This battle can be won': desert expert reveals how China's technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental ...

The Great Green Wall in the Sahel, a mosaic of forests, farmlands and grasslands dotting the arid fringes of Sahara, was ...

The Federal Government has hinted that the second Operation SAFE CORRIDOR Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Camp will soon be operational in the North-West region to encourage ...

We’re still figuring out the impact, but we believe there will be an impact on positions and personnel. A lot of that funding went to funding those positions,” -- Dave ...

The communities around Lake Chad have always lived by its water rhythms. Now, as climate change impacts intensify, they must ...

CIRAD is involved in 80 action research projects in the region, four platforms in partnership (dPs) and three international joint laboratories (IJLs). The map shows the countries where there are major ...

For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's southern rim from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. The violence, which started in ...

February 11 celebrates women in science, who have been overlooked for too long. For the occasion, CIRAD offers a glimpse into ...

In the Sahel - a semi-arid region south of the Sahara ... an associate professor of politics and international affairs at Wake Forest University in the US, said China had indicated time and ...

Beijing’s backing of Niger’s military junta is not an isolated policy. In the Sahel – a semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert – China is also supporting the military juntas of ...

The appointment of China's new defence attache to Niger signals a larger move by Beijing to fortify security in Africa, experts say China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen ...