Climate change fuelled rains behind deadly Nigeria floods: study
Paris – Heavy rains behind floods that killed over 600 people in Nigeria this year were about 80 times... Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Kenya drought kills more than 200 elephants
Nairobi – More than 200 elephants and hundreds of zebras and gnus have died in Kenya’s worst drought in... Read more
5 Nov, 2022
Tanzania starts rationing water due to drought
Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian authorities on Thursday began rationing water in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam following... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
UN warns Somalia humanitarian crisis remains ‘dire’
Nairobi – The United Nations said on Wednesday that the humanitarian response to the crisis in Somalia where a... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Court challenge in Kenya over GM crops
Nairobi – A Kenyan lawyer said on Friday he has filed a court challenge to a decision by the... Read more
15 Oct, 2022
Kenya lobby groups protest lifting of ban on GM crops
Nairobi – Activists and agriculture lobby groups on Thursday urged Kenya’s government to reverse its decision to lift a... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
‘Extraordinary’ elephant that survived poaching dies in drought-hit Kenya
Nairobi – An “extraordinary and resilient” African elephant who defied all odds to give birth despite being shot five... Read more
30 Sep, 2022
Too weak to cry: famine looms over Somalia’s children
Mogadishu – As flies buzz over his tiny body, two-year-old Sadak Ibrahim barely whimpers, too weak to cry or... Read more
20 Sep, 2022
Somalia on the brink of famine: aid efforts risk failing marginalised communities yet again
Nisar Majid, London School of Economics and Political Science Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis of enormous severity and... Read more
16 Sep, 2022
UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia
Nairobi – The UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned on Monday that Somalia was on the brink of famine... Read more
5 Sep, 2022
