African Union launches strategy to combat desertification

NAIROBI, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) on Tuesday launched a strategy to combat desertification on the continent for the next 10 years.

Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, commissioner for agriculture, rural development, blue economy and sustainable environment at the African Union Commission, said in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, that the new AU strategy of the Great Green Wall Initiative provides a mechanism for a harmonized and coordinated approach for multi-scale, collective action for restoring landscapes and building resilient communities in Africa's dry lands.