Biden sought to use her stature to help focus the world's attention on the worsening humanitarian crisis in East Africa by touring the drought-stricken area near Kenya's border with Tanzania.

JOHANNESBURG—Countries in southern Africa are slaughtering elephants and other wild animals to feed their starving citizens amid the worst drought in more than a century.

The spectre of want is haunting Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa as they grapple with a long and devastating drought.

The bloom near Madagascar was caused by nutrient-rich dust that blew from drought-stricken drylands in the western parts of southern Africa.

NOAA forecasters are predicting a mild and dry winter ahead for the southern tier of the United States, including already drought-stricken areas in the lower Mississippi River Valley and the ...

Nyakuma and her husband Sunday struggle to find food in South Sudan, which has been hit by drought and floods The area of land surface affected by extreme drought has trebled since the 1980s, a ...

The El Nino weather pattern has brought poor rains to already-parched southern Africa, hitting crops, including in South Africa, the region's biggest maize grower.

Weather and climate in Missouri: Study predicts Missouri will see days of 125 degrees by 2053 as part of 'heat belt' "While we are happy to see beneficial rains returning to drought-stricken areas ...

Drought-stricken farmers in tears as SA records driest year in history South Australian farmers have struggled through the driest year in the books, and it’s pushed them to the brink.

Drought-stricken farmers in tears as SA records driest year in history South Australian farmers have struggled through the driest year in the books, and it’s pushed them to the brink. See the ...

Drought-stricken farmers in tears as SA records driest year in history South Australian farmers have struggled through the driest year in the books, and it’s pushed them to the brink.