The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south, having a semi-arid climate. It stretches across the north of the African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea and covers parts of (from west to east) northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, southern Algeria and Niger, central Chad, southern Sudan, northern South Sudan and Eritrea. (Source: Wikipedia) For hundreds of years the Sahel has faced devastating droughts that has brought immense famine and death across this often neglected part of the world. Recently, thanks to UNICEF, “over 850,000 children received lifesaving treatment for severe […]

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