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Did you know that several countries, such as the Maldives, Malta and the Bahamas, meet all their water needs through the desalination process—that is, they convert seawater to freshwater?

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has started a project to restore degraded landscapes and forest reserves in West Africa. This is to promote sustainable agriculture activities and attain food security in some drought-prone countries in the sub-region. The initiative, dubbed: “Sahel Opportunity Project”, is being implemented by…

The Great Green Wall is designed to be a band of trees the length of the Sahel. We look at how the project is faring in Burkino Faso

People around the world are unknowingly being exposed to water laced with antibiotics, which could spark the rise of drug-resistant pathogens and potentially fuel another global pandemic, warns a new

In 2007, the African Union announced a hugely ambitious project – to plant the Great Green Wall, a band of trees that would stretch the length of the Sahel

English News and Press Release on World about Water Sanitation Hygiene; published on 11 Jan 2021 by UNEP

More and more people in water-scarce countries rely on desalinated water for drinking, cooking and washing.