In 2025, military takeovers, governance breakdowns and escalating conflicts across Africa, the Caribbean and Asia defined a ...

Mort Rosenblum brilliantly captures the victim status of two deserts, Sonoran and Sahel, assaulted by denial and neglect, but ...

The opinions and characterizations in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. government. Olivier Walther receives funding from the OECD Sahel and West ...

Last week’s military takeover in Guinea-Bissau is the latest in a series of coups that has engulfed west Africa in recent years. Almost all have taken place in the Sahel, the semi-arid belt below the ...

In early 2025, Chinese engineers working on Niger’s $4.6 billion oil pipeline to Benin were forced to flee their worksites under armed escort. For days, convoys burned on the desert highway linking ...

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has shed light on a previously overlooked but common atmospheric phenomenon: the transition zone (TZ) where clouds and aerosols blend together ...

In the major cities of Central Sahel countries, such as Niamey in Niger, Bamako in Mali, and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, an alarming phenomenon of child begging has become an everyday reality. Often ...

The Salafist jihadists JNIM have claimed an attack in northern Nigeria, on the border with Benin. It is the first time the al-Qaeda-linked group has struck the country. Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa ...

The sea looks the same. So does the sand. But in Egypt, two beach communities not far from each other have decidedly different ideas about fun. People enjoying the beach in Sahel el-Tayeb, a village ...

Analysts claim the withdrawal of U.S. and European troops from countries in Africa’s Sahel, and their replacement by Russian mercenaries, has led to a spike in jihadist-driven terrorism. The Sahel is ...

Jodi was unexpectedly fired from her job. Henry just got divorced. Tara is a proud parent of her new baby. John just retired from his 30+ year career. While our everyday lives tend to fall into ...

GENEVA – About 4 million people are now displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and neighbouring countries – around two-thirds more than five years ago – reflecting insecurity, limited access to ...