Floods across a swath of central and West Africa have displaced at least 2.9 million people, killed about 1 000 and are ...

The worst floods in decades across a swath of West and Central Africa are deepening a record food-insecurity crisis in a ...

On September 9, jihadist militants launched a coordinated assault on several Christian villages in Burkina Faso, resulting in ...

Floods across 14 central and West African nations have affected at least 4 million people — rendering many of them homeless — ...

African states need to start working more closely with their neighbours, both in terms of purchasing disaster supplies as well as in responding to emergencies. Many African countries are very small, ...

Iron bound to dust from the Sahara blown westward over the Atlantic has properties that change with the distance traveled.

A Dutch engineer wants to transform an expanse of arid land into green, fertile land teeming with wildlife — and in the ...

Floods in Africa that are displacing millions of people from Guinea on the west coast to the Central African Republic more ...

West African floods have displaced at least 2.4 million people, killed about 1,000 and are devastating crops in a region that ...

The answer is found on the other side of the Atlantic, where the Sahara Desert just had weeks of unprecedented rainfall.

The ambush reveals the dangers faced by Russian mercenary forces working for military juntas in Africa. The arid Sahel region is host to separatists and powerful offshoots of Islamic State and Al ...

The deluge, which coincides with a crucial crop season, is being blamed on global warming. Read more at straitstimes.com.