And the local vegetation did not have to bear the impact of 100 voracious grazers. Then came an era when kind-hearted people wanted to help diminish poverty on the Sahel. But they discovered the ...

"As a result, vegetation cover fraction increases by about 20%." In the Sahel, the semi-arid region that lies to the south of the Sahara, average rainfall increased 1.12mm per day where wind farms ...

In recent times, as the military knocked off one civilian regime after another across the Sahel, observers were disconcerted by the prospect of a region-wide capitulation to autocracy and the ...

Our new report, Changing climate, changing realities: migration in the Sahel, looks at ways climate change is affecting people’s lives, with case studies from Mali and Sudan. In the Sahel region, ...

Abuses by various jihadist groups, local militias and the Wagner Group are on the rise in the Sahel. The worsening security situation has forced the NGO Doctors Without Borders to suspend its ...

The SASPP Annual Report 2024 covers the SASPP Results Framework and highlights key country and regional achievements, as well as future plans to support the strengthening of adaptive social protection ...

In Ghana, Sahel Jihadis Find Refuge and Supplies, Sources Say (This Oct. 24 story has been corrected to clarify that Atimpe is a researcher on preventing violent extremism, not an expert on ...

Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of ...

Activists are condemning the juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for failing to keep their promises. Some are calling for a return to civilian rule. https://p.dw ...

According to the military high command, the Libyan conflict and instability in the Sahel have allowed arms to flow into Nigeria, exacerbating the country’s insurgency and terrorism crisis.

The Israeli military has apologized for a strike that killed three Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon, saying it is not battling the country’s military and its troops believed they were targeting a ...