Life in the Sahel, a semi-arid region of Africa stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, is at threat from persistent degradation of land as the increasing population inflicts ever-greater ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Alex Whiting ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The areas surrounding the Sahara desert which decades ago were covered with ...

At the African Development Bank’s annual meeting, held in Busan, Korea, the bank’s president Akinwumi Adesina announced that, alongside the Green Climate Fund and the Africa 50 investment fund, it ...

A photographer ventures into remote northern Africa for an unprecedented view of one of the world’s most troubled, and least understood, regions Photographs by Philippe Dudouit / Contact Press Images; ...

It is an all too common story. A Guinean teenager is unable to envision his future in a hometown increasingly characterized by joblessness and insecurity. He cultivates delusions of grandeur through ...

Desertification in the Sahel is being tackled by a simple yet effective method: 'half moon' pits. These crescent-shaped basins, dug by farmers, capture rainwater, break soil crusts, and cool the ...

No country in Africa is completely rain-free, but several African countries experience extremely low and irregular rainfall ...

An escalation in the number of conflicts across the Sahara and the Sahel in Africa is driving down numbers of the region’s wildlife, a new study finds. The authors found that the number of conflicts ...

Boys walk on desert sands in the town of Moghtar-Lajjar, Mauritania, in this 2012 archive photo. REUTERS/Joe Penney ROME, Nov 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The areas surrounding the Sahara desert ...

Solar power is at the heart of an ambitious plan to tackle environmental degradation and poverty in the Sahel region. Tom Kenning reports on a programme that, if successful, could bring a multitude of ...