Since 1920, the Sahara has grown by about 10%, moving south into the Sahel. The Sahara’s edge is now in places like Mali, where 65% of the land is desert or semi-desert. It’s growing 48 ...

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

The Great Green Wall, a multibillion-dollar initiative to plant trees to combat desertification in the Sahel region of Africa, is one example. The effort, launched in 2007, has drawn criticism for ...

The Sahel countries of Mali ... mains d’Al-Qaïda,” which translates in English into “Prisoner of the desert, 711 days in the hands of Al-Qaida” — is out, Dubois said he was hoping ...

Macron also dismissed the notion that French troops had been expelled from the Sahel, an area that sits just below the Sahara Desert, as Paris’ influence on its former colonies wanes.

The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Desert-to-Power (DtP) initiative, which aims to install 10 GW of solar across 11 Sahel countries by 2030, is hiring a project coordinator. The application ...