Press Release - At the summit co-organised by UNESCO and the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa on 6 and 7 November to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, ...

Launched by the African Union in 2007, the Great Green Wall (GGW) aims to combat desertification, drought and land ...

As Egypt expands its influence in North Africa, it continues to bump into rebellious Tuaregs, who are not alone in opposing Egyptian influence, While Egypt has the largest economy in North Africa, the ...

As Tuareg rock group Etran de l’Aïr release their new album, we take a look at their record label, the US-based Sahel Sounds ...

Some of the creeping impacts of this triple crisis are possibly the most debilitating: Africa is the most severely impacted ...

U.S. airstrikes hit several Islamic State camps in the Syrian desert on Monday, killing up to 35 of the militant group’s ...

Niger's ruling military junta has struck a deal with US billionaire Elon Musk's satellite internet provider Starlink to expand coverage in the poorly connected country, state media said on Wednesday.

Here, in the northern Sahel desert region of Senegal (known as the Ferlo), the pastoral population walks over dry, dusty ground with their livestock in search of grazing areas and working borehole ...

Save the Children International has revealed that an additional one million children in Nigeria will be suffering from acute malnutrition by April 2025 ...

Analysis of new hunger data from Cadre Harmonisé—the leading regional authority on the severity of hunger crises in the Sahel ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered what he called "total support" for Africa, including in the struggle against ...

While references to the Sahel conjure images of a barren and impoverished region, in ecological terms, it is a region rich in desert and savanna biodiversity. The narratives about the Sahel date back ...