A year after Cyclone Idai destroyed crops, ruined lives and left millions in Zimbabwe without food, the country is facing its worst drought in four decades.
The Kampala Convention is the world’s first and only regional legally binding instrument for the protection and assistance of internally displaced people.
Tens of thousands of pastoral farmers who have been driven off their land to make way for commercial cattle ranches are at severe risk of starvation as drought grips southern Angola.
The drought, which started in early spring after months of unusually erratic weather, is harming crops which should be harvested in June and September.
A quarter of Afghanistan's population faces severe acute food insecurity and need urgent help after floods and drought, say the Afghan Red Crescent Society and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
The European Commission has allocated an additional €20 million in emergency aid to Afghanistan as the humanitarian situation has worsened since the beginning of 2018.
In a statement marking the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, the head of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said that everyone needed to recognise the true value of land.
On World Water Day 2018, a new report released by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) shows that sustainable investment in freshwater ecosystems in developing countries helps farmers reduce the impact from floods, droughts and water pollution.