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Desertification
Youth in Burkina Faso plant crops Blandine Sankara: “Agroecology is a form of resistance and decolonization”

Founded by Thomas Sankara’s sister, Yelemani Association inspires the fight against desertification in Burkina Faso.

In the fight against desertification, Burkina Faso mobilizes to plant 5 million trees in one hour

The seventh edition of the National Tree Day in Burkina Faso is inspired by Thomas Sankara’s legacy of environmentalism

Desertification in Central Asia Desertification is rising in Central Asia: study

The study also found that mountain regions have also become hotter and wetter, which may cause the withdrawal of some major glaciers

Outrage in the Philippines as ex-dictator’s son wins crucial election and other stories

Today we look at the initial results of the presidential elections in the Philippines, another brutal prison massacre in Ecuador, and more