$6.5 billion lined up for Great Green Wall initiative in the Sahel region

$6.5 billion lined up for Great Green Wall initiative in the Sahel region

Barely hours after 100 actors from Africa and Europe signed a charter in support of pastoralism and livestock development in the Sahel, the African Development Bank unveiled plans to raise $6.5 billion to fund the region’s Great Green Wall Initiative. The funds will mitigate losses wrought by the coronavirus in...

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100 African, European actors sign a charter to promote pastoralism in the Sahel

100 African, European actors sign a charter to promote pastoralism in the Sahel

More than 100 European and African actors have signed a charter committing to the development of the agro-pastoralism in Africa, particularly in the Sahel. The charter is inspired by the resilience of Africans against coronavirus compared with other races. Pastoralism is a key economic activity of the Sahel, a vast...

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