Sahel

Algeria and Morocco are competing for influence in North Africa and the Sahel region.

Berber speakers are scattered throughout the countries of North Africa and the Sahel region.

Many people have lost their livelihoods in the Sahel region.

Many people live on the edge of despair in the Sahel region.

Many people have fled the drought in the Sahel region.

Many Tuaregs live in the Sahel region.

Many people of the Sahel region are climate refugees.

In the Sahel region, lack of water is driving people from their homes.

In the Sahel region, Lake Chad continues to shrink.

Algeria is a formidable geopolitical rival in the North Africa and the Sahel region.

As Russia’s foothold in Africa expands – notably in the mineral-rich Sahel region that is beset by recurring coups, armed rebellion and extremist insurgency – anti-Western sentiments, partly fueled by Russian propaganda, are engineering the exit of Western troops from swathes of territory.