Not fewer than 400 economic tree seedlings have been planted by the Bauchi State Project Management Unit (SPMU) of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) in collaboration with ...

The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .

The Great Green Wall is a monumental reforestation effort designed to fight desertification in Africa's Sahel region ... as a natural shield against the desert's relentless advance, is key ...

Everything you need to know about deforestation, including the damage clearing trees does to people, wildlife and the climate. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

This established what is now known as the Alliance of Sahel States or Alliance des États du Sahel (AES). In a joint statement released in January 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger outlined ...

With his five-star army general's cap on his head and wraparound sunglasses, Assimi Goita strolled past crushers, conveyor belts and several tons of rubble from a whitish rock containing one of ...

This makes finding quick solutions to stop desertification very important ... This hurts local people’s lives and lands. The Sahara Desert is growing, causing big problems for people living nearby. In ...

The 2025 Global Persecution Index from International Christian Concern paints a sobering picture of Christian persecution across Africa’s Sahel region. Countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, ...

The Sahara Desert's expansion is a significant ... initially conceived as a way to combat desertification in the Sahel region and slow the expansion of the Sahara. This ambitious project ...

France’s military presence in Africa will soon be limited to troops in Djibouti and Gabon — a far cry from its many troops that were stationed in the Sahel fighting jihadists just three years ago.