Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have been displaced multiple times from Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip ...

Chad's government said it was ending a defense cooperation agreement with France in order to redefine the nation's sovereignty from its former colonial ruler.

A region’s climate is defined over periods of 30 years. In a world affected by global warming, we need new tools to improve ...

Residents of Mali's northern town of Tinzaouaten, caught in the crossfire of a fierce July battle between Tuareg rebels and ...

South Sudan is continuing to struggle with the impacts of climate change, including floods and droughts, leaving many people ...

In his late 60s, Abdi Ahmed gears up the strength for a new day as a nomad moving around with his cattle and 19 children. The ...

Mali’s ruling junta cut the signal of the popular news broadcaster Joliba TV News after a prominent politician criticized the military rulers of neighboring Burkina Faso during ...

While the Sahara Desert is an important ecosystem in its own right, its human neighbors in the Sahel would like it to stop encroaching on their environment. [Andrew Millison] took a look at how ...

Northern regions, being closer to the Sahel, generally experience less precipitation, with annual totals ranging from 500-1000 mm. Humidity levels during the rainy season in Nigeria can be oppressive, ...

A volcano erupted with lava spewing from a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening.

Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of unprecedented floods that devastated their economy already crippled by ...

Getting aid to countries before the storm or drought hits is one response increasingly being used to limit the damage.