Experts weigh in on challenges from climate change and water access to upstream-downstream conflict and industry abuse.

February 13, 2026 (ADDIS ABABA) – The African Union (AU) will open its 39th ordinary summit on Saturday with Sudan notably absent for the fifth consecutive year, as member states remain divided over ...

Cuts in aid programs limit resources to help people affected by conflict as well as those fleeing war in Sudan.

As the 39th summit of the African Union opened in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, the chair of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, used his opening address to denounce what he ...

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan had warned that fierce competition over fresh water could replace oil as the world’s ...

The war has been able to drag on so long because of financial and military support the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is ...

IDS researcher Jeremy Allouche challenges the assumption that climate change and water shortages will lead to wars.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee has condemned the United Arab Emirates’ support and financing of a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) training camp in Ethiopia, warning that such ...

The summit is something South Africans might have to pay close attention to as the country battles a deepening water crisis.

African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa on Saturday for the 39th African Union summit, confronting a world marked by war, political ...

The “extermination” of the Palestinian people must end, the chairman of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, ...