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Desert voices

Perhaps nowhere in the world are the impacts of desertification more challenging than in Africa. These accounts highlight its wide-ranging consequences, from migration for work and conflict over resources, to changes in traditions and women's roles.
Overview of the Desert voices collection

Arima: 'We pray for peace, and wish for good luck'

Ethiopia

Through stories, songs and memories, these narrators talk about the sharp contrast between past and present

El Nour: 'The area then was full of animal wealth'

Sudan

These testimonies leave you in no doubt of the devastation brought by desertification

The Desert Voices project was undertaken in collaboration with SOS Sahel UK (Sudan) and SOS Sahel Ethiopia, and funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development.