The world faces unresolved conflicts, growing climate crises, attacks on aid workers, two famines, and diminishing political will—along with significant aid cuts. Altogether, 2025 has earned a grim ...

An existing body of research indicates that climate change is making tropical cyclones wetter and more powerful. Now, a new ...

Special education teacher Alanna O'Donnell didn't have any farming experience when she came up with the idea that would transform her school community — chickens. "Lots of this, we had to learn on the ...

Every time I visit South Africa, I’m reminded why this country represents so much of Africa’s future. The energy here is contagious — young people full of ideas, entrepreneurs pushing boundaries, ...

On a misty March morning, clouds flowed like a slow-moving tide over the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains. Maphafodi (Mme) Jonas, a 62-year-old woman with a green thumb and exemplary work ethic, had about ...

Peter Akong Minang receives funding from European Union, NORAD, FCDO and Global Affairs Canada The funding received is strictly for research in development work in the areas of climate change, ...

When Luke Laha's aging chicken coop started failing, the Kansas farmer decided to rebuild his dream coop from scratch. In a video posted to his YouTube channel, 5 Acre Farm, he detailed the building ...

Africa emits less than 4% of global greenhouse gases, but its forests and peatlands are among the world’s largest carbon sinks, absorbing 1 billions of tonnes of CO₂. In the hierarchy of global ...

Many classes that meet UCSD’s climate literacy requirement are taught in the university’s Climate Action Lab. Credit: Olivia Sanchez/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

The fifth Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) opens Monday, 3 November, in Casablanca. More than 1,200 financial leaders, public decision-makers and regulators from across the continent are in attendance.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. With its growing focus on sustainable development and climate action, Africa has the potential to lead the way toward a more sustainable future, as ...

An agricultural economist and Ross-Lynn Scholar at Purdue University, Ifeanyi Obinefo, has raised concerns over Africa’s growing food insecurity, linking it to the twin crises of rising fertilizer ...