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

From Mali in the west to Sudan in the east, a whole swathe of Africa is now run by the military. Niger was one of the few democracies left in the Sahel belt which stretches across the continent.

People in the Sahel region and across West Africa, one of the most unequal and impoverished parts of the world, are enduring a severe hunger crisis. Recent rainy seasons have featured long dry spells ...