Africa

This year’s Day of the African Child was dedicated to water, sanitation and hygiene for every child on the continent.

Somalia, south-eastern Ethiopia and eastern Kenya have seen rain fail again and again since 2021. Millions now lack water and food.

Kenya faced floods and drought at the same time: water sweeping through the capital, and water sources vanishing in the north-east.

For the first time in almost 50 years, every floodgate on a major dam was opened. Downstream, whole towns went under.

Torrential rain in South Africa’s north-east killed people overnight, cut off villages and forced one of the world’s best-known safari parks to shut.

A sudden downpour sent a torrent of muddy water through the old town of Safi, Morocco, killing 37 people.

A month after Ethiopia’s dam opened, record floodwater swamped villages around Khartoum, and Egypt and Ethiopia traded accusations.

Ethiopia has switched on a dam that could bring power to millions. Downstream, Egypt and Sudan are asking what it means for their water.