Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), delivered the 10th Annual Desmond Tutu Peace Lecture on 7 ... Read more »
Devastating floods has seen the country lose more than two million tons of rice, a quarter of the projected harvest. This has sparked concerns that the current food insuffiency ... Read more »
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said it is deeply concerned by the impact of the severe and fierce flooding across the country where an estimated 500,000 people have been ... Read more »
Rift Valley's rapidly rising water levels have reportedly swallowed homes, utilities and displaced animals in parks. Residents and scientists have been left baffled, as rain has ... Read more »
Namibia's Agriculture Minister Calle Schlettwein has told the national assembly that the funds are needed for manpower, vehicles, equipment, personal protective equipment and other ... Read more »
The popular award-winning singer has been appointed as the new goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme. Her role is to help bring to light the impact of ... Read more »
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned of severe drought between November 2020 to February 2021 that will result in food scarcity in Uganda. The agency gave this ... Read more »
Fishing businesses in Turkana, Kenya, have many challenges - much of government support is not reaching these indigenous fishing communities, forcing them to sell their catches ... Read more »
According to new data from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), more than 535,500 children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition. Of them, some 156,500 children are ... Read more »
Greenpeace Africa called the intention to open logging in Ebo forest "a massacre", saying the forest is essential for more than 40 local Banen communities. It said that opening the ... Read more »
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