Drought in the Sahel region makes farming and gardening very difficult for the women of Yelimne, Mali. (Photo: WFP/Daouda Guirou)
African nations strive to stem desertification with a ‘Great Green Wall’
April 17, 2013 – Stretching from Dakar to Djibouti, a United Nations-backed programme dubbed the “Great Green Wall” brings together 11 countries to plant trees across Africa to literally hold…
