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02 February 2017
Most South African citrus producers expect a better season than last year, when drought led to slightly lower volumes, with the exception of growers in the... more
NAU scientist uses remote sensing technologies to detect groundwater in drought-stricken East Africa
02 February 2017
A series of unprecedented droughts in the already impoverished areas of east Africa, chiefly northern Kenya and eastern Ethiopia, have affected millions of... more
01 February 2017
With only one-quarter of the expected rainfall received in the Horn of Africa in the October-December period, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)... more
01 February 2017
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told African leaders on Tuesday that the climate control recommendations reached during the 2015 Paris Climate... more
26 January 2017
Facing incessant droughts due to climate change, many women in southern Africa are adopting alternate practices like goat... more
23 January 2017
Like the rest of the world, Morocco is grappling with the serious effects of climate change, after a significant drop in the country’s economic growth in... more
23 January 2017
Agriculture is the most important sector of African economies, from the livelihoods it supports to the future jobs it can generate. The basic recipe for... more
03 January 2017
The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Dr. Anthony Anuforom, has assured the first batch of... more
03 January 2017
Coverage of Africa in 2016 gave cause for alarm, and for celebration too. That should continue in 2017 as people across the continent take on monumental... more
23 December 2016
OSLO, Norway, December 22, 2016/APO–Over 15 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are facing imminent drought and famine with water scarcity, food... more