Maize is Africa’s most widely grown crop, but its vulnerability to climate change is derailing the continent’s efforts to end ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst ...
Human-induced climate change worsened the severity of the 2021-2022 drought in the Horn of Africa, a new study has revealed.During that period, Eastern Africa experienced one of its worst droughts in ...
Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe. “I don't ...
The Africa hunger crisis, exacerbated by a climate change–amplified El Niño, is reaching a critical point. A recent Reuters report paints a grim picture, revealing that southern Africa is grappling ...
A major coastal city located in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province is facing a total water cutoff for about 500,000 residents, almost half its population, following a prolonged drought. Disaster ...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved $16.38 million in additional financing for the Borana Resilient Water Development for Improved Livelihoods Programme II, reinforcing ...
As the end of 2022 draws near, the Horn of Africa is experiencing the longest and most severe drought on record, threatening millions of people with starvation. On November 7, 2022, a consortium of 16 ...