1.   Those regions have seen repeated clashes between local farmers and arrivals from the more arid north, as well as Burkina Faso.

2.   Kano is a large city of around two million people in the arid far north of Nigeria.

3.   Mandela was greeted when he stepped out of his helicopter with waves and smiles by members of this community in the arid north of Northern Cape province.

4.   The MDJT has been waging a low-level war in the arid north of the country for the past three years.