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 ...

Maize is Africa’s most widely grown crop, but its vulnerability to climate change is derailing the continent’s efforts to end hunger. Now, startups and NGOs are looking for new ways to future-proof ...

Malawi President Arthur Peter Mutharika has extended a state of disaster to all 28 districts and four cities amid severe food ...

As Africa bears the brunt of worsening climate change, writers and novelists on the continent are turning to penning "climate ...

Africa's tropical forests appear more resilient as carbon sinks than Amazonian rainforests - mopping up planet-warming carbon ...

Please join the CSIS Humanitarian Agenda on 23 March at 2:00 pm EST for a discussion on the multiple, overlapping humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa. Drought conditions caused by a La Niña ...

A new University of California San Diego study uncovers a hidden driver of global crop vulnerability: the origin of rainfall ...

The crisis stretches across eight nations, including Gambia and Chad. May 29, 2012 — -- According to the United Nations, the Sahel region of West Africa, which stretches across eight countries ...