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 ...

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 fact that some soil is not productive because you're in a drought doesn't mean that the desert has advanced and it will never retreat. That was the fear when an area of the Sahel went into ...

Russia on Thursday discussed ways to boost military ties with the Sahel countries, promising to train their troops and supply weapons as it seeks to expand its clout in the junta-led West African ...

It’s hard to green the desert. Take China, or Africa’s Sahel region, for example. Their “Great Green Walls,” grand projects to beat back encroaching desert by planting trees, have required ...

Join presenter, Chioma, for an introduction to the physical geography of the continent of Africa, from the Sahara Desert in the north, to the Cape region in the south. Join presenter, Chioma, as she ...

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 ...