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

Since 2011, as arms trafficking increased and the wider Sahel region fell into turmoil, the gangs became more organised.

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The group "is already in other African countries such as Libya, Niger and Burkina Faso, where they do mainly training", said Ulf Laessing, director of the Sahel programme at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Mali.

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Russians, Syrians, Colombians and people from the Sahel countries are among the guns for hire on the RSF's payroll, Vircoulon added.

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The African Corps unit of the Russian defence ministry took over from the Wagner paramilitary group across the continent, diplomatic sources in the Sahel region told AFP in June.

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"Such a haul will only serve to boost the JNIM's ambitions to expand and establish a lasting presence in the Sahel and the coastal states of Africa," Lyammouri added.

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