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West Africa’s rainy season is coming to a close, but the yearly cholera outbreak continues to claim lives throughout the region. In the hardest-hit...

The Gambia’s number one farmer, President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, has once again manifested his sterling leadership qualities by setting the pace in...

Serious shortages of water and pasture for livestock are being experienced in the northern Kenyan districts of Isiolo, Mandera and Wajir as dry...

Of the 50 million seedlings planted every year in the 11 northern Nigeria states worst effected by desertification, 37.5 million wither and die...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning of the possibility of above average malaria transmission levels in the region this season prompted by...

Salamata Sanou is one of the lucky few. Her squat, concrete house is surrounded by tarmac with wide channels to carry away rain water. Even at the...

The end of the rainy season in Africa could trigger the worst meningitis epidemic to hit the continent in a decade, which the international...

Eastern Africa could face dry conditions early next year, with the possibility of seasonal rains being delayed by the effects of a climate...