JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Human-caused climate change worsened recent torrential rains and floods that devastated parts of southern ...

The land in East Africa is slowly tearing itself apart, a continental fracture that will eventually open a new ocean basin.

Climate change could lead to half a million more deaths from malaria in Africa over the next 25 years, according to new research.

Extreme rainfall and flooding across Sudan, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad this year led to thousands of deaths and millions of displacements, mirroring what occurred in the region in 2022.

Prices of cocoa surged by 136% between July 2022 and February 2024, and climate extremes in West Africa’s cocoa belt, which produces 70% of the world’s cocoa, are partly to blame. Cocoa — the main ...

Extreme weather is creating fertile ground for conflict in multiple regions of Africa, the Pentagon’s top Africa official said Tuesday. It’s also threatening the U.S.’s ability to maintain military ...

The U.N.’s recent “Adaptation Gap Report” reveals a massive shortfall between the funds needed for climate adaptation and the financing available as of 2023. Africa, among the most climate-vulnerable ...

In early 2023, an exceptionally powerful tropical cyclone formed over the Indian Ocean, sweeping over Madagascar and Mozambique before finally dissipating—after more than five weeks—over Malawi.

Director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Plaform (KRISP)., Stellenbosch University Rising ...

Martin H. Trauth receives grant funding from DFG, ICDP, NERC and NSF. Martin H. Trauth is an active member of DGGV and EGU. Asfawossen Asrat receives funding from ICDP, NSF, NERC Mark Maslin is the ...