As conditions continue to worsen due to drought and insecurity, hundreds of thousands of people across the Horn of Africa region are being forced to flee in search of safety and assistance, and ...

LANDS, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Dr Anxious Masuka has described the current drought affecting Zimbabwe as unusual, highlighting the absence of typical long food ...

Although El Niño conditions might have ... affected countries in Southern Africa. Several Member States have declared a state of disaster in response to the drought, and mobilized resources ...

The development of La Niña conditions could result in above-normal rainfall in some parts of the summer rainfall region from ...

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Maureen Farrell, recently relayed that extreme weather ...

"Fire is probably the biggest danger going into winter," climatologist and drought expert Brian Fuchs told USA TODAY in an email in mid-December. Long-promised La Niña conditions are still ...

Despite two weeks of U.N.-sponsored talks in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, the participating 197 nations failed to agree on a plan ...

The funds are expected to support 80 of the most vulnerable countries prepare for worsening drought conditions. But the U.N. estimates that between 2007 and 2017, droughts will cost $125 billion ...

speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations, told AFP that African nations had hoped the talks would produce a binding protocol on drought. That would ensure "every ...

Sihlobo highlighted the importation necessity for staples such as rice and palm oil due to South Africa's unfavourable cultivation conditions, noting that nearly half of the nation's wheat ...

He said that similar databases do not exist in other states and that the tool could be used in other regions plagued by droughts, like Sub-Saharan Africa ... that drought conditions may actually ...