Burkina Faso's climate extremes
- 22/09/2016
Boy in the village of Samba, Burkina Faso, March 29, 2016. TRF/Zoe Tabary
In the desert expanses of northern Burkina Faso, thigh-height flooding and dried-up wells are having a severe impact on the livelihoods of desert communities.
Nicola Kelly went to Yako, 200 kilometres from the Malian border, to meet some of those affected by these climate extremes as part of BRACED.
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