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The region of southern Spain is facing desertification.

Southern Spain’s green-belt project aims to stave off impending desertification

The Big Fix

The ambitious green-belt project aims to create a series of contiguous forests that would run for hundreds of miles across the country’s southern region — but it may take decades.

A huge crowd of protesters in Mali with one person raises his arms high in the air

Protesters in Mali call for president to step down

Protest
What's left of the state boarding school in Chibok, a remote town in northeast Nigeria Borno State. On April 14, Boko Haram militants raided the school on April 14th in search of food. They found the girls and kidnapped them. More than 200 are still missi

The town where the Nigerian girls were kidnapped is the heartland of Boko Haram

Conflict & Justice

Growing trees to fight climate change in Burkina Faso

Environment

On the Road to Gao, Mali, Dangers Still Loom

Lifestyle & Belief

The Politics Behind French Intervention in Mali

France’s military intervention in Mali represents a shift in the country’s foreign policy. Anchor Jeb Sharp hears more about that from Jennifer Cooke, director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Desertification: A Walk Through West Africa

Each year, the world loses more grasslands, croplands and even forests to encroaching deserts. Desertification threatens one-third of the earth’s land area, and a billion people in the world’s poorer, arid regions. Patrick Gonzalez had a first- hand look at desertification during a five year stay in West Africa. Currently he works for the U.S. […]

The World

Quiet greening of West Africa

Lifestyle & Belief

The Sahel region of West Africa is being hit hard by climate change. But from the country of Burkina Faso, Mark Hertsgaard spotlights a small green miracle that’s helping farmers fight the warming trend. The secret, he says, is trees. On PRI’s The World.