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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- In the face of mounting climate change challenges, the insurance industry in Kenya is stepping up its efforts to mitigate associated risks and bolster resilience.

[Premium Times] President Tinubu also gives spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale another appointment.

[Leadership] In a strategic move to ensure the advancement of his administration's climate and green economic initiatives, President Bola Tinubu has appointed his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action.

[Capital FM] The Ministry of Health has called on school administrators and management boards to take immediate action to safeguard children's health and safety amid ongoing heavy rains and potential flooding.

[The Conversation Africa] The relationship between climate and malaria transmission is complex and has been the subject of intense study for some three decades.

[The Conversation Africa] When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels off South Africa's pristine Wild Coast, Indigenous communities in the area immediately fought back through the country's courts.

[Africa Renewal] World Food Programme calls for urgent funds to respond after Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe declare national emergencies sparked by the natural weather phenomenon

[IFAD] The Government of Senegal, in partnership with several international organizations including the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), officially launched the Africa Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme (AIRCM) today. The programme aims to strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers to the impacts of climate change in seven Sahelian countries participating in the Great Green Wall: Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal.

[The Herald] Rumbidzayi Zinyuke -- The Government has developed a comprehensive approach to address the effects of the devastating El Nino-induced drought which has left more than 1,7 million people in urban areas and another six million in rural areas food insecure.

[Africa Check] 'Don't believe everything you see on the internet' - photo shows journalist reporting on Nigerian floods in 2022, not in Kenya in 2024

[Ghanaian Times] Media practitioners in Africa have been challenged to prioritise advocacy on climate change and other environmental crises to support efforts to mitigate their impacts.

[Ethiopian Herald] The availability of improved forage is fundamental to increase Ethiopia's livestock productivity and meet the public meat and milk consumption, experts said.

[FrontPageAfrica] Liberia, like many other nations is facing a formidable challenge of climate change. With its vulnerable geography, limited resources, gradual increase in population, Liberia stands at a frontline to climate related risk. The impact of climate change is intense with the high humidity experienced during the dry season. Urgent action is not just necessary, it is crucial to safe guard the nation's future. This paper highlights the need to invest in the ecosystem and pay more attention to preservation of the

[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- YUGNET Liberia, with support from Actionaid Liberia has conducted a one-day capacity training for teachers from 15 high schools today in Paynesville City on climate justice, climate accountability and environmental sustainability.

[Ethiopian Herald] Born and raised in Addis Ababa, Bezawit Edilu is a Software Engineer. She has been giving Training of Trainers (ToT) on climate awareness, climate justice, circular economy and waste management in different European countries.

[The Herald] Cabinet received an Update on the 2023/2024 Summer Crop Marketing, Food Security Outlook to March 2025 and Winter Cereals Production Plan for 2024, as presented by Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Honourable Dr A.J. Masuka.

[The Herald] Government has put in place a cocktail of measures including availing food aid to both urban and rural areas to feed at least 7.7 million people in the wake of the devastating drought.

[New Era] The agriculture ministry will roll out drought mitigation measures from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 in a bid to safeguard and alleviate the impact on the livelihoods of affected communities and farmers, information minister Emma Theofelus announced.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Meteorological Department has issued a heavy rain advisory in Central Highlands including Nairobi, Western Kenya and parts of Northwestern Kenya.

[UNDP] Digitalization offers a pathway to bridging the global identity gap