US and Israeli officials have reached out to at least three East African countries, holding talks about using their ...

In early 2018, as South Africa's Western Cape region was in the midst of a yearslong drought that brought its reservoirs to ...

SCIENTISTS have said that human-induced climate change increased the severity of the 2021-2022 drought in the Horn of Africa.

Drought, conflict, and high food prices might push another one million Somalians into crisis levels of food insecurity in the ...

(Reuters) - The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), which gets much of its funding from the United States, is closing ...

North Africa is enduring its seventh consecutive year of extreme heat and below-average rainfall. The drought has shrunk harvests and driven up... ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria's president has ...

The United Nations’ World Food Programme is closing its southern African bureau that’s been leading a response to the worst ...

one of several southern African countries recently hit by a prolonged drought. Seven million people are now desperate for food assistance. The World Food Programme, along with several nations ...

Charities said southern Africa faced an unprecedented drought caused by El Niño, the recurring climate event which intensifies either dry or stormy weather ...

The time to step up is now” for the people of Somalia, where drought threatens 1.7 million young children at risk of ...

The United Nations' World Food Programme is closing its southern Africa office due to funding cuts from the Trump ...

An El Nino-induced drought last year caused Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Namibia to declare a national disaster. The agency would consolidate its eastern and southern African operations ...