A 3,000-mile (5,000 km) band of semi-arid country extending across Africa south of the Sahara desert, the Sahel zone ("the shore" in Arabic) passes through Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, and the Cape Verde...

The Sahel (from Arabic ساحل, sahil, shore, border or coast of the Sahara desert) is a semi-arid tropical savanna ecoregion in Africa, which forms the transition between the Sahara desert to the north and the more fertile region to the south, known...

Targets of new sanctions against Iran Thursday, according to a government fact sheet:_ The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: The military vanguard of Iran. It runs prisons, and has numerous economic interests involving defense production, construction, and the oil industry._ Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces...

U.S. counterterrorism officials are paying renewed attention to an increasingly dangerous incubator for extremism: a swath of northern and sub-Saharan West Africa, from the Atlantic coast of Morocco and Mauritania to the harsh deserts of Chad.The centerpiece of terrorism problems in the region is Algeria's...

The first Security Council debate on climate change will focus on the impact of global warming on issues that can spark conflicts including border disputes and access to energy, water and food, Britain's U.N. Mission said Thursday.Britain holds the council presidency this month and is...

Rebels in Niger's northern desert released six of the dozens of government soldiers they have held captive for more than a month to Libyan authorities, a Niger official said late Saturday.The rebels, members of Niger's ethnic Tuareg minority who charge the administration has reneged on...