Sahel Sunset

The Sahel is a vast swathe of semi-arid grassland and scrubby woodland immediately south of the Sahara, crossing Africa from west to east. It crosses some of the poorest countries on earth, including Mauritania, Chad, Mali, Niger and Sudan, so is not an easy place to visit, both because the infrastructure is understandably rudimentary and because the plight of many of the people, and the degradation of the land, is challenging to any thinking, empathetic being. 

Waza National Park is in far northern Cameroon. This sunset photo gives a feel of the dust in the air from eroding soils.

Waza National Park, northern Cameroon.

More on Cameroon and Waza in posts to come.

Meantime, back tomorrow!