Heavy rains have also left hundreds of thousands more displaced across the region. Kenya, Somalia and Rwanda are the worst hit. The flooding comes as the countries try to recover ... Read more »

While approximately 20,000 people were affected by flooding in Djibouti, more than 10,000 people were displaced in Somaliland, and homes and fishing boats were destroyed in ... Read more »

The meteorological department has warned that rainfall of more than 50mm would pound parts of Rift Valley, western, northern and central Kenya. Over 160 people have died ... Read more »

Kenya power producer KenGen has issued flood alerts warning communities living downstream of the Masinga dam located in the Seven Forks cascade to move to safer ground as they ... Read more »

Growing up on Mount Boutmezguida in southwest Morocco on the edge of the Sahara desert, Khadija Ghouate never imagined that the fog enveloping the nearby peaks would change her ... Read more »

Eight cities - from Accra to Dar es Salaam - pledged this week to deliver their share of emissions cuts needed to meet Paris Agreement targets to limit climate change. "We ... Read more »

The rains which has been wreaking havoc in several parts of the country, has exposed the fragile disaster management mechanisms, confirming that the government needs to do more to ... Read more »

Climate smart agricultural practices (CSA), as defined by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, are approaches that help to transform and reorient agricultural and food systems ... Read more »

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the international community to mobilise sustained financial, technical and capacity building support to mitigate the adverse effects of climate ... Read more »

Floods have also displaced about 48,177 households - that's 260,200 people without home - in the areas prone to drought, with Tana River, Garissa, Kilifi, Kisumu, Mandera, Isiolo, ... Read more »