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People walk through a street in the village of Sidi Bou Said on January 27, 2026, after the region was hit by Storm Harry. Authorities have ordered the evacuation of several homes at risk of collapsing in the tourist village.
Tunisia’s iconic blue-and-white village of Sidi Bou Said faces landslide risks after record rainfall triggered hillside collapses and left homes under threat.
A Sudanese miner watches as a truck is unloaded prospecting for gold in the Sudanese desert, 800 kms northeast of the capital Khartoum, on October 3, 2011
At least six people were killed after a gold mine collapsed in Abu Jubaiha, South Kordofan, according to Sudan Doctors Network.
US President Donald Trump (R) speaks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026
Speaking in Davos, US President Donald Trump vowed to restart mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over a disputed Nile dam.
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Morocco's seven-year drought has come to an end after abundant rainfall this winter, the water minister said on Monday
A Greenpeace activist holds a banner showing a wind turbine and that reads: "Future vs. Trump" as the same image is projected on the facade of the U.S. Embassy to protest against the withdrawal of the United States by newly-inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump from the Paris Agreement on January 21, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the US would immediately withdraw from the UNFCCC's main climate finance mechanism called the Green Climate Fund.
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To combat Iraq's frequent sandstorms, Iraqis are working to stabilise soil by placing moist clay and planting heat-tolerant seedlings.
A man stands in flood waters to clear a drain as street floods near the Burj Khalifa (background) following heavy rains, in Dubai on December 19, 2025. Dubai police urged residents on December 18, 2025, to stay indoors unless it was "absolutely necessary" as heavy rainfall was expected in the desert country which saw record downpours last year.
Heavy rain battered the UAE, flooding roads and disrupting air travel as dozens of flights were delayed or cancelled at Dubai and Sharjah airports.
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Thousands of Tunisians marched through the city of Gabes on Wednesday, reviving protests over pollution from a state-owned phosphate complex
The view from Ethiopea's Grand Renaissance dam at sunrise. there are mountains and a bridge in the background
The comments reflect a change in Egypt's rhetoric about the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam, which Cairo claims violates international law
Municipal workers and residents stand in a flooded street as cleanup operations continue in the old medina of Safi, Morocco on 15 December 2025.
At least 37 people have died after severe flash flooding swept through the Moroccan coastal town of Safi, with authorities warning of more storms.