With global warming, the mighty river basin will swing from devastating floods to withering drought, models show
Strong-arm tactics by the European Commission and France to bypass African leadership are unacceptable, writes Mohamed Adow
African head of $10bn programme quits, saying French environment minister Ségolène Royal intervened to impose EU-preferred projects
Some districts are receiving just 12 hours of water each week as drought hits the Kenyan capital – home to more than 3 million people
As chronic water shortages create instability and violence around Lake Chad, researchers warn climate change feeds terror
It was hydropower dams in, community drought readiness out, amid rich-poor tensions at the UN’s flagship climate finance scheme
Beside Nairobi’s notorious Kariokor roundabout, Climate Home finds an unmonitored health catastrophe
Study released on Thursday shows a 2016 drought was made worse by climate change – but with March rains predicted to fail, the Met Office has warned of worse to come
Documents obtained by Climate Home reveal a growing crisis as big miners and government shift liability to small companies who cannot afford coal mine clean up
The only way to defend Sudan against the conflict and starvation of climate change is through education. Trump’s ban cuts us off from that, writes Lina Yassin
Dignitaries celebrate the expansion of Maputo port, but experts warn fossil fuelled climate change threatens development gains
One wind farm was cancelled and another – the flagship Lake Turkana project – was delayed by social conflict, report highlights
Sugarcane has brought wealth to the world’s last absolute monarchy, but climate change spells an uncertain future for this thirsty crop
China, India, Mexico and Canada are among the global heavyweights to signal renewed support for climate action ahead of the new US administration’s first week in office
A carbon sink as large as 20 years’ worth of US fossil fuel emissions has been identified in peatland in central Africa’s forests
Who should account for emissions from overseas military training bases? UK defence planners say Kenya must deal with pollution from army manoeuvres
In the first in our 2016 in review series, Chatham House’s Duncan Brack reflects on the UN deal to curb HFC use that was agreed in October
As drought hits crop yields and livelihoods, Kenya approves the first of a planned fleet of plants to get drinking water from the ocean
Small-scale farmers who produce most of the world’s coffee beans face reductions in crop yield and quality as a result of rising temperatures and extreme weather
Recent drought gives a taste of things to come for Kruger National Park, South Africa, as global warming outpaces species’ ability to adapt