Meanwhile a quarter of all Europe and northern Africa is under drought conditions, according to Copernicus, with 19.3 percent of the region's soil at a "warning" level, meaning a moisture deficit ...

At some point, I thought of taking my own life instead of watching them die of hunger in front of me.” - Shamsa Amin Ali, 38, Somali refugee in Kenya The Horn of Africa region continues to experience ...

But after that only the tougher, more drought resistant goats were common. The route taken by traders of the Maghreb to Ghana would have started in North Africa in Tahert, sweeping down through ...

A study finds that severe drought plaguing parts of Somalia since 2022 has killed at least 71,000 people beyond the number expected. About 40% of the lives lost were children under the age of 5 ...

Hence, it impacts global circulation patterns, resulting in drought conditions often experienced in southern Africa, while just to the north in East Africa, El Niño years tend to be unusually wet.