As well as those who have lost their homes, up to 600,000 people are estimated to need some form of support after having lost access to safe water and basic services.

Khartoum - An outbreak of water-borne disease has killed at least 19 people and sickened scores more in Sudan's rain-ravaged states of Blue Nile and Kasala, a minister said Monday.

Science is a public good and deserves to be valued more highly and used effectively by decision-makers at all levels.

The National Food Security and Nutrition (CONSEA) submitted this week recommendations to several federal and state agencies in an attempt to urgently resolve part of the problems faced by indigenou

A recent study suggests that a strong tidal force can exaggerate an already loaded earthquake as a result pushing a small one to evolve into an acute tremor.

GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - From dusk till dawn, an ongoing stream of people crisscrosses La Petite Barriegrave;re, one of the two main borders that divide Rwanda and DRC.

African coastal countries and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) rely heavily on fishing and related employment, yet these livelihoods are all under threat due to declining fish stocks.

According to the environmental conservation group Mongobay, the ministry rejected Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah's plea that 8,000 hectares of the park's "core zone" be changed to a "utilization zone

According to a new research loss of megaherbivores such as elephants and hippos could allow woody plants, non-grassy herbs and flowering plants to encroach the grasslands in African national parks.

A team of researchers at Jadavpur University here has developed a biodegradable energy harvester from raw fish scales that could in future replace pacemaker devices for the heart.

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