Sahel Sounds ... to cross the desert to emigrate, or nostalgic and painful love stories.” READ MORE Top Mali commander calls on all Tuaregs to fight Islamic State group A month after its release, the ...

While references to the Sahel conjure images of a barren and impoverished region, in ecological terms, it is a region rich in desert and savanna biodiversity. The narratives about the Sahel date back ...

The Sahel is increasingly ... intense heat over the Sahara and other factors pulled the monsoon belt further north than usual, causing downpours in usually arid desert areas, said Wassila Thiaw ...

For years, conflicts have plagued nations bordering the Sahara Desert. But what exactly are the causes of the Sahel’s struggles? Twenty-four million. That’s the number of people that require ...

Northern Nigeria lies close to the Sahara Desert, and, in recent years ... Programs like the Great Green Wall initiative, aimed at creating a belt of greenery across the Sahel, have brought some ...

Learning from past unsuccessful attempts at desert planting, the first question arises: how can seeds survive the scorching Sahara climate, especially on such a vast scale? The answer lies in the time ...

Most of the areas at risk from desertification are on the borders of existing deserts, for example the Sahara Desert in northern Africa. Desertification is a risk across most continents but the ...

However the 'wall' hasn't been entirely successful as in some areas local people have used the newly planted trees for building materials and firewood - and it will only be an effective way of ...

AmazonFiresIn an effort to fight climate change, the Sahara Desert could be going green... literally. Plans are being made to ...

V iewed from space, the western edge of the Sahara Desert looks like another world. Its abundance of red-tinged sand turns ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.