As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three ...

What is desertification? Desertification is ... Back in 2007, nations in the Sahel region of Africa decided to stop the southward spread of the Sahara Desert to the north -- fuelled by drought ...

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 of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all terrorism-related deaths", according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI).

Over half of all terrorism-related deaths in the world occur in the Sahel. That's according to a new report from the Institute for Economics and Peace. The vast region in Africa that lies ... a ...

Africa’s mega-project to help combat climate change, desertification ... Great Green Wall (GGW), the project aims to restore the Sahel and Horn of Africa in an African-led initiative.

Over half of all terrorism-related deaths in the world occur in the Sahel. That's according to a new report from the Institute for Economics and Peace. The vast region in Africa that lies just ...

A new report describes the Sahel region of Africa, a million mile band that runs through Mauritania to Sudan, as "the epicenter of global terrorism." We examine those findings. KUOW is Seattle’s ...