The monsoon belt from Southeast Asia to West Africa is the part of the planet that is urbanising fastest, and where catastrophic rainfall is set to increase most dramatically, says David Fickling for ...

The world’s fast-growing megacities are mostly in Asia and Africa—a tropical belt that’s at high risk of floods as global ...

West Africa's cattle herders are being stripped of their animals by extremist-linked armed groups as the deadly conflict in ...

There’s a significant shift towards the recognition of customary rights and the strengthening of women’s land rights.

Welcome to one of Africa’s most chaotic and fascinating places - where homes, markets, and seafood factories all float on ...

A new study analyzing more than 100 cities across Asia, Africa, and Latin America has quantified the stark consequences of ...

Bangkok, Delhi, Karachi, Lagos, Luanda and Manila were are of the fastest growing among metropolises of more than 10 million.

The monsoon belt from Southeast Asia to West Africa is at the same time the swath of the globe that is urbanising fastest, ...

The uncomfortable truth is that Cape Town's housing stress is not foreign-made, investor-made, or Airbnb-made. It is supply-made. When a city grows, its housing stock must grow with it, in volume, in ...

African leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through reparations.

Development banks have spent over US$1 billion on factory farming in Africa, locking in high greenhouse gas emissions.

The region’s democratic future depends on how governments respond to citizen voices, and how citizens organise to defend ...