This photo, taken outside the town of Diakhao, Senegal in March of 2018, illustrates the conditions of the Sahel during the dry season. The Sahel is the transition zone that lies south of the Sahara ...

With very few exceptions, Africa’s Sahel—a strip of Africa that lies just south of the Sahara Desert—is a barren, devastated place populated largely by semi-nomadic Fulani herdsmen who keep watch over ...

The curator spoke to Artnet News on the occasion of the Met's stunning new exhibition, “Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara." Installation view of ...

Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara assembles a tremendous collection of cultural heritage, spanning 1,300 years between the pre-Islamic period and the 19th century. The Sahel, which ...

Since withdrawing from ECOWAS, the post-coup countries have inaugurated a new bank, TV station and joint military force.

Summer rainfall in the Sahel region of Africa exhibits one of the largest signals of climatic variability and with a population reliant on agricultural productivity, the Sahel is particularly ...

DAKAR, April 9, 2025 - The governments of the Sahel countries — Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Chad — gathered in Dakar for a high-level forum marking the tenth anniversary of the ...

Sahel crisis is ‘only one characteristic’ of region and does not capture whole reality, says UN Secretary-General's Special Coordinator for development in Sahel With the UN supporting Ankara’s soft ...

“After 66 years since the independence of the Republic of Chad, it is time for Chad to assert its full sovereignty, and to redefine its strategic partnerships according to national priorities,” Chad’s ...