drought

Baidoa: Crossroads of despair in drought-ravaged Somalia

Baidoa – Under the blazing sun, Salado Adan Mohamed puts the finishing touches to her makeshift shelter, cobbled together from... Read more

3 Mar, 2022

Nairobi – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday that drought and famine were the worst enemy his... Read more

26 Feb, 2022

Nairobi – Vast swathes of land stretching from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia are in the grip of... Read more

23 Feb, 2022

Rabat – Morocco said on Wednesday it will launch a nearly $1 billion aid programme to help its agriculture industry,... Read more

17 Feb, 2022

Nairobi – An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of... Read more

8 Feb, 2022

Nairobi – Nearly one in four people in Somalia are facing acute hunger as drought ravages the conflict-wracked country,... Read more

20 Dec, 2021

Niamey – Few countries in the world struggle with as many burdens as Niger. The arid Sahel state is... Read more

3 Dec, 2021

Nairobi – Somalia’s “rapidly worsening” drought has left more than two million people facing severe food and water shortages, the... Read more

19 Nov, 2021

Sidi Salem – Tunisian olive farmer Ali Fileli looked out over his parched fields and crushed a lump of... Read more

15 Nov, 2021

Saidia – Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth of the Moulouya river –... Read more

15 Nov, 2021