Sahel

[suh-heyl, -heel]

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• Sahelian adjective

Example Sentences

The blockade has hit the capital particularly hard the past two weeks, with the landlocked Sahel nation's economy grinding to a halt.

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Security in the Sahel region worsened during Ouattara's third term.

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It has held on to those links even as neighbouring Sahel countries, such as Mali and Burkina Faso, came under control of juntas rejecting and shunning the former colonial power.

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The research was co-led by José-Alain Sahel, MD, professor of ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, with Frank Holz, MD, of the University of Bonn in Germany, serving as lead author.

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The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims known by its Arabic acronym JNIM, affiliated with Al-Qaeda, is the most influential group in both countries and the "most significant threat in the Sahel", according to the UN.

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