sub-Saharan
adjective
sub-Sa·ha·ran
ˌsəb-sə-ˈher-ən 
-ˈhär-
: of, relating to, or being the part of Africa south of the Sahara
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For decades, sub-Saharan Africa was a singular focus of American foreign aid.
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Declan Walsh, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
But there is a range of possibilities: In 2021, the UN’s median estimate was 3.8 billion people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2100, up from about 1.1 billion today, while IIASA anticipated a billion fewer (2.6 billion) and IHME falls somewhere in between.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
The area under threat is a swath extending from the Pacific Ocean through northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Sea and parts of South Asia.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
Her latest offering is a series of essays that takes readers from coastal western sub-Saharan Africa to the American South to demonstrate why the colors black and blue can’t be separated when describing the experience of Black people.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
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Declan Walsh, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
But there is a range of possibilities: In 2021, the UN’s median estimate was 3.8 billion people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2100, up from about 1.1 billion today, while IIASA anticipated a billion fewer (2.6 billion) and IHME falls somewhere in between.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
The area under threat is a swath extending from the Pacific Ocean through northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Sea and parts of South Asia.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
Her latest offering is a series of essays that takes readers from coastal western sub-Saharan Africa to the American South to demonstrate why the colors black and blue can’t be separated when describing the experience of Black people.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Sub-Saharan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sub-Saharan. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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