Climate change in Africa News

[The Herald] Tapiwa Ziwira -- Like polished onyx, 48 year-old Janet Tongogara's eyes shine with deep-seated strength as she nurtures her thriving sugar bean crop, the sound of gushing water and the scent of damp earth evoking a sense of renewal.

[This Day] Abuja -- Vice-President Kashim Shettima will deliver a keynote address at the forthcoming second Africa Climate Forum (ACF) 2024, underscoring Nigeria's commitment to leading climate action and sustainable development.

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's marine realm is globally unique because of the two major ocean currents that meet here. The cold, slow-moving Benguela and the warm, fast-flowing Agulhas currents create a special environment that supports high levels of biodiversity. Over 13,000 marine species are currently known to live in these waters. About 30% of these are endemic, meaning they occur nowhere else.

[Namibian] Delays in delivering drought relief to farmers due to bureaucratic processes have led to significant livestock losses.

[Capital FM] Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale says Kenyans have collectively planted 481 million trees since the beginning of 2024.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi has generated a significant K150 million from carbon credit trading, leveraging projects under the Green Development Mechanism and the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) programme. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change, this revenue stems from the sale of approximately 75,000 carbon credits, highlighting the country's potential in the emerging carbon market.

[263Chat] In Goromonzi district, the land lies barren, and the once-thriving crops have withered under the harsh sun. For the smallholder farmers who depend on these fields, the past seasons have been marked by loss and despair.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of potentially severe thunderstorms over the northwestern parts of KwaZulu-Natal with damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail on Wednesday.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa's Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, and his counterpart from Norway, Minister of Climate and Environment Tore Onshuus Sandvik, have been appointed to steer informal consultations on mitigation before and during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29).

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[The Herald] As harvesting of the 2024 winter wheat intensifies countrywide on the backdrop of high expectations for a bumper yield, Government has urged farmers to guard against incurring post-harvest losses.

[African Arguments] Landslides and flash floods, made more likely by climate change, and deforestation have made some areas of Uganda permanently risky to live in.

[New Era] Otjinungua -- While isolated communities in Kunene region struggle to feed themselves due to the worst drought in 100 years, drought relief food is allowed to rot in warehouses.

[IPS] Turin, Italy -- Edward Mukiibi, President of Slow Food, champions agroecology as a transformative answer to the world's most pressing crises: food insecurity, climate change, and violent conflicts.

[RFI] Intense flooding caused by heavy rains has devastated Niger since June, killing 339 people and displacing over 1.1 million, authorities say.

[Daily Trust] Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Kunle Salako, said Nigerians should commit to planting and nurturing trees to commemorate their special occasions such as birthdays and wedding anniversary among others.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somali police have seized and burned single-use plastic bags in Mogadishu as part of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change's comprehensive ban on their importation, exportation, production, trade, and use. Companies and entrepreneurs in Somalia are urged to invent alternatives for environmental protection in a move aimed at creating a cleaner and healthier environment for citizens and future generations.

[Premium Times] The work of CATF in Africa is more than just a commitment to reducing methane emissions. It is a part of the collective global movement towards sustainable development, environmental justice and the preservation of our planet.

[UN News] The situation in Africa's Great Lakes Region, in particular the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has remained "alarming" amid ongoing violence in the restive country's east, said the UN Special Envoy to the Region in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday.

[The Conversation Africa] In the rural village of Téssékéré, the increasing number and intensity of droughts linked to climate change is making the lives and livelihoods of the local Fulani communities increasingly vulnerable. Here, in the northern Sahel desert region of Senegal (known as the Ferlo), the pastoral population walks over dry, dusty ground with their livestock in search of grazing areas and working borehole water pumps. In favourable years, these farmers can stay in the fields around their