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Africa

In Africa, Conflict and Climate Super-Charge the Forces Behind Famine and Food Insecurity

While there’s no doubt that a warming planet makes food security more challenging, calling a famine “climate-induced” is complicated and recently controversial.

By Georgina Gustin

Pastoralists from the local Gabra community walk among carcasses of some of their sheep and goats on the outskirts of a small settlement called 'Kambi ya Nyoka' (snake camp) suspected to have succumbed due to sudden change in climate in Marsabit county January 29, 2022. - A devastating drought in Kenya late-last year, that appeared to give way to flash storms that yielded flooding and chilly weather conditions in early 2022, has seen pastoral communities in the east african nation's arid north lose their livestock, first to drought and then floods and cold. Credit: Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images
Maasai elders in Tanzania.

In an Attempt to Wrestle Away Land for Game Hunters, Tanzanian Government Fires on Maasai Farmers, Killing Two

By Katie Surma

Geothermal power station at Olkaria in Hells Gate National Park in Kenya. Credit: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Can Africa Grow Without Fossil Fuels?

By David Pilling, The Financial Times

Rangers from Kahuzi-Biega National Park visit the devastated areas of the park on September 30, 2019. Credit: Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Unintended Consequences of ‘Fortress Conservation’

By Katie Surma

A dead acacia tree trunk is silhouetted against the setting sun in the Deadvlei salt pan in Namib-Naukluft National Park, located in Namibia, Africa. Credit: VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Climate Science Has a Blind Spot When it Comes to Heat Waves in Southern Africa

By Bob Berwyn

drought in Africa

Africa: Droughts to Worsen, With Implications for U.S. Aid

By Katherine Bagley

A Visit to Africa's Climate Change Future

by Madeleine Bunting, Guardian

Carbon-Friendly Beef? Look to Africa, Experts Say

By Max Ajl

Attacks on IPCC's African Agriculture Numbers Ignore Reality

By Max Ajl

Ethiopia's Rush to Build Mega Dams Sparks Protests

By Guest Writer

Feeding 9 Billion People

By Suzanne B. Bopp

Deal-Breaking Splits Remain over Global Warming Temperature Target

By Stacy Feldman

Investors Ready to Fight Climate Change, But Government Policies Aren't Helping

By Mindy S. Lubber

Microinsurance Protects Poor Farmers Facing Increasing Risks from Climate Change

By Ann Danylkiw

By Cell Phone, Scientists Assist African Farmers Facing Effects of Climate Change

By Jeanne Roberts

Solar Power: Finally, Coming to South Africa

By Stacy Feldman

Solving Kenya’s Food Crisis, One Indigenous Crop at a Time

By Jeanne Roberts

Your Cell Phone's Blood Diamonds: Conflict Materials from Congo

By Guest Writer

Camels

As Global Warming Makes Crops Impossible, a Shift to Camels

By Jeanne Roberts

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