Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of ...

And heatwaves fuelled by climate change can worsen dry conditions when they do occur, by increasing evaporation from the soil ...

In April 2024, temperatures in Mali rose above 48C during an extreme heatwave across the Sahel ... season on record in 2023. Climate change more than doubled the likelihood of the extreme "fire ...

The year 2023 was the year Millet was declared by none other body than the world-renowned United Nations as the Crop of the ...

The federal Liberals are once again promising to launch an Africa strategy -- something the government appeared to back away ...

“I was so happy about it,” she said. “I don’t even know how to explain how it felt.” Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation of 23 million in Sahel, an arid strip of land south of the Sahara, used to be ...

Historian and political scientist Allan Lichtman is blaming disinformation and billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk for his ...

Habitat loss and poaching have driven dramatic declines in African elephants, but it is challenging to measure their numbers ...

For rural schools, the rainy season brings heightened concerns. Past storms have ripped off roofs, damaged classrooms, and forced temporary closures. In recent years, numerous schools in areas like ...

According to the country’s national weather service, the region receives most of its precipitation between October and May, ...

Moderate to severe drought conditions across the Corn Belt provided ideal conditions for fast harvest, but it also draws ...

They're the largest animals walking the Earth, but scientists at Colorado State University in the US warn that African ...