Angolan women and children displaced by drought into Namibia face serious human rights abuses arising from a lack of safe and ...

Large regions in northern, southern, and central-western Africa, as well as northern Madagascar, are experiencing severe drought conditions due to two or more years of lower-than-average rainfall and ...

As the effects of climate change continue to pose significant threats to food security worldwide, the scientific community is turning to innovative solutions. One such solution lies in gene-edited ...

The U.N. World Food Program has faced challenges in raising $400 million for its Southern Africa drought response, collecting just one-fifth of what it needs to help seven countries in the region, a ...

Shrinking water supplies can crowd people, wildlife, and mosquitoes together, creating surprising new opportunities for ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst ...

The rolling heat waves and low rainfall mark the start of the summer season in South Africa, and the forecast is a dire one, with the drought expected to continue through the first few months of 2016, ...

Young umbrella acacia trees in Africa survive severe drought by putting their natural processes into overdrive when water is in short supply, prioritizing continued growth over water conservation, new ...

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USAID says findings will influence food program for Horn of Africa; IPCC author says panel will consider the results in next climate assessment Sign up here. Rising global temperatures could trigger ...

Every day, Takawira Mudzviti takes his six herd of cattle to his village's last drinking point, a dam along the dried-up Mudzi River. The Chibundu Dam, at its lowest levels in the past 20 years ...

Hello! Water shortages and drought have hit nations in Europe and Africa as temperatures continue to swelter around the world.