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Women, children, refugees bear brunt of Mauritania food crisis
Malnutrition has hit emergency levels in six of drought-hit Mauritania's 15 regions, affecting at least one in six people
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As drought bites, livestock insurance aids pastoralists in Ethiopia
Insurance is only part of the answer, but it is easing losses from drought for herders in southern Ethiopia
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Case Studies
How savings built resilience in Ethiopia
Hear from a member of a village savings and loans association in Ethiopia's Somali region
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Forecasting trouble: How South Sudan's weather service is failing farmers
Decimated by civil war, South Sudan's met office is barely running, with inadequate funding, outdated equipment and untrained staff, experts say
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Don't give up on tackling disaster risk in war zones - U.N.
Conflict-torn countries may lack functioning governments, but pockets can be identified to work with communities to reduce risks of disasters
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As tractors dig to green the land, Niger women lose out on work
Land projects such as this one have turned large tracts of Niger from brown to green in recent years and made parts of the hot, dry West African nation productive again
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Events
Webinar - Innovative methods for communicating climate information
How can we help people and organisations understand the meaning, value and limitations of forecasts about future climate and weather conditions?
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Fed up with dirty fuels, Nigerians switch to cleaner alternatives
Nearly four million people, mostly women and girls, die every year from the effects of dirty cooking fuels, WHO says
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What's the weather in Burkina Faso?
Scientists and aid experts are working to help local people get a better grasp of weather and climate shifts
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Sahel herders facing harshest dry season in years
Vegetation has not attained the basic level to sustain grazing animals
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