African countries had 14 of the world’s 67 heat extreme events last year, and several had at least three months of hotter ...

The Green Climate Fund approves $222 million for FAO to launch the SURAGGWA program in eight Sahelian countries. • The initiative focuses on restoring degraded lands and developing value chains for ...

Unless greenhouse gas emissions fall dramatically, warming could pass 2.9°C this century, which would have catastrophic consequences for life on this planet. UNEP takes a four-pronged approach to ...

On World Refugee Day, displaced Africans face the worst conditions yet as conflict and disasters increase, aid plummets and borders tighten.

Climate change is the biggest challenge facing the planet. It will need every solution possible, including technology like artificial intelligence (AI). Seeing a chance to help the cause, some of ...

A study by the Met Office highlights the rapidly increasing likelihood of extreme temperatures for the UK. Scientists estimate that the chance of seeing temperatures above 40C is now more than 20 ...

TORONTO/DAKAR (Reuters) -Barrick Mining has removed its Mali gold complex from its overall output forecast for 2025, four sources told Reuters, adding to fallout from a two-year dispute over new ...

The Russian paramilitary group Wagner has left Mali and its units there have been taken over by the Moscow-run Africa Corps, diplomatic and security sources told journalists on Sunday.