Desertification in the Sahel

Burkinabé women throw all their weight into a pump donated by an international aid organization to collect water in their northern Burkina Faso village. Desert sands encroach on what was once savannah in the Sahel region of northwest Africa.

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Copyright: © Kevin Moloney, 1997
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Contained in galleries: West Africa

Burkinabé women throw all their weight into a pump donated by an international aid organization to collect water in their northern Burkina Faso village. Desert sands encroach on what was once savannah in the Sahel region of northwest Africa.