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

Recent soaring temperatures in West Africa and the Sahel, including Mali, have led to hundreds of deaths, with researchers attributing the extreme heat to human-induced climate change. In Mali ...

“There are few regions in the world that worry us as much as the Sahel, because of this lethal cocktail of climate change and endless, escalating conflicts and a large generation of youngsters ...

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 ...

The two organizations helped journalists in Africa's Sahel region learn mobile journalism and safety while reporting on ...

Carbon offsetting in dry and arid lands is not a proven way to help fight climate change. Research from the Great Green Wall shows why.

Migration and refugee crises continue to be some of the most significant and urgent challenges facing the world in 2025 .

KOULKIMÉ, Chad — Alhadji Yaro was a teenager when Boko Haram militants stormed onto his island in the vast, blue-green waters of Lake Chad and made villagers an offer at gunpoint. “‘We will ...

We recall the catastrophic fires in Maui almost two years ago, then the horde of unusually violent hurricanes trashing Florida’s west coast. To the surprise of many, those storms unleashed cataclysmic ...