About two decades ago, African nations launched an audacious plan: a 7,700km “Great Green Wall” to hold back the Sahara Desert’s southward ... opportunity. The Sahel, a semi-arid belt ...

Many countries around the world suffer from the problems caused by desertification but it is the Sahel region of Africa where the effects are greatest. The Sahel is a narrow belt of land which ...

The Sahel region was the epicentre of global "terrorism" for the second straight year in 2024, accounting for more than half of deaths put down to terror attacks worldwide, according to the Global ...