The sahel has endured three droughts in the past seven years .

萨赫勒在过去的七年里已经遭受三次旱灾。

Elsewhere in the sahel , five french hostages are still being held .

但是另外在萨赫勒地区，还有五名法国人质仍被劫持。

The sahel has been degraded by human use , not natural desertification ; the natural process has been the reverse .

撒哈拉草地的退化是人为的，与自然荒漠化无关；这一自然已经开始逆转。

Others see it as resilient and hydra-headed , fomenting an " arc of instability " from the western sahel to the horn of africa , and still capable of radicalising and training many dangerous people .

而另一些人认为它适应力强、难以根除，正从西部荒漠草原到非洲之角挑拨起一个“动乱之弧”，并且依然有能力激发并训练出众多危险人物。

In fact , much of the sahel normally gets enough rain to allow modest farming .

而事实上，萨赫勒的大部分区域通常可以获得足够的雨量以维持适度的农业生产。