As the first light pierced through storm clouds, swollen rivers spilled over their banks, sweeping through villages across ...

Conflict, drought, skyrocketing prices for food and fuel, and the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have combined to create a massive humanitarian emergency in the region. People in the Sahel ...

The largest and most inclusive UN land conference wrapped up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, charting a path for global ...

Exploring how people are affected by climate change and the pressure on people to leave their homes. Our new report, Changing climate, changing realities: migration in the Sahel, looks at ways climate ...

Cases of meningitis are surging in Africa, and the United Nations links the increase to a widely ignored environmental ...

A separate study on drought in Southern Africa said El Niño was to blame, rather than climate change. A number of countries in the Sahel region and across West Africa were hit by a strong ...

The multinational effort to stave off an encroaching takeover by extremists in the part of Africa known as the Sahel is facing severe challenges. Mali, where around 400 British troops are ...