Fact-Checking the Great Green Wall’s Progress

Ground Truth
By Stewart MiorFeb 26, 2025, 12:00 pm137 pts
Claim: The Great Green Wall (GGW) is 15% complete and is bringing life back to degraded African landscapes at an unprecedented scale. Rating: Partly True Summary: The claim that the Great Green Wall is 15% complete has been repeated since at least 2019, with no clear updates on progress in 2025. While remote…

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