An ambitious and bold project looks to help desertification in Africa and to combat African nations from being swallowed up ...

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

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

Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It could soon be swallowed by the sand.

The federal government has declared its plans to partner with United Kingdom's Zander Corporation, which has donated £250,000 ...

The ancient Saharan city of Chinguetti, a historical hub for poets, scholars, and theologians and home to thousands of ...

Trump pulls out of Cop28 loss and damage deal that recognises harms done by richer, polluting economies to vulnerable nations ...

In Africa - the continent that contributes the ... rate Research suggests sand migration plays a significant role in desertification. Deserts, including the Sahara, are expanding at unprecedented ...

was launched by the African Union in 2007 to fight desertification and land degradation. Stretching from Dakar in the west to Djibouti in the east, the 8,000-kilometer (5,000-mile) “wall” aims ...