In late June, Pasatiempo caught up with Vieux Farka Touré, a Mali (West African) musician whose father is the late Ali Farka ...

On 30 June 2025 in Ouagadougou, representatives from six member countries of the Desert to Power Initiative approved key strategic documents to boost independent power production in the Sahel, at the ...

The World Bank’s Pathways to Scale highlights how economic inclusion programs across the Sahel, especially those targeting ...

Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa. With unusually heavy rains in late 2024 supporting growth ...

Morocco’s $1.3bn Atlantic Initiative aims to link Sahel nations to the ocean via Western Sahara, despite coups, rivalries, ...

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to ...

Meanwhile, this innovation addresses two critical environmental challenges simultaneously -- combating desertification while finding sustainable uses for renewable energy infrastructure waste. This ...

It is instructive to note that the Great Green Wall initiative is a pan-African effort to restore Africa's degraded landscapes and combat desertification across the Sahel region.

DOHA: On the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification, Doha Municipality announced the success of the first phase of its project to combat ...

Over 14 million acres of public lands in New Mexico appear to not be for sale, at least for now.

Nearly 19 million people in the US live in a food desert: Here’s what that means We talk a lot about eating healthier — more greens, less sugar, fewer processed foods. But what if access to those ...

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Municipality, represented by the Doha Municipality, announced the success of the first phase of its project to combat desertification and improve the urban landscape ...