OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO - Africa's Sahel region is seeing the worst effects of climate warming anywhere on the planet, according to the United Nations. Art Melody, a musician in Burkina Faso who raps in the local Djula and Moore languages, knows from experience the negative impact on farm production because he is a farmer himself. FILE - A man herds his goats in the village of Samba, Passore province, northern Burkina Faso, March 29, 2016. The U.N. says the impact of desertification and drought on farmers is one of several factors causing the Sahel conflict in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. FILE - People work in a dry field near Diapaga, 300 kms northeast of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, March 21, 2012.

Source: Ethiopian News July 07, 2021 22:30 UTC