Almost one million people live in 24 camps for refugees and internally displaced people in Ethiopia. They have fled wars and massacres in South Sudan and Somalia, and forced conscription and ...

People waded through knee-deep waters after a deadly storm brought torrential rain that flooded streets and cars in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital.

While the Democratic Republic of Congo reels from a new rebel offensive in the east, its capital in the west, Kinshasa, ...

Heavy rains began last week, causing the key Ndjili River to overflow on Friday and submerge hundreds of buildings. Many ...

“The main reason residents in low-lying areas may not be taking evacuation warnings seriously could be a belief that the ...

Vulnerability to climate change is considered high in Africa due to many factors. These include, inter alia, heavy reliance ...

By the end of the century, this could rise to a devastating 3.1C of warming above pre-industrial levels, even when ...

South Africa's weather service has issued severe Orange Level 5 alerts as dangerous thunderstorms, heavy downpours and localized flooding are set to batter most provinces this weekend.

Ssenyonyi urged the government to learn from the recent extreme heatwave that affected the country and to take proactive measures to address the current flooding ... by and about Africa ...

Extreme weather has exacerbated flooding in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and its surrounding cities, adding to the metropolis’ chronic problems of poor urban planning and land subsidence ...

floods and storms, and believe the threat is being underestimated due to limitations in current climate models. The study, led by climate scientists at UK Met Office, concludes that changes to NAO ...