Discover how Africa is combatting the encroachment of the Sahara Desert in this insightful video. - **0:00** Introduction - * ...

The Great Green Wall aims to regreen 247 million acres of degraded land across Africa's Sahel region by 2030. It could cost over $36 billion.

A desolate, semi-arid landscape surrounds the village of Ndiawagne Fall in Senegal, one of 11 countries supporting a project called the "Great Green Wall" envisioned to help the Sahel region fight ...

Recommendations for the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWI) to ensure transparency and good governance.

The Great Green Wall project has shifted its approach to Sahel desertification and mitigating climate change in Africa.

Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall, a mosaic of reforestation efforts to stop desertification, has been plagued by delays and challenges. Some reforestation efforts, however, have tasted ...

The Sahel region's Great Green Wall Initiative received a major boost from the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Monday. During a forum hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and His ...

Launched in 2007 by the African Union, the Great Green Wall was originally an attempt to halt the desert in its tracks. The Sahara Desert has long been expanding, and the Sahel region has been ...

The United Nations describes the project, led by the African Union, as “a green wall to promote peace and restore nature in Africa’s Sahel region”.

The Great Green Wall in the Sahel, a mosaic of forests, farmlands and grasslands dotting the arid fringes of Sahara, was launched by the African Union in 2007 to fight desertification and land ...

African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has highlighted the importance of stopping desertification in Africa’s Sahel and turning the region green.