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Sahel

American  
[suh-hayl, -heel] / səˈheɪl, -ˈhil /

noun

  1. the arid area on the S flank of the Sahara desert that stretches across six countries from Senegal to Chad.


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Other Pitt authors include doctoral students Alexander K. Kunisky and Jude Baroudi, post-baccalaureate research fellows Sahar and Sahel Ghorbanikalateh, and visiting scholar Shihan Wang.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

But dissidents contemplating moves against military governments elsewhere in the Sahel region may now have to factor Russian forces into their calculations.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Russia's war with Ukraine is another important factor shaping its strategy in the Sahel.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

But Sergei Eledinov, a retired Russian military officer turned African security expert, insisted that the Sahel countries did not have a better choice.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Sahel, Ethiopia, and West Africa did yield indigenous crops, but many fewer varieties than grew in Eurasia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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