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Senegal's green wall grows

Dunja Sadaqi, presented by Abu-Bakar JallohJuly 16, 2020

Countries in Africa's Sahel region launched the Great Green Wall initiative more than a decade ago, aimed at planting masses of trees across the entire continent to stop the encroaching desert. Although the ambitious plans have largely stalled, Senegal is one country to have made some progress. That's now at risk due to water shortages.

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