Over half of all terrorism-related deaths in the world occur in the Sahel. That's according to a new report from the Institute for Economics and Peace. The vast region in Africa that lies just south ...

The Sahel is the region most affected by terrorism, accounting for over half of all deaths from terrorism in 2024, and 19% of attacks globally, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2025 which ...

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A new report describes the Sahel region of Africa, a million mile band that runs through Mauritania to Sudan, as "the epicenter of global terrorism." We examine those findings. Over half of all ...