{"id":7364,"date":"2025-07-24T10:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/?page_id=7364"},"modified":"2025-07-31T09:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:29:17","slug":"sub-saharan-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\/sub-saharan-africa","title":{"rendered":"Sub-Saharan Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull ebavs-header-hero-interior\" style=\"padding-bottom:0;min-height:40rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"756\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-7627 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL-2-1024x756.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL-2-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL-2-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL-2-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL-2-1536x1133.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL-2-2048x1511.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide z30 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a8a8a09e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:auto;margin-bottom:auto;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2020375c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--32)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"font-family:var(--wp--preset--font-family--dinnextltpro)\">CONFLICTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-xx-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Sub-Saharan Africa<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-74c7f8fc4672b68828f0fe949a6d9052\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">If you believe that in any conflict the lives of the most vulnerable must be protected, then you are one of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-dinnextltpro-font-family has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/help.openarms.es\/miembro-openarms\/?lang=en\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:14px;padding-left:24px;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.302), 1.13rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Become a member<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide ebavs-hero-menu desktop has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f1f2ed93 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ebavs-hero-menu-inner has-contrast-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-87057a5b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:16px;border-top-right-radius:16px;min-height:18rem;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--32);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--32);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--32);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--32)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f1f2ed93 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-pfdinstencil-font-family has-small-font-size wp-elements-b0e3a9b65c891f40d72e84b02477e69d\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">In this section<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-base-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-base-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b7f7c74a0de32e6c6bbceae00b521f7d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\/sub-saharan-africa\/sahel\">Sahel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1ab3e7453336471571c4a642050c9b3b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\/sub-saharan-africa\/ethiopia\">Ethiopia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f13b40cdc3222fe68bfe868185227a29\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\/sub-saharan-africa\/democratic-republic-of-the-congo\">Congo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-parallax\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-999 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/themes\/openarms\/assets\/images\/openarms-texture.webp)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-77111609 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--16);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--16);padding-right:0;padding-left:0\"><div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\">Conflicts<\/a><\/span> &gt; <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Sub-Saharan Africa<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list dropdown-section mobile has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-88f5fd61068209c658b07440898287f3\">\n<li class=\"dropdown-toggle header-link\">In this section<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\/sub-saharan-africa\/sahel\">Sahel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\/sub-saharan-africa\/ethiopia\">Ethopia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\/sub-saharan-africa\/democratic-republic-of-the-congo\">Congo&#13;\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--48);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--48)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e7c2e856f849e4d7287105fe1172bc41\">CONTEXT<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>This region is the largest humanitarian crisis area in the world. It is so extensive that it is divided into several parts, each with its own specific characteristics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-10 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-global-padding wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3d5ac7cc\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fef0e728 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full not-apply-safari-fix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sudan3.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7644\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sudan3.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sudan3-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sudan3-768x513.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-page is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20ad11840a253fc7f003263000144d2c\">SAHEL <strong>(Mali, Burkina Faso, N\u00edger, Chad)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-family:var(--wp--preset--font-family--dinnextltpro);font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.678), 26px);line-height:1.14em\">La guerra civil siria comenz\u00f3 en 2011 con protestas contra el r\u00e9gimen de Bashar al-\u00c1sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\/sub-saharan-africa\/sahel\">Discover more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-10 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-global-padding wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3d5ac7cc\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fef0e728 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-page order-2 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5633bccbeaf01669fbbf5070f23f2c4a\"><strong>Ethiopia (Tigray) and other hotspots in East Africa&#13;\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-family:var(--wp--preset--font-family--dinnextltpro);font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.678), 26px);line-height:1.14em\">In 2014, internationally recognized President Al-Hadi was overthrown in a coup by the Houthis, a Shia group allegedly supported by Iran.<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\/sub-saharan-africa\/ethiopia\">Discover more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column order-1 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full not-apply-safari-fix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/etiopia2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7639\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/etiopia2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/etiopia2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/etiopia2-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/etiopia2-768x511.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-10 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-global-padding wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3d5ac7cc\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fef0e728 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full not-apply-safari-fix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7659\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFRICA-GENERAL1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-page is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-087cc2adb2a497de67aa9d43c341d075\">Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-family:var(--wp--preset--font-family--dinnextltpro);font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.678), 26px);line-height:1.14em\">For decades, Iran has been a key actor in the balance of power in the Middle East.<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openarms.es\/en\/conflicts\/sub-saharan-africa\/democratic-republic-of-the-congo\">Discover more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-contrast-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-contrast-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c10cc049 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:0vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8c19c11b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-contrast-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a91b9633 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:32px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:2rem;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:2rem\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-78ace86cb7248ac9bfbf74edd2fc24a3\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-size:clamp(1.502rem, 1.502rem + ((1vw - 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