Egypt and Sudan concerned over Ethiopia’s grand dam
Egypt and Sudan have raised concerns over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, which is built on the river Nile and is...
Climate change
Over 100,000 Yemenis impacted by flash floods
Relief organisations have said over 100,000 Yemenis have been affected by the flash floods that have taken place in the...
Libya: climate change is driving up migration, says new report
A new report from the International Organization for Migration examines the intersection of climate change, food security, and migration across...
Greta Thunberg joins climate protest in Norway refinery
Around 200 climate protesters, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, staged a demonstration at Norway’s biggest oil refinery, calling for the...
Yemen to face extreme floods threatening agriculture, UN warns
The UN warned on August 15th that Yemen faces the risk of widespread floods during the present rainy season, putting already...
Tunisia’s coastline faces alarming erosion threat
Tunisia’s coastline continues to erode at an alarming pace, driven by rising sea levels, unchecked urbanisation, and intensifying climate change,...
UN report: World hunger declines, yet Africa remains at risk
A United Nations report indicates world hunger declined in 2024 for the third consecutive year, although food insecurity deepened in...
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...
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...
