A sprawling green belt covering 2,000 hectares now encircles Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, serving as both a barrier against the encroaching desert and a natural coolant for the city. Initially launched in the 1970s to reforest vulnerable land, the project has evolved into an extensive network of trees, vegetable plots, water tanks, and recreational spaces ...

The funds will be used to build and rehabilitate infrastructure for the production of electricity from renewable sources, in order to diversify the energy mix, avoid CO2 emissions and reduce energy production costs ROME, Italy, August 5, 2024/ — The funds will be used to finance projects in the renewable energy sector aimed at mitigating ...

Officials at the ceremony. Daniel Ndoye, African Development Bank Country Manager for Burkina Faso (foreground in dark suit) with Amadou Dicko, Deputy Minister with responsibility for Livestock Resources, to his left. Burkina Faso and the African Development Bank launched the Burkina Faso component of Project 2 of the Food and Nutrition Insecurity Resilience Programme in ...

Russia has successfully fulfilled its commitment to provide humanitarian aid in the form of 200,000 metric tonnes of free grain to six African countries, as previously announced by President Vladimir Putin in July. This is based on a Reuters report. The delivery, confirmed by Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev, included 50,000 tonnes each to Somalia and ...

By Melody Chironda In a move to combat the escalating food crisis exacerbated by the relentless impacts of climate change, seventeen nations in West Africa and the Sahel signed the “Lomé Declaration on Fertilizers and Soil Health.” The agreement has been called a beacon of hope by some, as it looks to revolutionise the accessibility ...