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

"Europe carries weight in Africa, it gives money to a number of African countries; the European Union should have exerted pressure," said Gomart, a general and former commander of French special operations including in the Sahel.

From Barron's

Weapons from the former Yugoslavia helped drive the Libyan civil wars after 2011, later fueling rebellions in Mali and across the Sahel.

From The Wall Street Journal

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