Get to know Sahel better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Sahel meaning
- A region of Africa, between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone (Sudan) to the south.
- An administrative region of Tunisia, in the central east part of the country.
Using Sahel
- The main meaning on this page is: A region of Africa, between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone (Sudan) to the south. | An administrative region of Tunisia, in the central east part of the country.
- In the example corpus, sahel often appears in combinations such as: the sahel, sahel region, sahel and.
Context around Sahel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sahel
- In this selection, "sahel" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, africa, 2010, region, belt and defense stand out and add context to how "sahel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include across the sahel and africa s sahel belt since. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sahel" sits close to words such as ari, artefacts and assent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sahel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Insecurity in the Sahel region continues to take lives. (9 words)
It’s about terrorism in the Sahara Desert, in the Sahel. (11 words)
West Africa: Does the New Sahel Defense Pact Threaten the G5 Sahel? (12 words)
Experts doubt that Nigerian soldiers will even agree to be deployed in Niger, given the strong links between the two armies, which are made up of many Hausa — an ethnic group present across the Sahel. (35 words)
African Development Bank (AfDB) and its partners are implementing the $20 billion desert-to-power initiative to develop 10 GW of solar power across Nigeria and 10 other countries in the Sahel zone. (33 words)
Burkina Faso has become a focus of the crisis in the Sahel region, an enormous swath of land south of the Sahara that has been shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups. (32 words)
West Africa: Does the New Sahel Defense Pact Threaten the G5 Sahel? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
West Africa: Does the New Sahel Defense Pact Threaten the G5 Sahel?
Africa-Sahel region main *overgrazing consequences in region: 2010 Sahel famine Australia Overgrazing does not necessarily mean total denudation of the land.
African Development Bank (AfDB) and its partners are implementing the $20 billion desert-to-power initiative to develop 10 GW of solar power across Nigeria and 10 other countries in the Sahel zone.
Although West Africa and the Sahel continues to face unprecedented security challenges, it is still "a land of immense opportunities", a senior UN official told the Security Council on Tuesday.
American troops have been operating in Niger for years, aiding in attempts to combat jihadist terrorist operating in the greater Sahel region.
A power struggle in the capital, Khartoum, could destabilize neighboring Chad and impact the entire Sahel region.
Burkina Faso has become a focus of the crisis in the Sahel region, an enormous swath of land south of the Sahara that has been shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups.
But this time fighting is tearing apart the capital instead of a remote corner of a nation, which lies in an unstable region bordering the Red Sea, Sahel and Horn of Africa.
Experts doubt that Nigerian soldiers will even agree to be deployed in Niger, given the strong links between the two armies, which are made up of many Hausa — an ethnic group present across the Sahel.
Furthermore, a successful Chinese brokering of peace would amplify the country’s soft power within the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, where Sudan is an important neighbor.
Ghazouani, who has overseen the West African country’s relative stability in the violence-wracked Sahel, is widely expected to seek re-election next year, though he has not confirmed his plans.
He decried the problems in the Sahel belt of the continent, lamenting that it is of great concern, as it affects both agriculture and businesses negatively.
Insecurity in the Sahel region continues to take lives.
In the Sahel, France has long supported its local allies with weaponry and financial aid.
In the short to medium terms, the approach to migration in the Sahel must be recalibrated.
IS Sahel has accused the community of collaborating with rival non-jihadist armed movements, though some Daoussahak are also part of the jihadist coalition.
It’s about terrorism in the Sahara Desert, in the Sahel.
Mali’s decision in May to withdraw from the G5 Sahel has also eroded the regional security architecture.
Niger's coup is the latest of several in Africa's Sahel belt since 2020.
Now is the time for a reset in Africa’s Sahel region.
Common combinations with sahel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sahel 122×
- sahel region 37×
- sahel and 17×
- sahel is 11×
- du sahel 6×
- sahel countries 5×
- sahel states 4×
- sahel has 4×
- africa sahel 4×
- sahel in 4×