Climate change undermines Africa’s progress towards sustainable development goals, hindering economic growth and human well-being ...

Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed.

Gendarmes and volunteers are helping local people clear mud from their homes and recover from the devastating impact of the ...

Floods across a swath of central and West Africa have displaced at least 2.9 million people, killed about 1,000 and are ...

A swath of sub-Saharan Africa this month suffered the heaviest rainfall ... Bloomberg News notes that Poland, the Czech ...

Several regions of the world are experiencing severe flooding. The African countries of Nigeria, Mali and Chad are coping with massive displacement as a result of flooding there. And in Europe, the ...

To help meet these needs and help communities respond to conflict, climate disasters, and other crises, USAID has provided nearly $1.4 billion in total humanitarian assistance across West and Central ...

People in Nigeria's flood-hit northeastern Borno state are struggling to get medical care as overwhelmed aid agencies warn of ...

Increasingly warmer weather due to climate change is causing more extreme rainfall in some areas of the globe.

Floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands in the region, worsening existing humanitarian crises.

National governments are on the frontlines of this crisis, with WFP’s support providing critical food and nutrition assistance to nearly one million people across the region. In Nigeria’s Maiduguri, ...

As torrential rains sweep through Central and West Africa, floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds ...