| Summary: | The Sahel region, which extends from Mauritania to Somalia, has experienced chronic social and political-military conflict. These catastrophes contributes to the instability of the region, ranging from terrorist attacks, coup- d'tats, drugs, arms and migrant trafficking. International organizations' interventions from the United Nations, the North Atlantic Organization and the African Union currently working to stabilize the region have failed to collaborate. Closer cooperation between these organizations is necessary to achieve stabilization and they should focus on improving the factors which are the root cause of the instability. To narrow down which factors that these international organizations should collaborate to improve, this study collects the number of the main social and political- military crises including terrorist, coup d'tats and the change in percentage of drug, arm and migrant trafficking that have occurred in the region throughout the 21st century. The results of my analysis, collected from sources such as the United Nations Development Report, Global Terrorism Index, International Organizations for Migration, and the U.S Central for Intelligence Agencies, concludes that during the years of poor governance, these social and political crises were at their peak. However, they were at their lowest when international organizations were working with regional bodies to strengthen regional governments. This analysis shows that while international organizations should continue to focus on the main socio and political crises contributing to the instability of the region, working collaboratively to instill stable government institutions should take precedent as it appears to be the link to regional instability in the Sahel.
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