Climate change in Africa News

[IPS] United Nations -- Sudan has been plunged into a deadly cholera outbreak in the midst of the Sudanese Civil War. Sudan is currently home to an approximate 15 million people, many of which have had to bear the brunt of hostilities between warring parties, widespread food insecurity, mass displacement, and extreme weather anomalies. Flooding, in particular, has been very damaging, leading to the collapse of critical infrastructures that ensure sanitation. This has caused the cholera outbreak to become a national concern.

[Leadership] Benue farmers have raised the alarm on the negative impact of climate change on their crops this farming season, warning that if urgent measures are not taken to address the issue, there will be food shortage, hunger, and malnutrition in the country, even as they cried out for losses.

[Leadership] The Presidential Committee on flood relief and rehabilitation, has donated N1 billion to the victims of flood disaster in Borno.

[Vanguard] The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says ten communities have been displaced by flood following heavy rains in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi.

[IPS] Mvomero, Tanzania -- In the scorching sun of Mikese village in Tanzania's eastern Mvomero district, 31-year-old Maria Naeku tirelessly tends to her small vegetable patch. Each time she pulls a weed, the red soil stains her hands as she guides the trickle of water from a maze of pipes through an elevated bed to nurture her plants. In a drought-stricken area, Naeku's small garden is a lifeline for her family, giving them food and income.

[African Arguments] Africa spends nearly three times more servicing its external debt than it receives in climate finance. Debt cancelation is urgent and critical.

[This Day] In a corporate humanitarian gesture, the Management and Staff of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), have identified with victims of devastating floods that ravaged communities in Borno State recently with a donation of N200 million.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa is set to experience a mix of warm and cool temperatures in the coming days, with a significant drop in temperatures and even light snowfall expected later this month, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

[The Herald] Creatives and stakeholders converged in Harare over the weekend to deliberate on ways to combat the climate change crisis while bridging the gap in the arts industry.

[Premium Times] Kashim Ibrahim Imam, a businessman, politician, and former board chairman of TETFUND, relocated to his ancestral hometown of Maiduguri to help those affected by the flood disaster.

[Daily Maverick] Despite the SA Weather Service's advance warnings of heavy snowfall in parts of the country, nearly two thousand vehicles were stuck on national roads.

[Premium Times] The U.S embassy in Abuja says the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing assistance to the affected victims through UN agencies and its implementing partners

[Daily Trust] The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the setting up of a committee to re-assess the integrity of the Alau Dam and other dams across the country.

[Liberian Observer] "Not a single car or person entered Ganta today from Guinea, because the water had taken over the Guinean size of the border", a commerce agent said.

[Premium Times] The Borno State Government says the fumigation exercise was going on in earnest as displaced persons return home.

[Leadership] Over one million people were affected and 94,741 became homeless while 125,805 farmlands were submerged nationwide in this year's flooding.

[SAnews.gov.za] Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Deputy Minister, Narend Singh, has expressed sadness at the loss of life that resulted from freezing temperatures and snowfall that covered parts of the country.

[SAnews.gov.za] The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has instructed relevant departments and emergency services to prioritise clearing affected routes and assisting stranded road users amid the adverse weather conditions in the province.

[UN News] The President of the UN General Assembly urged all nations to sustain their momentum toward decisive action and to advance the outcomes of the Summit of the Future as it concluded on Monday.

[IPS] Cairo -- Net zero emissions by 2050 prioritise mitigation for climate stabilisation. Pledges to achieve this still distant target have grown but inadvertently delay urgently needed climate action in the near term.