Environment Bound

Mauritania is confronting a concentrated desert locust outbreak, while FAO warns that shifting winds and favorable conditions could bring adult groups into neighboring countries.

Two years after Morocco’s 2023 earthquake, thousands of families in the High Atlas Mountains are still living in temporary shelters as rebuilding moves slowly, despite major humanitarian efforts and cash aid programs.

Hospitals in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou are reporting a surge of patients suffering from an unidentified fever that health experts say may be linked to the spread of Rift Valley fever across West Africa.

Nearly 4 million people are now displaced across the Sahel, the UN warns, as violence and collapsing services escalate a regional humanitarian crisis.