Extreme weather events and other climate-driven disasters are hardest on children. UNICEF is mainstreaming climate-smart programming — working with and within communities to protect and empower young ...

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

The “Samburu Special Five” — the reticulated giraffe, Grévy’s zebra, beisa oryx, gerenuk and Somali ostrich — exist only in northern Kenya, southern Ethiopia and Somalia, where they have evolved ...

A switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Nearly 116 million people in eight African countries, hardest hit by severe water crises, lack access to drinking water. Globally, flash floods have become 20 times more frequent between 2000 and 2022 ...

Central banks and regulators from the Eastern and Southern African region strengthen skills to address climate and nature-related financial risks. Climate change and nature loss are no longer distant ...