REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File photo PRETORIA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – South Africa’s economy unexpectedly shrank in the third quarter of this year as a drought caused a big drop in agricultural ...

Southern Africa is reeling from the severe effects of the 2023/2024 El Niño episode, which has caused the worst drought ever recorded across the region. Against this backdrop, there has been ...

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 ...

South Africa's economy unexpectedly shrank in the third quarter of this year as a drought caused a big drop in agricultural production, but analysts said they expected a return to modest growth in the ...