Four football fields of land degrade into desert every second. That equates to an area almost as large as Ethiopia each year.

Philippe Dudouit Sun-scorched and wind-scoured, the place that geographers refer to as the Sahara-Sahel stretches across Africa between the desert and the great savanna. Though dozens of tribes ...

In the Sahel — the transition zone between the tropical climate of the Guinean coast region and the extreme aridity of the Sahara Desert — persistent drought from the early 1960s into the ...

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 ...

Desert Research Centre and QNB Alahli signed a cooperation protocol on Sunday to launch the Nama Initiative, a new ...

Russia’s growing footprints in Africa provide West African junta-led countries with an opportunity to recalibrate their ...

In a strategic move to tackle the twin challenges of desertification and land degradation, the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW), in ...

Scientists have developed a system that harvests rainwater running off PV panels for household use or hydrogen production.

For decades, the desert state was also a major producer of ... Niger's former colonial ruler, France, has become unpopular in the Sahel and has lost influence. The junta no longer considers ...

The video begins in Cape Town, South Africa, before visiting the vast and incredible expanses of The Sahara Desert, The Sahel, The Congo Basin, The East African Rift, The Serengeti, The Central ...