The Adaptation Learning Programme (ALP) for Africa has been testing and refining approaches to community-based adaptation (CBA) with communities in the drylands in Ghana, Niger, Kenya and Mozambique, promoting the integration of these approaches into local and national government systems and programmes, and into those of other African countries.

Rains have failed for a third consecutive season in East Africa, wilting crops, killing livestock and entrenching a long drought that has pushed millions into hunger, the United Nations said this w

Nairobi — Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has put a ban on all unlicensed water tankers distributing water in the city.

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenyan authorities on Saturday confirmed that 33 cases of suspected cholera have been reported in the past two days from a trade forum which ended in Nairobi on Wednesday.

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- James Mwenda picks a bunch of napier grass from a pile harvested from his three acres in Meru County, eastern Kenya, and chops into small pieces using a chaff cutter.

Poor rains across East Africa have worsened hunger and left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands of livestock dead - according to an alert released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

About 80 per cent of households in Isiolo County are facing starvation, a report by National Drought and Management Authority (NDMA) reveals.

Seven African countries — Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar and Senegal — have been hailed for their support to innovation in the agricultural sector.

Kenya has become the first African country to introduce the generic version of the new first-line drug Dolutegravir (DTG) for people living with HIV.

There is a 71 per cent chance that the coat of paint on your house wall contains dangerously high amounts of lead, a new report says.

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