Africa

According to a new economic research, results show that between 1995 and 2005, soil aridification led to a global loss of approximately 1.7 million tons of corn, 81,000 tons of rice, 786,000 tons of soybeans and 430,000 tons of wheat,…

Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in “extreme jeopardy” and desperately need humanitarian assistance due to worsening violence, the United Nations said Friday. The figure is twice as many as in 2020, while a further four…

African countries are spending between 2% and 9% of their budgets to respond to extreme weather events, according to a report released by the United Nations on Wednesday. A committee of experts shared the findings at the annual U.N. conference…

Cyclone Freddy has killed more than 60 people and injured dozens in Malawi and Mozambique as it slammed into Southern Africa for the second time in a month. Freddy is one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Southern…

Rural Niger offers young men no way to make a living, forcing huge numbers to emigrate and others to turn to crime and extremism. In February, a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said the desire for employment…

Islamic extremists killed at least 25 fishermen during an attack in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state, the police told The Associated Press on Thursday. The rebels attacked the fishermen in the remote Mukdolo village of Borno where the years-long extremist violence…

At least 10 people were killed and several others were injured when al-Shabaab terrorists stormed a residential building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, sprayed indiscriminate bullets with automatic weapons on civilians, and one of them blew himself up. The…

At least eight Nigerian police officers have been killed in separate attacks by suspected rebels in the country’s southeast just days ahead of presidential elections. Four officers were killed in an attack on a police station in Anambra state on…

Through military operations of the Somali army in Galmudug, a state located south west of Somalia, substantial territory was liberated through dismantling terrorists linked to al- Qaeda, terrorist group, Al-Shabaab. This is an enormous victory for Somalia, which has a…

Tragedy struck in the West African nation of Niger as at least 10 soldiers lost their lives in a brutal ambush near the border with Mali. The attack, which occurred on Friday evening in Banibangou, also left more than a…