Trafficking victims and people fleeing armed conflicts, violence, and persecution are in extreme danger when passing through the Sahel region and East Africa, according to a press release by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the occasion of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

France will reconfigure its military presence in the Sahel region of western Africa rather than leave, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday after announcing a planned drawdown