Nigeria: Dunes Force Residents to Flee As Desertification Intensifies in Yobe Communities – Official

Sand dunes resulting from desertification have forced many residents to flee their communities in the local government area in Yobe State, and crop production also faces a threat.

Desertification has forced several communities in the Yusufari Local Government Area of Yobe State to flee their ancestral lands.

Baba Aji, the local government chairperson, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, North-east Nigeria, on Friday.

He said dunes…