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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- Tunisia will host the first Mediterranean Decarbonisation Forum by the end of September 2024, announced the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA).

[Nile Post] Ahead of World Environment Day, Ugandan Member of Parliament Christine Nakimwero Kaaya emphasizes the critical need for women's voices in climate policy-making. Her statement comes at the launch of a report titled "Feminist Analysis of Impacts of Climate Change on Women's Rights in Uganda."

[The New Humanitarian] Addis Ababa -- 'At least if there was a safety net we could receive assistance every month.'

[Namibian] THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) has put several measures in place to ensure the resilience and sustainability of food production in the country as effects of climate change continue to wreak havoc in the sector.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD) has deployed technical teams to monitor tropical storm "Gamane', which has swept across Madagascar, leaving a trail of destruction behind it.

[The Herald] IN the face of the current challenges caused by the El Niño weather, Government is pushing for the adoption of new agricultural technologies and research projects that proffer solutions on drought mitigation and avoidance.

[The Point] Even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise. Not only is dangerous sea level rise "absolutely guaranteed", but it will keep rising for centuries or millennia even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, experts say.

[Greenpeace] "The ten largest NO2 point sources identified in Africa are all thermal power stations, with nine in South Africa owned by ESKOM and the tenth in Côte d'Ivoire".

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Torrential rain and flooding today (Sunday 24 March) caused widespread closures of registration posts in Maputo city, Matola and other zones in the south. Heavy rain is predicted to continue tomorrow and registration will be interrupted for several days due to flooding. Registration posts are inaccessible and some schools where the posts are installed could become accommodation centres for families whose homes have been inundated.

[The Conversation Africa] A global group of scientists has predicted that climate change may cause dramatic movements in venomous snake populations across many countries in Africa. The scientists took into account climate change predictions about changes to the current habitats of 209 venomous snakes, and mapped where those environments were found elsewhere. Based on this, they predict that snakes were likely to migrate to those African countries whose environments remained suitable for snakes after 2070. This could modify the

[African Arguments] Despite being targeted by the police and courts, youth activists say the dangers of EACOP going ahead remain greater than those of protesting.

[AIM] Maputo -- Ossufo Momade, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, on Wednesday accused both central and municipal governments of doing nothing to deal with the problems of flooding in the main cities.

[Daily Maverick] At the Biodiversity Economy and Investment Indaba in Johannesburg this week, Environment Minister Barbara Creecy and President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted the benefits of their ambitious National Biodiversity Economy Strategy, which has drawn criticism.

[Ghanaian Times] Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, popularly known as WASH, constitutes a critical sector in the national quest for sustainable development. The sector, however, remains threatened by the brutish impacts of climate change especially as they relate to water and its complex interactions with sanitation and hygiene services.

[VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- The United Nations children's fund says there is a "dire situation" in several eastern and southern African countries, where at least 45 million children are dealing with severe food insecurity made worse by climate change.

[Democracy Works] Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) has designed a " Training for Trainers" Guide from our Knowledge Co-Creation Workshops under the auspices of the Climate for Growth programme.

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[AIM] Maputo -- At least four people have died and around 50,000 have been affected by the heavy rain that has been falling, since Sunday morning, in southern Mozambique.

[AIM] Maputo -- Two people are known to have died in the torrential rains that devastated Maputo on Sunday and Monday, according to the Municipal Council.

[New Dawn] The World Bank launches the Liberia Country Development and Climate Report here. The report highlights Liberia's vulnerability to climate change, identifies developmental risks and opportunities, and models various climate impact scenarios and interventions.