Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root, introduced to sub-Saharan Africa by Portuguese traders centuries ago. It is a nutrition ...

Martha Bekele urges the continent to repudiate a narrative that shifts responsibility away from historical emitters.

Warning systems can engage people on a personal level — if they are built in a way that bridges technology and social science.

Renewable energy projects in Africa that depend on Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and state-backed companies will ...

The effects of climate change are no longer a future risk for Africa. They are a present crisis. Floods are destroying infrastructure that took decades to build. Droughts are collapsing harvests and ...

Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which is melting at an alarming rate. If it breaks apart entirely, it could push up global sea ...

Recent attacks in the Middle East on desalination plants, facilities that remove salt from seawater, raise the potential for ...

When Arianah Atete Kagorora sat down to write her essay, she did not set out to win a regional competition. She wanted to understand and answer one question: Why East African countries were tackling ...

We’ll be attending the global platform for the conservation of migratory animals and their habitats – but what is it all ...

For east African neighbours Kenya and Somalia, the effects of climate change are worlds apart, with one country suffering drought and the other deadly flooding.

They saw it coming. The weatherman warned of heavy rains between March 3 and 9. By March 6, dozens were dead. Experts call it a systemic failure by government agencies. The question remains: ...