Kenya Floods 2024: Old Kijabe Dam bursts after heavy rains in the Rift Valley; 45 killed so far

East Africa deluged as Tanzania, Burundi and Kenya receive massive amounts of precipitation  

Five little-known diseases to watch out for in 2017

Emerging diseases on which the experts are keeping a close eye

Volcanoes play their own role in warming Earth: Study

It also found that all volcanoes on the planet are emitting carbon dioxide

FAO, Swiss Institute team up to fight bird flu and other infectious diseases

Both organisations are developing tools to improve early detection of such pandemics

Superplume splitting Africa

Rift could be replaced by ocean in 50 million years

World Earth Day: A new landscape on the horizon

Changes in the East African rift system suggest that the African continent could split into two

Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes are rising, putting thousands at risk — we now know why

Surprisingly minor changes in the water balance are enough to explain the lake level rises, finds study

East Africa’s Masai giraffes more endangered than previously thought; here’s why

The Great Rift Valley has divided the Masai giraffe, preventing interbreeding & exchange of genetic materials

Humanity’s birthplace: why everyone alive today can call northern Botswana home

Earliest population of modern humans arose 200,000 years ago in an area that covers parts of modern-day Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe

Big helium reserve found in Tanzania

Helium is extremely rare on the earth. Its concentration in Tanzania could be 54 billion cubic feet in just one part of the Rift Valley

Large mammals shaped the evolution of humans: here’s why it happened in Africa

It was the abundance specifically of medium and large grazers in fertile savannas, concentrated near water in the dry season, that enabled the …

Climate change aided malaria expansion into highland east Africa and towards the Cape in 100 years: Study

Direct links between climate, biodiversity change and disease emergence will help identify, address healthcare needs in newly vulnerable …

Study identifies India among global flash drought hotspots from 1980-2015

The study identified rapid drought intensification across the United States, Brazil, southern Africa, Spain, western Russia and Australia as …

Rising water levels in Kenya's Rift Valley lakes: 379,935 people require urgent humanitarian assistance

The increased water levels changed the composition of the lakes and damaged biodiversity