UK aid agencies have launched a fundraising appeal to help millions of people facing hunger in East Africa. The Disasters Emergency Committee says at least 16 million people in Somalia, Kenya,...
Thousands of hectares of mangroves in Australia's remote north "died of thirst" last year, scientists said Tuesday, in the largest climate-related incident of its kind ever recorded. Some 7,400...
Somalia's prime minister said Saturday that at least 110 people had died from drought and drought-related illnesses on Thursday and Friday, the first reported deaths since the country declared a...
In a wildlife sanctuary in southern Kenya the relentless sun has bleached savannah grasses and dried up rivers, turning water holes first into muddy pits and now, dust bowls. Herds of elephant,...
Somalia's Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Haire, says 110 people have died from hunger in a single region in the past 48 hours amid a severe drought. The figure for the south-western Bay region is the...
Somali's newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Tuesday declared a "national disaster" due to severe drought which aid agencies say has left some three million in crisis. The Horn of...
A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing...
A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing...
A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing...
A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The government and the United Nations report that 100,000 people are facing...
Last year's unusually potent El Nino produced monster waves that carved away record-breaking swathes of the US West Coast's beaches, said a study Tuesday, warning that recovery may take years....
Kenya’s president has declared the drought, which has affected as much as half the country, a national disaster. Uhuru Kenyatta appealed for international aid and said the government would increase...
A shortage of grazing and water is leading to large-scale loss of livestock in Kenya Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned people involved in food distribution not to "enrich themselves", a...
Animal carcasses littered the fields and stench of dead animals pervaded the air in Kenya’s Marsabit County on Wednesday (February 1), the result of a prolonged period of drought which destructed...
More international help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight the worst wildfire in the country’s modern history. Russia has sent a super-tanker aircraft capable of carrying tons of...
More international help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight the worst wildfire in the country’s modern history. Russia has sent a super-tanker aircraft capable of carrying tons of...
In Santa Olga, 1,000 homes in the town were razed to the ground More international help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight the worst wildfire in the country's modern history. Russia...
Southern Africa is still recovering from the devastating effects brought on by a two-year-long El Nino event that ended in early 2016. El Nino is known for its widespread impact across the globe...
Irregular rain has ruined crops, and the country is experiencing both droughts and floods Sudan's ecosystems and natural resources are deteriorating. Temperatures are rising, water supplies are...
For senior citizen Elia Shaanika from Ongandjera District in northern Namibia's Omusati Region, the future seemed bleak and he did not know how he would survive next month as he faces severe food...
