More than one-third of the country's cattle, or about 780,000 animals – died following a 2009 drought that shrivelled pastures, according to the government. "Without shade, heat beats down on our animals more quickly," said herder Al Hadj Abakar in Chad's western region of Kanem.
Heads of states from African countries are concluding a meeting on 17 June in Chad's capital N'Djamena to launch a transcontinental 7,000-km tree planting project, from Senegal to Djibouti in east Africa.
