President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who launched the day, in Touba located in the centre of the country has set his sights on greening Senegal. He called for reforestation activities and the maintenance of planted trees to be made permanent. In Niger, floods kill over seventy people and continue to cause havoc in communities across the national territory as the rainy season sets in. Also in the program, Togo and Benin get approval from the Pan-African Financial institution to improve the Agricultural value chain and fight climate change.