Katsina, Nigeria - image gallery

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Helen Bassey of the BBC World Service Trust, Nigeria reports on deforestation and disappearing rivers in Katsina State, northern Nigeria.

Only a few years ago, the village of Yammama in Malumfashi, Katsina State was home to a rich forest. Local Fulani herdsmen and their cattle thrived in the shade this forest provided; the farmlands benefited from cattle manure as they grazed.

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