By Dr. B. A. Usman
“The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition, in Africa, between the Sahara desert to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south. Having a semi-arid climate, it stretches across the southernmost extent of Northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. The Sahel covers parts of (from west to east) The Gambia, Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, Burkina Faso, southern Algeria and Niger, northern Nigeria and Cameroon, central Chad, southern Sudan, northern South Sudan and Eritrea”. – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sahel
Figure 1; Showing Sahel Region
The Sahel Food Crisis covered by theguardian.com, Monday 19 November 2012 15.12 GMT via http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/interactive/2012/jul/19/sahel-food-crisis-guardian-interactive may by now probably include the Northern Nigeria, especially the Crisis stricken states bordering Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republics. This zone (black circle in Figure 2 below), incidentally serve as what many called as the ‘BUFFER ZONE’ This zone…
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