A spring that once supplied fresh water to Mabinty's village has been filled with thick mud. Nearby streams have dried up. The landscape, once green and brown, is now mostly ... Read more »
WaterAid Nigeria has disclosed that about 157 million Nigerians lack access to hand-washing facilities, leading to poor hand hygiene. The group says at least 60,000 children below ... Read more »
The evidence for handwashing is well-known - it can dramatically reduce the risk of diarrhoea and pneumonia, and thwarts the spread of diseases like Ebola. Access to clean water, ... Read more »
President Yoweri Museveni has visited Bukalasi sub-county in the Bududa district where dozens of residents lost their lives in mudslides after a heavy downpour. At least 42 bodies ... Read more »
Over 40 bodies have been recovered after mudslides swept four sub-counties in the Bududa district according to local authorities. Martin Owor, the commissioner for disaster ... Read more »
World efforts to lower hunger to zero by 2030 are being negated by warfare and climate change, nutritionists warn. German aid organisation Welthungerhilfe (World Hunger Relief) has ... Read more »
Five more Nigerian states - Adamawa, Taraba, Rivers, Kebbi and Bayelsa - have been declared disaster areas after devastating floods that saw over 100 people killed and hundreds ... Read more »
"If there was good rain, all of our problems would be solved," says Saidou. This isn't looking likely: in the Sahel, the gaps between the hardship years are getting smaller and ... Read more »
A UN climate change expert panel said in a special report on Monday that the world needs to move much faster and more dramatically if global warming is to be contained to anything ... Read more »
Kifle Horo, former head of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, has been named the new chief engineer of the project, replacing the position held by the deceased Simegnew Bekele. Read more »
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