Devastating floods in the Sahel region leave 30 dead and a million affected. Aid agencies warn of waterborne disease ...

Schools in Niger will start the new academic year almost a month late because of heavy rainfall and flooding, says the ...

In Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, many households have limited access to nutrient-rich foods due to ...

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, ...

Unprecendented flooding in Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Mali, Ghana and Liberia has triggered humanitarian crises. An ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have formed the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) to reject Western pressures and establish a ...

People in Nigeria's flood-hit northeastern Borno state are struggling to get medical care as overwhelmed aid agencies warn of ...

Across the Sahel and Lake Chad region, heavy floods have exacerbated existing humanitarian crises in countries such as ...

THE rising frequency and intensity of climate change related weather extremes are becoming costly for African economies, a ...

An international conference on climate change in West Africa began on Tuesday in Niamey, capital of the West African country ...

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

At a workshop in Saly, Senegal, today, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and its partners, the Green ...