For some listeners, Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” was a rebellious, grooving rock track ideal for car ride sing-alongs, but for the youth of South Africa, the pseudo-disco cut ...

About two decades ago, African nations launched an audacious plan: a 7,700km “Great Green Wall” to hold back the Sahara Desert’s southward march. Yet years passed and progress was stalled ...

20:00, Sat, Mar 8, 2025 Africa’s mega-project to help combat climate change, desertification, and land degradation has seen positive strides. The project will see a 4,722-mile green wall that ...

See All Key Ideas The Great Green Wall in the Sahel, a mosaic of forests, farmlands and grasslands dotting the arid fringes of Sahara, was launched by the African Union in 2007 to fight ...

PRETORIA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - South Africa's statistics agency has updated its consumer inflation basket for the first time since 2022, including items like rosé wine, air fryers and streaming ...

South Africa's statistics agency has updated its consumer inflation basket for the first time since 2022, including items like rosé wine, air fryers and streaming services to reflect changes in ...

Launched by the African Union in 2007, the Great Green Wall (GGW) aims to combat desertification, drought and land degradation across the Sahel with a $33bn reforestation initiative. The goal: a green ...

As a response, the African Union set up an ambitious continent-wide megaproject in 2007 to address these social-ecological issues and combat poverty. The Great Green Wall initiative is a tree ...

The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU ... the Western Cape Education Department's (WCED)'s proposal to reduce the 2025 basket of educator posts. While the WCED maintains that ...

As Africa is an intersection of many strategic trade routes around the world, keeping these routes secure with military forces is of paramount importance. Here, 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer ...

LONDON/DAKAR, June 12 (Reuters) - Africa's Great Green Wall, which is meant to restore degraded landscapes and boost economies across the continent, is low on cash and unlikely to meet a 2030 ...