CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Green Wall Initiative in Sudan is located above latitude 14 degrees north, covering an area of 22 800 km2. A 1520 km stretch from west to east, and 15 km wide, as adopted by the African Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -Eleven countries in the Sahel-Sahara region-Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Senegal-have joined to combat land degradation and restore native plant life to the landscape.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Green Wall is dedicated to combating unhealthiness among the human population through education. The comapny’s mission is to provide education that promotes healthy habits, such as proper nutrition and physical activity, to help reduce the incidence of lifestyle-related diseases and improve overall health.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the 1950s the British explorer Richard St. Barbe Baker made an expedition in the Sahara. During St. Barbe’s 40, 000-kilometre (25, 000 mi) expedition he proposed a “Green front” to act as a 50-kilometre-deep (30 mi) tree buffer to contain the expanding desert.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Great Green Wall covers the Sahel region from Senegal in the West to Djibouti in the East of Africa. The 11 countries selected as intervention zones for the Great Green Wall are Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.