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Launch of the Podcast Series: ‘The Sahel Untold’
Side Event Held on the Margins of the 2025 DDR Symposium
Time: 3-4 PM EDT (8-9PM CET)
Location: Hybrid / United Nations Headquarters, UN Plaza 1, Floor 15, room S-1522, New York
Bouba’s dream was to become a doctor—until life had other plans. Somewhere along the way, his path shifted. Instead of becoming a medical professional, Bouba found himself stitching the wounds of Boko-Haram fighters deep in Sambisa forest, a remote border region between Cameroon and Nigeria.
On the margins of the 2025 DDR Symposium, bicc/AU/DPO will launch a new podcast series “The Sahel Untold”. Reflecting on life stories such as Bouba’s, the series shares personal experiences of people from the Sahel—a region often described as fragile and facing a diverse set of challenges including climate change, poverty and the presence of extremist groups. By bringing voices from conflict-affected borderlands in the Sahel directly into international policy conversations, we seek to bridge the gap between global policy and local reality.
This podcast has been created / produced in the framework of a joint project of the African Union (AU), the United Nations Department of Peace Operations (DPO) and bicc titled ´Regional Approaches to Dealing with Armed Groups in the Sahel`. This project is generously funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
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Get firsthand insights and background information from one of the protagonists featured in the podcast The Sahel Untold;
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Reflect together with our panellists and audience on how storytelling can influence DDR debates and enhance understanding of conflict dynamics in borderlands;
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The podcast is produced by One Pod Wonder.
Find out more about the Project 'Regional Approaches to Dealing with Armed Groups in the Sahel'.
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