In spite of its low emission of carbon dioxide Africa, specifically Sub-Saharan Africa is the most vulnerable to the effect of climate change. Many countries have already moved toward water scarcity and Burkina-Faso is ...

Lake Guiers is a shallow reservoir located in the north-western part of Senegal. Its water is used both for irrigating crops and as a drinking water resource for urban centres, including Dakar, the capital of Senegal, ...

Northern Ghana is mostly underlain by a crystalline rock aquifer. Like in many arid and semi-arid areas, surface water is largely unavailable in the prolonged dry season. Therefore groundwater appears to be a good alternative ...

The Niger river basin is characterized by hydro-climatic changes induced by land use and climate change that have significant impacts on local populations. The Niger Inland Delta (NID) wetland comprises a large flooded ...

In many parts of the world, hydrological extremes have been observed and grave consequences on human life, socio-economic activities and ecosystems have been reported. Over the last few years, West Africa has increasingly ...