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Local populations feel the effects of climate change, but new research shows only indirect links to violent extremism.

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Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traoré attends John Dramani Mahama's swearing-in ceremony for his second term as Ghana's president, in Accra, Ghana, on January 7, 2025. Francis Kokoroko ...

The Trump administration's sweeping foreign aid cuts mean that support is now gone, even as violence in Mali and other countries in the Sahel region south of the Sahara has reached record levels ...

Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation of 23 million people in Sahel, an arid strip of land south of the Sahara, in recent years has become the symbol of the security crisis in the region.

FILE - Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore participates in a ceremony in Ouagadougou, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo, File) Advertisement ...

stretching as far as the Tillaberi region of Niger", the source said. The other jihadist group in Burkina Faso is the Islamic State Sahel Province.

The Sahel region has come under increased scrutiny due to the prevalence of military rule. This area has been particularly vulnerable to terrorism and insurgencies, factors that have contributed to a ...

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The Sahel – a vast, arid expanse from Senegal to Sudan – remains one of the world’s most fragile frontiers. Its crises of governance, climate vulnerability and migration have made it a ...