African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has highlighted the importance of stopping desertification in Africa’s Sahel and turning the region green. Adesina spoke at a ...

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison explores a land recovery project along the northern border of Senegal with the UN ...

The Sahel region's Great Green Wall Initiative received a major boost from the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Monday. During a forum hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and His ...

Countries in the Sahel region of Africa have made little progress on the “Great Green Wall,” a 5,000-mile-long band of trees planned for the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. Even where communities ...

A semi-arid landscape surrounds the Sahel village of Ndiawagne Fall on one end of the Great Green Wall project, in Kebemer, Senegal, Nov. 5, 2021 (AP photo by Leo Correa). Click to share on Twitter ...

Desertification made worse by climate change is outpacing a U.N.-backed project to protect millions of people in Africa’s Sahel region. Few climate adaption projects can match the sheer ambition — or ...

The Sahel’s plight is a powerful lesson for the global community. The interconnectedness of climate change, state fragility ...

The Sahel Region is one of the most environmentally degraded regions in the world. There are serious concerns about the vulnerability of Sahel communities to the impacts of climate change.

French President Francois Hollande, second right, greets India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrives for the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, ...

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