Climate change in Africa News

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused Ethiopia of "deliberately releasing water from reservoirs at dams upstream" to cause flooding in Somalia, escalating tensions between the two Horn of Africa nations.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Amidst an intensifying humanitarian crisis due to severe river flooding in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, particularly affecting the Afgoye district, the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has initiated a significant relief operation.

[allAfrica] Nairobi, Kenya -- For more than 17 years, Alice Muchugi has led the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) program on tree genetic resources. The organization is concerned with ensuring tree genetic resources are used sustainably and conserved, and even reaching out to those who aren't yet aware of how they should be utilized, or ensuring that we know their diversity before it is lost.

[IPS] Harare -- African policymakers, local leaders and the private sector have been asked to create an enabling environment that will help African traders and farmer folks build reliable systems for food security and resilience through territorial markets.

[The Conversation Africa] Next to the world-famous Maasai Mara national reserve, an indigenous forest called Nyekweri serves as a sanctuary for elephants, rare birds such as the bright green Schalow's turaco, a small nocturnal mammal called the tree hyrax and the endangered giant pangolin.

[Liberian Investigator] River Cess County -- At least 24 houses have been submerged by rising floodwaters in the Glanyah Gold Camp, River Cess County, as heavy rains continue to ravage the area. The flooding, which began late Thursday evening, initially affected 17 houses, but the number of inundated homes has since climbed to 24.

[Namibian] Classes at Ndama Junior Primary School at Rundu were suspended yesterday until further notice due to a water crisis.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of heatwave conditions, with persistently high temperatures in parts of the Northern Cape and the Western Cape.

[Daily Maverick] South Africa's wine industry faces multifaceted threat from the climate crisis.

[GroundUp] But they are determined to start over and revive their vegetable gardens yet again

[263Chat] Vice President Dr. Constantino Chiwenga has urged Zimbabweans to intensify their efforts in combating climate change, emphasizing the multifaceted threat it poses to the nation's health, economy, and social fabric.

[Business Day Africa] The value of Kenyan coffee edged down slightly but remained strong as the Nairobi Coffee Exchange held its first auction of the season, with global prices buoyed by a prolonged drought in Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer.

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles' authorities are currently testing and fine-tuning their early warning systems and preparedness in case of a flash flood, starting Wednesday morning.

[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta, Nimba County -- This year, the torrential rains in Nimba County have been more severe than in the previous two years, according to Environmental Protection Agency in the county. While this has provided much-needed relief to farmers, it has also led to unprecedented devastation in towns and villages in the county.

[The Conversation Africa] The Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, which includes Kenya's Maasai Mara and Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, is one of the most famous and wildlife-rich areas in Africa.

[The Conversation Africa] Liberia, with a population of just over 5.6 million people, is one of the world's ten poorest countries, with a GDP per capita of US$662.50. The lingering effects of two civil wars (1989-2003), Ebola outbreaks (2014-2015) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) have left Liberia short of achieving widespread development goals. One of its biggest challenges is that the agricultural sector is underdeveloped. Levels of food insecurity remain high. People are food insecure when they lack regular access to enough

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[allAfrica] Nairobi, Kenya -- Crop diversity presents an opportunity to address some of the most pressing issues Africa faces today, such as climate impacts, biodiversity loss, and land degradation.

[The Herald] VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has officially opened the Second Climate Change and Development Conference in Harare this morning.

[The Conversation Africa] If tens of thousands of miners turned up in the middle of a protected rainforest to mine for sapphires, you might expect that to cause lots of deforestation and harm local wildlife.