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With its enormous, swollen trunk and branches that look like roots, the baobab tree is an imposing and otherworldly figure in the African landscape. Also known as the "tree of life," it occupies a ...

African leaders meet to push forward the idea of planting a tree belt - the Great Green Wall - across Africa from west to east.