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Tackling Africa's climate change challenges

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Africa is the world's smallest greenhouse gas emitter, yet the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change.

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Reports & Analysis

Fulani pastoralists collect water from a water point in Loumbel Lana, Matam region

Senegal: Life in the hottest place on Earth

Senegal: Life in the hottest place on Earth

The Senegalese region of Matam is being hit by extreme heat, making conditions even harder for Fulani nomads.
ClimateMay 27, 20238 images
Residents wade through water after their homes were swamped following rains that triggered flooding and landslides

Rwanda floods, landslides fueled by climate change

Rwanda floods, landslides fueled by climate change

Severe flooding and landslides wreak havoc on Rwanda, one of the world's most climate vulnerable nations.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 9, 2023
Illustration of a weather satellite next to planet Earth seen from space

Space industry: Africa is ready for liftoff

Space industry: Africa is ready for liftoff

Africa has long lagged behind in the space industry. But the continent is now finally starting to catch up.
ScienceApril 20, 2023
A view of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a massive hydropower plant on the River Nile

Ethiopia's GERD dam: A potential boon for all, experts say

Ethiopia's GERD dam: A potential boon for all, experts say

With 90% of the Grand Ethiopian Reservoir Dam completed, Sudan has now turned into a supporter.
PoliticsApril 8, 2023
A boy paddles in front of a hut on the Ruki river in the DRC's Equateur province

DRC's dilemma: Generate oil wealth or combat climate change?

DRC's dilemma: Generate oil wealth or combat climate change?

Kinshasa wants more money for climate projects, or oil drilling could start in the world's largest peat bog.
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 15, 2023
Refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare to depart a UNHCR landing site for refugee arrivals on a bus

Where do migrants from sub-Saharan Africa go?

Where do migrants from sub-Saharan Africa go?

Has North Africa become the new go-to destination for African migrants and refugees? DW examines the facts.
PoliticsMarch 9, 202302:33 min
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A man sits on an electric motorcycle on a bridge in Kenya

Africa boosts homegrown e-mobility in bid to curb emissions

Motorcycles with swap batteries, buses with solar panels: African innovators are making the shift to electric vehicles.
Cars and TransportationJanuary 30, 2023
A group of adults and children and a donkey cart

Somalia's food crisis claims young lives

Children are starving to death in Somalia where roughly half the population urgently needs food
Food SecurityNovember 22, 2022
A woman picks ripe cherries of coffee

Zambia: Female farmers adapt to climate change

Women farmers in Zambia are not giving up despite the impact of climate change as they adopt new ways to remain afloat.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 11, 2022
A health worker squeezes an oral cholera vaccine into the open mouth of a boy

Africa sees surge in cholera amid vaccine shortage

Kenya reports new cholera cases as Africa sees a spike in infections, especially in flood-hit Nigeria and Cameroon.
HealthOctober 25, 2022
Three elderly men sit on the dusty ground in a village, against an orange-colored wall

Madagascar region faces food, water scarcity

The area's worst drought in decades has left residents of the Toliara region in dire need of food and water.
Food SecurityOctober 18, 202201:49 min
Madagaskar | Trockenheit und Hunger

Madagascar's south waits for rain

Aid agencies are providing emergency assistance while trying to address the key challenge: access to water.
Food SecurityOctober 13, 202201:47 min