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 the Sahel, the fight has suffered a setback from a breakdown in cooperation following military coups, said Aurélien Llorca, a fellow at the Geneva Graduate Institute who investigated the illicit trade.

From The Wall Street Journal

The news was announced on state television Tele Sahel in a report Sunday evening citing comments by head of the junta General Abdourahamane Tiani.

From Barron's

The war threatens the stability of the Red Sea to our East and the fragile Sahel to our West.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Barron's

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.

From Barron's