By Nita Bhalla KITUI, Kenya, June 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kenyan farmer Abel Mutie Mathoka thought it must be a joke when he was told he could irrigate his drought-hit crops more cheaply,...
By Nellie Peyton DAKAR, June 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Working in Liberia during the Ebola outbreak in 2015, researcher Katherina Thomas noticed that while experts and aid workers had lots to...
The world's second-biggest outbreak has killed 1,346 people since it was detected in August last year By Valeria Martinez LONDON, June 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of Ebola cases in...
By Umberto Bacchi TBILISI, May 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Countries from India to Kazakhstan are far more dependent on melting glaciers for water than previously thought, particularly in...
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse A project that lends drought-hit farmers money to buy a dairy cow, then insures the animal in case it gets sick, aims to bring in extra income - but some have struggled to...
The ships provide free treatment to isolated islands - a system that might be a model for other nations hit by worsening climate threats By Naimul Karim DHAKA, May 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -...
With disasters uprooting 24 million people a year, pressure grows on governments to reduce the risk, and do more to protect the displaced (Fixes number in para 18 after IDMC correction to 2.8 million...
More than 10 million have been affected by the worst summer cyclone in the state in 43 years, according to government data By Anuradha Nagaraj CHENNAI, India, May 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -...
by Matt Blomberg | @BlombergMD | Thomson Reuters Foundation Friday, 17 May 2019 10:02 GMT As drought grips the Philippines, Manila is becoming the latest big city to struggle to access enough water...
by Rina Chandran | @rinachandran | Thomson Reuters Foundation Friday, 17 May 2019 05:19 GMT Government authorities said about 80 percent of confiscated land had been handed back. The remainder,...