In Mali’s District, population pressure and deforestation are leading to shortages of woodfuel and charcoal, which local people rely on for cooking and heating. The result is fuel poverty. Now, an innovative Project, AFOVERT Energy, promises to address fuel poverty in the district while delivering other key benefits to local communities and the wider world. A report from Jules Siedenburg and Ousmane Samessekou.

As hunger spreads among more than 12 million pople in the Horn of Africa, a study by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) finds that investment in pastoralism offers the best hope for combating droughts in East Africa.