Sep 17, 2024 | Environment, Front story, Issues, Mali, Nigeria, Rains and Floods, Regions, Sahel, West Africa
Recent flooding in northeastern Nigeria has displaced at least 50,000 people since the weekend of September 14-15, 2024. The flood, caused by the collapse of the Alau dam, has destroyed homes, farmlands, and marketplaces in Maiduguri, Borno State, further straining...
Aug 18, 2024 | Environment, Front story, Issues, Maghreb, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sahel
Every summer, the Sahara and Sahel regions experience floodings that cause deaths and damage. This year, however, the magnitude of the destruction appears more severe. In this month of August devastating rains and floods hit the corridor stretching from southern Libya...
