Recent heavy rains and floods ... the rainiest time of the year in West Africa, this year's rains have been more severe than usual. Widespread flood have affected 29 of the Nigeria's 36 states.

Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria.

In west and central Africa, recent heavy rains and flooding show climate change is another thumb on a scale already weighed down by war and disease. New research suggests extreme weather events in ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urgently appealing for $10.6 million to address the most pressing needs of 228,000 forcibly displaced people and their host communities across West and Central Africa, ...

If global warming reaches 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), which could happen as early as the 2050s, such ...

Global warming intensified the rainy season in many African countries in 2024, sparking deadly floods, according to scientists. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) network said on Wednesday that human ...

Rain-triggered disasters, including flash floods and landslides, have killed at least 250 people and affected some three million people across East Africa in recent weeks, with about half of the ...

Displacing nearly one million people, the floods have worsened an already fragile situation. “For many children in West and Central Africa ... resilient to future extreme weather events.

About 10 million children across four countries in West and Central ... more resilient to extreme weather events such as flooding so that children can learn safely. Save the Children is responding to ...

Torrential rains and severe flooding have affected around 6.9 million people in West and Central Africa so far in 2024 ... according to a recent report by the World Meteorological Organisation.

Displacing nearly one million people, the floods have worsened an already fragile situation. "For many children in West and Central Africa ... are resilient to future extreme weather events.