A new study reveals alarming declines in African elephant populations, with savanna elephants down 70% and forest elephants ...

Peace and security challenges in Africa’s Sahel region require ‘holistic approach’, says UN official ...

The researchers found that forest elephant populations have decreased by an astonishing 90%, while savanna elephant ...

which were then extrapolated to other areas. The study, co-led by George Wittemyer, a professor of wildlife conservation at ...

Abuses by various jihadist groups, local militias and the Wagner Group are on the rise in the Sahel. The worsening ... some NGOs continue their work in areas controlled by the extremist groups.

Spanning the area from Senegal to ... in and outside the region. The Sahel remains a principal transit point for migrants traveling from sub-Saharan Africa to northern coastal states and ...

For decades, the Sahel — an area covering the ... like many others in Africa, is more layered and nuanced than how it is depicted through news headlines around the world. While references to the Sahel ...

Habitat loss and poaching have driven dramatic declines in African elephants, but it is challenging to measure their numbers ...

IS and al-Qaeda's JNIM are both active in the Sahel region where they compete for power West Africa's Sahel region has become the latest scene of jihadist in-fighting, after Islamic State group ...

Newsrooms in countries across Africa's Sahel region are being ransacked and ... Allow journalists access dangerous areas, such as war zones, and providing for their safety when they do so; 3.