According to Kenya’s President William Ruto, “Africa must step forward as the cornerstone around which effective climate ...

Analysis - Drought disasters in southern Africa are mainly attributed to a lack of preparedness, inadequate response and mitigation and poor risk reduction measures. With little to no preparation ...

Africa is particularly vulnerable to suffering natural disasters, such as floods, severe storms and droughts. These are not only crippling economies and people's livelihoods but also costing lives ...

Total losses from natural disasters amounted to $40b. Over a third of the world’s natural disaster losses in the first half of 2024 came from Asia Pacific (APAC) and Africa, causing $40b in ...

Global non-profit Equalall has so far been involved in fundraising for and mobilizing life-saving aid for victims of war, ...

Baltimore, Maryland — Here's a question: Over the past 40 years, what natural disaster has affected more people around the globe than any other? The answer, according the U.N. Food and ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa was under a declared state of national disaster on Thursday as the death toll from floods caused ...

Africa, a continent of 1.5 billion people, has the world’s least developed weather and climate observation network with fewer stations operating to global basic standards than Germany, according ...

South Africa classified floods and storms that hit three coastal provinces in September and October as national disasters, allowing the government to free up funds to assist with reconstruction.

A new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center says the number of people displaced in Africa has tripled to 35 million. Of these, 32.5 million abandoned their homes due to conflict ...

Non-profit APOPO is training African giant pouched rats to help in the global fight against the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. Here, a rat on a lead searches for concealed wildlife ...