• Locust plague could sound death knell for north and west Africa

  Tuesday 20 July 2004
  DAKAR, July 19 (AFP) — In an invasion of north and west Africa that may take on biblical proportions, locusts are swarming across the Sahara desert to threaten the yields from crops already wizened by years of drought in many of the (...)

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• Nile River basin countries adjourn without agreement on new framework

  Saturday 5 June 2004
  KAMPALA, June 5 (AFP) — Ten African countries sharing the River Nile adjourned a six-day meeting after failing to agree on a legal framework to replace colonial laws giving Egypt preferential use of the river’s resources. "The meeting (...)

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• WFP launches emergency relief effort to aid Sudan flood victims

  Friday 13 July 2007
  July 12, 2007 (KHARTOUM) – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today launched an emergency relief effort to deliver food and supplies to thousands of people driven from their homes by floods that have inundated dozens of communities (...)

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• Egypt no longer has powers to dictate over use of the waters- study

  Wednesday 23 February 2005
  By Benson Kathuri, The Standard NAIROBI, Feb 23, 2005 — The 1929 water treaty between the British government and Egypt does not prevent Kenya from using the waters of the Nile. A study commissioned by a German NGO says Egypt no longer (...)

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• Nile Basin countries mull first water treaty: Egyptian minister

  Sunday 14 March 2004
  CAIRO, March 13 (AFP) — The 10 African countries of the Nile Basin are considering their first common treaty on the sharing and management of the river’s water resources, the Egyptian water minister said. "All the treaties among the (...)

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• Horn of Africa: Effects of drought persist despite rainfall

  Tuesday 29 August 2006
  Aug 28, 2006 (NAIROBI) — The March-May rainfall in most of the areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia that had suffered drought was insufficient to restore food security and residents would continue to need emergency humanitarian support (...)

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• Sudan Meteorological department comments on rising temperatures

  Friday 21 May 2004
  KHARTOUM, May 20, 2004 (SUNA) — The Meteorology Department has attributed the current high temperature to the effects of the relatively hot north-eastern winds and high humidity. An official source at the Meteorology Department told (...)

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• Heavy rains affects more than 2000 families in southern Sudan

  Tuesday 9 September 2008
  September 8, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Heavy floods have affected more than 2000 families in southern Sudan, while many cases of cholera have been reported due to the bad hygienic conditions in the region, an official said on Monday. A (...)

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• Sudan civil wars contribute to the depopulation of wildlife

  Thursday 16 February 2006
  15 February 2006 (KHARTOUM) — A top Sudanese wildlife conservationist has said that civil wars in the south, west and east of Sudan have contributed to the depopulation of wildlife. In a press statemet to the Nairobi based Sudan radio (...)

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• Floods kill 20, destroy 15,000 homes in Sudan

  Wednesday 11 July 2007
  July 10, 2007 (KHARTOUM, Sudan) — Flash floods across central and eastern Sudan have killed 20 people and destroyed 15,000 houses, the head of the civil defense authority said on Tuesday, predicting worse weather conditions to come. (...)

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