As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three decades, over three-fourths of all the world's land became drier than it had been ...

Mortality risk from drought is extremely high across subtropical Africa in both hemispheres 1.In the Sahel — the transition zone between the tropical climate of the Guinean coast region and the ...

Conflict, drought, skyrocketing prices for food and fuel, and the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have combined to create a massive humanitarian emergency in the region. People in the Sahel ...

This battle can be won’: desert expert reveals how China’s technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental project.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that potentially life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Central ...

Exploring how people are affected by climate change and the pressure on people to leave their homes. Our new report, Changing climate, changing realities: migration in the Sahel, looks at ways climate ...

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).

I recently traveled to visit our programs in Burkina Faso where the hunger crisis is threatening the lives of children and families in a country already suffering from conflict and drought. This ...

Desertification close desertificationThe spread of desert conditions in arid regions due to human activities, drought or climate ... but it is the Sahel region of Africa where the effects are ...