Sahel

American  

[suh-heyl, -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 Word Forms

• Sahelian adjective

Example Sentences

In western Nigeria, groups from the Sahel have made inroads, while "long-dormant Nigerian jihadi cells have been reactivating... or simply relocating to remote patches of forest," James Barnett, a conflict researcher, wrote in a recent report published by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, a US military academy.

From Barron's

"It's the first time that any attempt at vision restoration has achieved such results in a large number of patients," said Sahel, senior author of the study and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

From Science Daily

Petrović had become the latest victim of a concerning trend for foreign travellers and expatriate workers in West Africa's Sahel region.

From BBC

Approximately 70% of cases tracked across the continent occurred in the Sahel countries of Mali and Niger.

From BBC

The three Sahel countries have since tightened ties with Russia.

From Barron's