Climate change may turn Africa's arid Sahel green - researchers
"The sheer size of the possible change is mindboggling," says one scientist
World hunger on the rise again due to conflict and climate - U.N.
Almost 20 million people are facing starvation because of fighting and drought in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen
Feeling unwanted and unwelcome, African migrants hit by new tax in Israel
Israel has granted asylum to fewer than 1 percent of those who have applied and has a years-long backlog of applicants
Raids on Uganda show South Sudan's war spilling across its borders
Gunman suspected of trying to harm refugees
At least 22 killed in Central African Republic clashes
The clashes pitted armed Fulani herders against against militia members
South Sudan says aid workers can not go to 'insecure' rebel-held areas
"We cannot allow them (aid workers) to go and then be hit by wrong elements against peace and then the government will be blamed"
Hospital's prosthetics deliver limbs and new life in South Sudan
The hospital is in high demand in a country born of war that remains littered with mines and explosive devices, with civil war still raging
It’s time to stop ignoring conflict in efforts to build resilience
Many climate change adaptation and development efforts work in unstable countries - and that reality needs to be taken into account
Hundreds of fighters from Chad, Darfur feeding off Libya's turmoil - report
Failure to secure peace deals and reintegrate rebels in Chad and Sudan has led to a "market for cross-border combatants"
Tanzania bans grain exports to curb inflation, boost food industry
Ban introduced in bid to stem rising local prices and rein in inflation, as well as boost the country's nascent food processing industry.