Visit the Sahel situation page on Global Focus for more statistics. *The Sahel region includes the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. “I was so frightened. The whole family – including my ...

The communities around Lake Chad have always lived by its water rhythms. Now, as climate change impacts intensify, they must ...

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

France has finally ended its 60-year military presence in Chad by closing its last military base there. Kosseï camp in the capital N'Djamena was also the last of its bases in the Sahel ...

(Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP) MARSEILLE, France (CN) — France’s decades-long military presence in the Sahel is officially over. France handed over its last base in Chad Thursday after President Mahamat ...

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Once a key link in France's military presence in Africa, Chad was its last foothold in the wider Sahel region after the forced withdrawal of French troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.