Urban flooding is a major problem in the global south. In west and central Africa, more than 4 million people were affected ...

Urban flooding is a major problem in the global south. In west and central Africa, more than 4 million people were affected by flooding in 2024. In Ghana, cities suffer damage from flooding every year ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn’t just about intense ...

The findings highlight the precarious situation of Kinshasa residents, now at about 18 million, who mostly live in dense informal housing in areas especially vulnerable to floods and landslides as the ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn't just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred rapidly ...

After floods devastate Congo, scientists say climate change is making heavier rains more likely and call for better data to ...

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to north-westerly south of Cape St. Lucia in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly but southerly to ...

After a decade in the city, freelance journalist Katy Gillett takes us on a tour of the best places for ticking things off ...

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos ...

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson spent the latter half of the week at the African American Mayors Association National Conference ...