At least 47 people have been killed and over 56,000 displaced by flooding triggered by recent heavy rains in Niger, ...

Public and private entities need to work together to plan for disasters and to implement measures to mitigate the effect of ...

A new study has revealed a stark and growing inequality in urban flood exposure across the globe, with developing nations ...

Lagos, among the most vulnerable coastal megacities, is battling not just torrential rainfall but also the rising cost of ...

The government of Cape Verde has declared a state of emergency after a tropical storm devastated parts of the African ...

Minister of Human Settlements Thembi Simelane, alongside KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Human Settlements and Transport Siboniso Duma ...

South Africa is considering a new kind of flood insurance for its high-risk cities, which could mean faster payouts when disasters happen.

WHO and AECF convene regional workshop to pioneer climate-resilient health financing solutionsNairobi, Kenya - 20 August 2025 - As rising heat waves, floods, and droughts push Africa's health systems ...

National coordinator of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), Nigeria, Prof Michael Madukwe, has said intensifying climate threats, extreme ...

Elegu is Uganda’s third-largest informal trade gateway. It is located about 500 metres south of the South Sudanese town of ...

For nine years, in Khar Yalla, authorities have effectively abandoned Senegalese families internally displaced from the Langue de Barbarie peninsula by coastal floods, violating their rights to an ...