Energy-short South Sudan powers up - but with fossil fuels
The capital Juba has a new power plant run on diesel fuel - but backers argue it's cleaner than running the city on diesel generators
OPINION: African floods: Rain dividends can stop future drought crises
The cycle of droughts and floods is likely to continue; we need to prepare for it and make it work for those at risk
Local water scarcity spilling over into global crisis, researchers warn
From Jordan to Uzbekistan, water shortages are proving hard to solve, researchers say
Green Climate Fund expands support to more than 100 developing states
Countries from Mozambique to Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Paraguay and China get support
Venezuelan migrants need $1.35 bln in 2020 for basic services -NGOs
Colombia is now home to more than 1.4 million Venezuelans, many of whom arrived with little money and in desperate need of basic services
Water crisis builds in Egypt as dam talks falter, temperatures rise
Talk of physical conflict between the countries along the Nile has receded, but Egypt sees the dam as an existential threat that could decimate farming and damage power supplies
Heavy rains, flooding displace hundred of thousands in East Africa
Researchers warn warming oceans are causing unpredictable weather patterns in the region
With water a weapon of Middle East war, women seen as worst hit
The 'weaponisation' of water in the Middle East has led to historical and modern day tensions, with women most impacted, says playwright Sabrina Mahfouz
Sudan discussing cash transfers to poor as part of food subsidies plan -prime minister
Shortages of bread, fuel and medicine coupled with hefty price rises brought people out in protest and led to the toppling of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April
'A better life somewhere else': Europe-bound African migrants wait in Rwanda
A group of female migrants were said to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder