The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .

A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said.

The West has overlooked developments in the Sahel A short but revealing anecdote ... of their time within the elite circles of capital cities. They don't notice much of the atmosphere on the ...

With Chad's withdrawal of troops and the imminent reduction in French troop strength from the vast Sahel region of West Africa - where jihadist groups continue to stage attack after attack ...

The Sahel region of Africa ... widely believed to focus more on regime protection in the countries' capital cities, while the terrorists reign in the rural areas. The dense vegetation in some ...