Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger hint at a new west African currency: what it’ll take for it to succeed

Close coordination of macroeconomic and budgetary policies, establishment of robust monetary management institutions and creation of an …

Record malnutrition: Africa’s Sahel region to have over 6 million wasted children in 2022, warn UN agencies

Over 900,000 young lives can be at risk in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal

Flooding in Nigeria is on the rise – good forecasts, drains and risk maps are urgently needed

As the 2023 flooding approaches, it is important for federal government and state agencies to work in coordination

More children in central Sahel will face severe hunger in June-August 2023: Survey

The number of hungry people in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso is projected to cross 7.5 million

Climate shocks to drive 13.5 million people in Africa’s Sahel into poverty by 2050

Sahelian countries need $33.16 billion for climate adaptation by 2030

Niger is Africa’s fastest growing country — how to feed 25 million more people in 30 years

Reducing population growth rate and investments in women’s education & labour force participation among other steps needed

Children born in 2020 will experience 6.8 times more heatwaves than those born in 1960: Report

Limiting warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels will reduce the additional lifetime exposure of new-borns to heatwaves by 45%, droughts …

Gum arabic from Africa’s acacia trees in the Sahel is used in hundreds of products: What’s worth knowing

Sudan accounts for about 70% of global gum arabic exports

Scramble for the Sahel — why France, Russia, China and the United States are interested in the region

Military takeovers have been a major source of concern in the region and beyond in the last few years

Chad’s first dengue fever outbreak: What you should know

Chad doesn’t have necessary public health preparedness and response capacities, so the risk is high

Study identifies India among global flash drought hotspots from 1980-2015

The study identified rapid drought intensification across the United States, Brazil, southern Africa, Spain, western Russia and Australia as …

Harmattan and the air we breathe: What can we learn?

The massive climate change-induced dust fall event in west Africa has many lessons for all combating deadly air pollution  

Africa climate programme to benefit 5.4 million small-scale farmers in Sahel

The programme aims to restore degraded land, provide climate information systems and agricultural insurance

UNCCD CoP 14: Experts stress on restoring Sahel region by 2030

The Great Green Wall Initiative aims to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land and create 10 million green jobs by 2030 in the region

Around 52 million people in west, central Africa will face severe food stress from June-August: IRC

More than 2,500 people to face catastrophic, famine-like conditions if no urgent action is taken, organisation warns

Global Eco Watch: Will Britain fall, ask folklorists after raven disappears from the Tower of London

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Africa’s Sahel has the highest rate of child marriage globally: Report

Around 5 million children in the central Sahel face a growing humanitarian crisis, according to a new report

Africa’s Great Green Wall: Viable return on investments, says FAO study

GGW programme aims to restore 100 million hectares of degraded ecosystems across 11 countries in the region

Climate change causing rainfall in Africa’s Sahel region, says study

A long drought, which started in 1968, led to the virtual extinction of crops and widespread loss of cattle in the region

Pakistan, Afghanistan among global hunger hotspots: UN report

Conflict, climate extremes and economic shocks driving communities into crisis; Sudan conflict can impact several neighbouring countries

Heatwaves, droughts, extreme rain may be near permanent in 20 countries at 1.5°C warming

Study warns climate impact may increase multiple extreme events that occur simultaneously or consecutively

US announces $100 million fund to prepare vulnerable communities in Africa, Asia against disasters

Initiative plans to rope in private sector, civil societies and governments, and use crowd sourcing to find sustainable solutions to build …

Refugee exodus, militia attacks: What is happening in Mali

At least 0.1 mln refugees fled to neighbouring countries; about 1.4 mln in critical need of food assistance

Out of Africa

Guess what is bringing death and disease to the coral reefs of the world? Dust from African deserts

Is India headed towards a locust plague

Exceptional summer breeding may prompt swarms to remain in the country through end of year, move east & south