Sahel
Biogeographical region in Africa
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| March 2024 | Extreme heatwave occurred in Burkina Faso and Mali, intensified by global temperature increase of 1.2°C due to human activities, highlighting the severe climate change impacts in the Sahel region. |
| 2023 | Fatalities from conflict in the central Sahel rise by 38%, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. Military juntas in Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali withdraw from the G5 Sahel anti-terrorism alliance, leading Mauritania and Chad to disband the group. |
| March 2022 | Reports indicated that militants were expanding and spreading southward in the Sahel region. |
| 2021 | The Sahel becomes the epicenter of global terrorist violence, contributing to 35% of all global terrorism deaths. Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin is identified as the world's fastest-growing terrorist organization. |
| July 9 2020 | United States raised official concerns over growing allegations of human rights violations in the Sahel region, responding to the Human Rights Watch report. |
| July 1 2020 | Human Rights Watch released documents detailing human rights violations and abuses by state security forces in the Sahel region. |
| March 2020 | The United States sends a special envoy to the Sahel region to combat rising terrorist group violence. |
| 2011 | The Libyan Crisis begins, which leads to increased terrorist organization activity in the Sahel region, including groups like Boko Haram, Islamic State, and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). |
| 2010 | A severe drought struck the Sahel region, causing significant environmental and humanitarian challenges across multiple countries in Africa. |
| August 2010 | Severe famine struck the Sahel region. In Niger, 350,000 people faced starvation, and 1,200,000 were at risk of famine due to crop failures. |
| July 26 2010 | Near-record heat levels in Chad and Niger, with approximately 20 people dying of dehydration in northern Niger by July 27. |
| July 14 2010 | Niger reports widespread health issues among children due to diarrhoea, starvation, gastroenteritis, malnutrition, and respiratory diseases. |
| June 25 2010 | Hottest temperature recorded in Sudan reached in Dongola, breaking a previous record set in 1987. |
| June 23 2010 | Temperature record in Bilma, Niger broken, with temperatures exceeding the previous day's record. |
| June 22 2010 | Record temperature of 47.1 °C reached in Bilma, Niger, tying the previous record set in 1998. |
| June 22 2010 | Record-breaking temperatures in Chad's Faya-Largeau, surpassing the 1961 record. Niger also tied its highest temperature record from 1998 at 47.1°C in Bilma. |
| March 23 2010 | A major sandstorm struck multiple West African countries including Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Algeria, Mali, and northern Ivory Coast. |
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