In Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, thousands of informal workers collect scrap metal from illegal dumpsites to survive.

African countries had 14 of the world’s 67 heat extreme events last year, and several had at least three months of hotter ...

Women are an important and often underutilized human resource in Africa. They've faced many problems historically. Limited ...

The world's biggest multilateral climate fund said it will make its largest ever series of investments and speed up ...

A 70,000-person global study found understanding how events such as fires and floods are linked to climate change may be a ...

Despite contributing less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, Africa faces significant climate impacts that desta- ...

Livelihood diversity wasn't just a feature of ancient African societies; it was key to survival. New research covering millennia of African history reveals that livelihood diversification enabled ...

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was first published in 1859, introducing much of the world to evolutionary theory.

In recent years, there has been growing evidence of how climate change is impacting human health in several ways.

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...