Extreme drought in East Africa is leading to cases of violence against women and girls in the region, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns in a new analysis. The drought has resulted from ...

East Africa continues to lead the continent in economic growth rates, yet faces persistent challenges in poverty reduction ...

Morocco’s unemployment rate rose to 13.3% in 2024 from 13% a year earlier, as the farming sector continues to shed jobs due ...

East African states hold considerable collective potential to ... resurgent conflicts at their peripheries, drought and climate shocks, an ambitious yet contested regional integration agenda, and the ...

NAIROBI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc ... displaced millions while the 2020-2022 drought left 23.4 million people acutely ...

Across areas of East and Southern Africa, climate change has triggered harsher and more frequent droughts. Right now, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are facing the third severe drought episode in a ...