Mozambique: Weather 'Orange Alert' Declared
The Mozambican government's Disaster Management Technical Commission (CTGC) on Friday announced an orange alert, only one step removed...
Bolivia's Second Largest Lake Dries Up
Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was Bolivia’s second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls...
Namibia: Central Towns to Run Dry By September
NamWater's top executive predicts that towns in central Namibia, including Windhoek, will run dry by September 2016 unless the rainy...
Zimbabwe: Food Aid, Baobab on the Menu as Country Struggles with Drought
Elliot Nzarayebani, a farmer in Zimunya, a small community near Mutare city, expects to have to rely on food handouts due to the drought...
South Africa: Limpopo Villagers Forced to Dig for Water
Villagers in Waterberg, Limpopo's main livestock-farming zone, knew little about climate change, until recently when the river they...
South Africa Suffers Driest Year on Record in 2015
South Africa suffered its driest year on record in 2015, the national weather service said on Thursday, as a drought that has threatened...
Zimbabwe: Drought Takes a Toll on Cattle
Justin Dlomo watches his small herd of emaciated cattle scrounge for bits of dry grass with a growing sense of dread. “I don’t even know...
Malawi: Clergy Says "Sexual Immorality" Reason for Drought, Human Rights Activists Respond
Malawi has deemed to have lost its consensus on sex morality and godly ideals, the clergy observed during an inter denominational prayers...
Zimbabwe: Wedza Farmers Receive Wrong Seed for Drought
Agriculture authorities have against their own advice, set small-scale maize growers in Wedza firmly on the path to hunger following the...
Ethiopia: Famine and Government Neglect
A shadow of fear and panic is creeping through villages in North Eastern, central and Southern Ethiopia, where once again famine stalks...