   Founder of Timbuktu Center for Strategic Studies on the Sahel recounts experiences facing climate and migration crises AIMEE SULIT, Evergreen reporter October 4, 2023 Washington State University   English professor Peter Chilton (Niger 1985-87) shared that the United Nations High Commission for Refugees has found that almost 100,000 people try to leave Africa within West Africa every month and the population of displaced persons in places such as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger reach about 3.2 million people at Tuesday’s Foley Talk. El Hadj Djitteye, Timbuktu Center for Strategic Studies on the Sahel’s Founder and Executive Director also spoke and discussed the climate and migration crisis in the West African Sahel as well as the conflicts that result from them. Djitteye gave his presentation alongside Chilson, who has been traveling to West Africa since 1985 and was . . .