13°N 1°E / 13°N 1°E / 13; 1 Sahel-Benin Union was a short-lived union of four former French colonies of French West Africa, that were the four Republics...

The Alliance of Sahel States (ASS) (French: Alliance des États du Sahel (AES)) is a confederation formed between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. It originated...

Benin (/bɛˈniːn/ ben-EEN, /bɪˈniːn/ bin-EEN; French: Bénin [benɛ̃] , Fon: Benɛ, Fula: Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin)...

Burkina Faso) and Dahomey (now Benin), and joined in 1966 by Togo. The body grew out of the short-lived Sahel-Benin Union, which was itself created by the...

The Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN-SAD; Arabic: تجمع دول الساحل والصحراء; French: Communauté des Etats Sahélo-Sahariens; Portuguese: Comunidade...

a project adopted by the African Union in 2007, initially conceived as a way to combat desertification in the Sahel region and hold back expansion of...

Senegal and the Niger are mostly in the Sahel, a transition zone between the Sahara desert and the Sudanian Savanna; Benin, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea...

An Islamist insurgency has been ongoing in the Sahel region of West Africa since the 2011 Arab Spring. In particular, the intensive conflict in the three...

Continental team Madar Pro Cycling Team. 2019 1st Stages 3 & 4 Tour du Sahel 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships 2021 1st Stage 2 Classique...

was safer to film there than in Haiti. 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état Sahel-Benin Union Le Vine, Victor T. (2004). Politics in Francophone Africa. Boulder...

groups have been involved in Niger because of the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel, which in turn triggered the Jihadist insurgency in Niger led by Al-Qaeda...

infrastructure, establish a common market, implement a monetary union under proposed currency the Sahel, allow free movement of persons, enable industrialization...

the release of Mohamed Bazoum and his family. 7 March – The Alliance of Sahel States, comprising Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, announce the creation of...

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towns of Malanville in Benin and Gaya in Niger and then onto the rest of the Sahel. Parakou is the major crossroad town in Benin, where goods going west...

temperature increase when moving north through a savanna and plateau toward the Sahel. A dry wind from the Sahara called the harmattan blows from December to...

Empire, Sahel (c. 9th to 15th centuries) Benin Empire, West Africa (from c. 1180) Sultanate of Ifat, Horn of Africa (1285–1415) Mali Empire, Sahel (c. 1230–1600)...

the country became the hub of France's anti-jihadist operations in the Sahel region following its expulsion from Mali and Burkina Faso, with Bazoum being...

its boundaries. Boko Haram insurgency G5 Sahel African Union Mission to Somalia United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur Force Intervention Brigade...

They are: the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) the...

new extremist recruits. France has deployed more than 5,000 troops in the Sahel region to combat insurgents. On 29 March 2021, a force of about 100 members...

which would later go on to form the Benin Empire. Towards the end of the 3rd century AD, a wet period in the Sahel created areas for human habitation and...

families in Niger, still recovering from the 2010 Sahel famine, are being affected by the 2012 Sahel drought. The 2005–06 Niger food crisis created a severe...

is the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara. The Sahel region covers a belt of grasslands south of the Sahara stretching from Senegal...

operations in the Sahel?". Middle East Institute. Lebovich, Andrew (2 July 2021). "After Barkhane: What France's military drawdown means for the Sahel–European...

Tunisien 63 seasons: Étoile du Sahel, CA Bizertin 57 seasons: Club de Hammam-Lif 53 seasons: Avenir de Marsa 45 seasons: Union Monastirienne 34 seasons: Jeunesse...

A large-scale, drought-induced famine occurred in Africa's Sahel region and many parts of the neighbouring Sénégal River Area from February to August...

Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey subsequently formed the short-lived Sahel-Benin Union, later the Conseil de l'Entente. The administrative structure of French...

species in the pigeon family Columbidae that widely resident across the Sahel and Sudan (region). The vinaceous dove was formally described in 1789 by...

currently suspended from ECOWAS and the African Union. Until December 2023 Burkina Faso was a member of G5 Sahel, a small group formed in 2014 to co-operate...