Africa Climate Summit 2023: Leaders root for green growth, enhanced climate financing as talks begin
Under the theme ‘Driving green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the World’, the summit will culminate in ‘…
Literature Nobel: Zanzibari Abdulrazak Gurnah declared winner for works on colonialism, refugee experience
2021 Literature Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah’s works feature the cosmopolitan complexity of Africa’s Swahili coast as well as its …
World Malaria Report: Despite a dip in cases, India still one of the worst-hit countries
While Africa and India saw the maximum dip in malaria cases between 2017 and 2018, they still accounted for 85 per cent deaths
Supporting local food systems can prevent conflict
Conflict is one of the main driving factors of hunger; strengthening sustaianble agriculture can promote peace, says the UN Food and Agricultural …
‘Nigeria’s economic productivity to go down by 2020’
Two reports reveal that the African powerhouse’s productivity could decline by 11 per cent due to climate change’s impact on its …
What's the connection between climate change and violent unrest?
A new research explains how food shortages induced by climate change increase the risk of unrest in countries
Chinese nationals accused of driving Namibia’s wildlife to extinction
They are allegedly involved in escalating poaching of rhinos and elephants in Namibia and the illegal export of rhino horn and ivory
Sustainable use of Africa’s natural capital can boost economic growth
Africa holds 30 per cent of the world’s mineral reserves, roughly 65 per cent of its arable land and 10 per cent of its freshwater resources
More than 1,300 rhinos fell to poaching in Africa in 2015: IUCN
Poaching of rhinos is fuelled by the demand for their horns in Southeast Asia
Omicron in southern Africa: How the region reacted after the variant emerged
Six rangers ambushed and killed in Congo’s Virunga National Park
The attack has been blamed on local militia
In Yemen, seven million people on the brink of famine: FAO Director-General
About 17 million people, two-thirds of the population, are severely food insecure
Half of Africa’s savanna elephants may disappear in less than a decade
Around 144,000 animals were lost over a seven-year period in 18 African countries
Ebola outbreak nears an end, but stigmas remain
The epidemic has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa
Africa records 152 disasters every year
The impact of risk reduction on the ground is what matters most, say experts
WHO: More investments needed in Africa to control, eliminate neglected tropical diseases
Around 400 million people in the region are still affected; 99 million in 26 countries at risk of not receiving treatment
Ebola in Africa's Democratic Republic of Congo now has more than 2,000 infected
The current outbreak of the virus, beginning late July 2018, has claimed 1,346 lives in North Kivu and Ituri provinces until May.
800 women still die in childbirth every day globally: Unicef report
The lowest coverage levels tend to be in the poorest countries where maternal mortality levels are highest, it says
Cyclone Idai batters southern Africa; 120 dead, many more missing
Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi affected in the ‘worst disaster to hit the region’
Climate extremes can reverse progress in ending malnutrition
A report by the World Meteorological Organization adds that climate events in 2017 had the biggest impact on acute food insecurity and …
How Africa can benefit from Earth observation technologies
The first Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa Forum explores innovations and sustainable development using Earth …
Dam collapse kills at least 38 in Kenya; flood situation in East Africa remains grim
Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in the last few weeks, destroying thousands of homes and displacing more than half a million people across …
Poor land use can cost the world $23 trillion by 2050
If the world spends even a fraction of the predicted loss, it can reverse land degradation, which affects the poorest the most
Sahara Desert, the hottest in the world, received 16 inches snow last weekend
What explains the weather anomaly in the world's largest hot desert, which is also one of the driest places on earth?
Tough choices have to be made for Africa to sustainably urbanise
With Africa approaching 50 per cent urbanisation, governments have to make hard choices for scale and type of investments they need to make