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Young girls cleaning grains of semolina, a staple of the local diet. Global warming and climate change have caused prolonged drought and erratic rains across the Sahel in recent years, exacerbating food insecurity, hunger, poverty and altering traditional ways of life in the region.
Kélébélé, Mauritanie. 08/03/2011.

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REPORTAGE: Climate Change in the Sahel
Young girls cleaning grains of semolina, a staple of the local diet. Global warming and climate change have caused prolonged drought and erratic rains across the Sahel in recent years, exacerbating food insecurity, hunger, poverty and altering traditional ways of life in the region. <br /> Kélébélé, Mauritanie. 08/03/2011.