Africa's 'great green wall' is stalling: In Senegal very few planted areas show progress

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Oct 7, 2025, 12:31 pm98 ptsTrending
Africa's Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build a 15-kilometer-wide band of trees across the north of Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007 with plans for the trees to extend for 6,000 kilometers through 11 countries in the Sahel, restoring 100 million hectares of land…

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