Victoria Ojeme

ABUJA—A new survey on malaria prevalence among Nigerian children has revealed that four out of every 10 have malaria.

The cassava plant could help African farmers cope with climate change, a scientific report says.

"It's like the Rambo of the food crops," report author Andy Jarvis, of the Colombia-based International Center for Tropical Agriculture, said.

John Vidal

Huge increase in large-scale mining is being fuelled by the rising price of metals and oil, as search for minerals centres on Africa

Azad Essa

Millions of people in up to five West African countries will face a food crisis in early 2012 if early warning systems are ignored, the United Nations and aid officials say.

Reuters

* Animals most at risk on islands, mountains, and coasts
* Global warming threatens 20-30 pct of plant, animal species Climate change hotspots in Africa

John Vidal

P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia intends to depend heavily on solar energy to operate desalination plants instead of oil and gas as part of its efforts to make use of alternative and renewable energy sources.

Associated Press

A quarter of farmland is highly degraded, according to the first report into the state of the world's land resources

Steve Connor

Scientists studying ancient mud samples taken from the bed of the Dead Sea separating Israel and Jordan have warned that the fragile political situation in the Middle East will be made worse by the intense water shortages their study is predicting.