The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned on Friday that up to 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region will face severe food insecurity in the next three months, the highest number since 2014. The United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Farming in Africa’s Sahel region is no easy task. It is an area characterised by degraded soils and irregular rainfall that is often subject to long periods of drought. For this reason, agricultural land is often very harsh, making it difficult to