Scientists link climate crisis to global food price surges
A group of international scientists has revealed that extreme weather conditions since 2022 have led to price surges for key...
Climate change
Iraq: Freak weather turns up the heat on women’s rights
While drought has been looming in the Middle East and North Africa for years, Iraq is particularly vulnerable to climate...
Syria: Wildfires force evacuations in countryside
Syrian firefighters began evacuating residents from their homes in the Latakia countryside as wildfires rapidly advanced towards populated areas, according...
Climate change disproportionately impacts women in the MENA region
Climate change is disproportionately impacting women in the MENA region, a new study published by Oxfam on June 10th has...
South Sudan: severe flooding displaces residents for fourth consecutive year
Since 2020, over half a million people living in the state of Jonglei, South Sudan, have been impacted by severe...
Saudi Arabia trails UAE in race to invest in Morocco
Saudi Arabia is stepping up its presence in the Maghreb through a Memorandum of Understanding with Morocco, the self-proclaimed “gateway...
Climate change threatens Nigeria’s future food security
Nigeria is undergoing a rapid shift in climate, with prolonged periods of extreme heat depleting water resources and placing the...
Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast brace for US tariff fallout
The Trump administration has threatened to impose large-scale tariffs on all cocoa products from the Ivory Coast, a move that...
Morocco tackles six years of drought
Morocco is spending hundreds of millions to supply water to parched cities farther south but experts question the sustainability of...
Morocco invests millions to fight drought
Morocco has invested over $700 million in a major water diversion project aimed at alleviating drought in its most densely...
Dr. Majid Rafizadeh: Africa suffers critically from climate change
Climate change is not just an environmental issue, it is a global crisis with economic, social and security implications. Nowhere...
Morocco’s unemployment rate has risen to 13.3% in 2024
In 2024 the unemployment rate in Morocco rose to 13.3%, increasing from 13% in 2023, according to data released by...
Morocco’s red pepper capital decimated by drought
Morocco’s red pepper capital Oulad Ali Loued has been decimated by the ongoing six-year drought that has threatened to the...
Devastating Spanish floods kill at least 95
Flash floods in eastern Spain have killed at least 95 people, sweeping away cars, turning village streets into rivers, and...
Morocco: deadly heatwave claims 21 lives
The Moroccan Heath Ministry announced that at least 21 people had been killed within a 24-hour period in the central...
