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Wed, 2024-02-14 17:28
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In the remote, small rural town of Freweyni, located 80 kilometers north of Mekelle, where the echoes of war still linger like a haunting melody, lies the remarkable tale of a family, headed by a 13-year-old Shewit Shishay.
Wed, 2024-02-14 13:26
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has commenced a four-day Environment Constituency Workshop to discuss current issues relating to climate change, biodiversity, desertification, international waters, chemicals, and other related environmental issues affecting Liberia and the World at large.
Tue, 2024-02-13 13:18
[Unicef] Kinshasa -- UNICEF and partners are responding to devastating flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the Congo River rising to levels not seen in more than 60 years.
Tue, 2024-02-13 12:52
[Ethiopian Herald] The Horn of Africa, including Ethiopia, has been experiencing recurring droughts, which have been connected to climate change. Climate change is altering rainfall patterns, resulting in longer and more extreme dry seasons in the region. This has had a disastrous effect on agriculture, food security, and water supply in the region.
Tue, 2024-02-13 12:36
[Daily Trust] The North-East Development Commission is planning to establish a waste recycling plant for the 6 northeast states to combat climate change in the region.
Mon, 2024-02-12 19:52
[Vanguard] Dr. Olarotimi Daniel Ogungbemi is a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and an Urban Bird Project Scholar. He is currently a researcher based in the United States. In his scholarly interventions, he has written extensively on social issues and advocacy, including media communication and national security discourse. In this interview, he bares his mind on climate risk communication, climate change, ecology, and environmental justice being his present research focus.
Mon, 2024-02-12 19:52
[Vanguard] *As Tinubu, Obi, Otedola, NGX, Access Bank, others mourn Wigwe, Ogunbanjo
Mon, 2024-02-12 12:15
[UNDP] This is a monumental year for multilateralism to prevail in the fight against plastic pollution, as the United Nations has committed to deliver a legally binding agreement by the end of 2024. The agreement is expected to catalyze global action to transform the way we produce and dispose of plastics. Three rounds of negotiations have laid the groundwork, and two more meetings of the inter-governmental committee of negotiation will convene in Canada and South Korea in April and November. Here are four key
Sun, 2024-02-11 17:26
[Lesotho Times] as M700 million is urgently required to address damage caused by heavy rains nationwideyet cabinet can only afford M125 million nowsays M2 billion required annually for seven years to effectively address the problemvows to ensure LTE does not proceed with airport project
Sun, 2024-02-11 16:49
[Nyasa Times] Officials from the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services are predicting continued dry spells in some parts of the country, triggering fears of famine and food insecurity.
Sat, 2024-02-10 13:44
[Namibian] Several houses at Bethanie, a village in the //Kharas region, were damaged during a rainstorm last week.
Fri, 2024-02-09 11:37
[GroundUp] "We were hoping that the borehole was going to pump water into our yards. The borehole is too far from my house"
Fri, 2024-02-09 10:48
[SAnews.gov.za] Government is expected to establish a Climate Change Response Fund to address the devastating effects of the phenomenon on vulnerable areas in South Africa.
Wed, 2024-02-07 15:27
[SAnews.gov.za] Western Cape Agriculture MEC, Dr Ivan Meyer, has urged the agriculture sector to take the necessary measures to protect lives, livestock, crops and agricultural infrastructure amid the continued extreme heat and numerous veld fires across the province.
Wed, 2024-02-07 15:20
[SAnews.gov.za] The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department says provincial disaster management teams are responding to the trail of destruction caused by severe thunderstorms, accompanied by strong winds and lightning, in Dannhauser, Estcourt, Vryheid and Ulundi.
Wed, 2024-02-07 15:03
[Capital FM] Kilifi -- The government has launched a probe into the rise in hyena attacks amid indications of population growth.
Wed, 2024-02-07 14:45
[ISS] Ghana cannot recycle all its hazardous waste imports, but that hasn't curbed its role in the billion-dollar global business.
Wed, 2024-02-07 12:05
[IPS] Nairobi -- The road to COP29 has begun in earnest in the backdrop of a global climate report indicating that not only was 2023 the warmest year in a 174-year climate record, it was the warmest by far. Record-breaking temperatures, combined with El Niño, pushed vulnerable and poor nations in the Global South to the frontlines of extreme and severe weather events.
Tue, 2024-02-06 12:05
[Ethiopian Herald] Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has launched phase one of the Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Tue, 2024-02-06 01:43
[New Republic] AfrThe Liberia National Red Cross Society in partnership with the Economic Community of West African-States (ECOWAS) and the Disaster Management Agency has touched the lives of some Liberians who were victims of flooding in 2022.
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