Discover how Africa is combatting the encroachment of the Sahara Desert in this insightful video. - **0:00** Introduction - **0:46** The Sahel: Learn about this region's unique challenges and ...

A World Bank-backed study in Niger found that delivering cash transfers before drought-induced lean seasons significantly ...

The U.N.'s World Food Programme says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across ...

On 30 June 2025 in Ouagadougou, representatives from six member countries of the Desert to Power Initiative approved key strategic documents to boost independent power production in the Sahel, at the ...

In the Sahel, a region plagued by jihadist violence, there are roads people steer clear of and others they travel on with ...

The Green Climate Fund approves $222 million for FAO to launch the SURAGGWA program in eight Sahelian countries. • The initiative focuses on restoring degraded lands and developing value chains for ...

Morocco’s $1.3bn Atlantic Initiative aims to link Sahel nations to the ocean via Western Sahara, despite coups, rivalries, ...

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western ...

Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new terrorism hot spots and displacing millions.

Sahel juntas drive new era in mineral extraction Martina Schwikowski 04/03/2025 In Niger, a local company has been granted a license to mine copper.

Does climate change fuel terrorism in the Sahel? Local populations feel the effects of climate change, but new research shows only indirect links to violent extremism.