Climate change in Africa News

[Botswana Daily News] Tubu -- Arable farming has always characterised the life style of an ordinary Motswana, particularly in rural areas.

[Govt of SA] The iconic Vaal Dam declined to record lows this week and is in stark contrast to its last year's levels amidst the few chances of rainfalls and sweltering weather conditions.

[This Day] Ugo Aliogo wonders if Nigeria achieve self-sufficiency in rice production especially with the huge damages caused by flood in Kebbi State

[Daily Maverick] South Africa is among the 30th-most water-stressed countries in the world. Since the beginning of the 2010s, the country has been trapped in a series of multi-year droughts, exacerbated by a rapidly heating planet as well as the long-term effects of El Niño. Average temperatures for the period 2010-2020 were the highest on record, and that translates into real problems for all communities.

[New Times] At least 12 homes in a non-high-risk neighborhood in Nyarugunga, Kigali, were affected by unforeseen floods which resulted from a heavy downpour on Tuesday afternoon.

[Premium Times] The floods have led to the death of over 40 people, which the official said is the worst in the state since 1988.

[New Zimbabwe] An undisclosed number of learners at a Catholic Church run boarding school in Tsholotsho escaped death by a whisker Monday afternoon when a whirlwind blew off roofing sheets of one of the classroom blocks they were in.

[Vanguard] Flood has submerged Okpokunou Urban, over five other communities and satellite villages at Seimbiri Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State.

[Govt of SA] Severe thunderstorms expected across KZN, COGTA MEC Hlomuka places disaster management teams on alert

[SciDev.Net] Cotonou -- Dried and pressed plants are being matched with artificial intelligence to help researchers predict climate change impacts.

[Malawi News Agency] Lilongwe -- Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) report has projected that 2.6 million people as requiring humanitarian food assistance.

[CAJ News] Bulawayo -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal Rights Watch warned Zimbabwe would suffer further food insecurity if property rights were violated.

[World Meteorological Organization] Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and more extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa, according to a new report devoted exclusively to the continent.

[UN News] Africa needs to prepare better for climate change by responding to a wide range of potential risks, a multi-agency report led by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday, the first in a series of continent-by-continent assessments.

[SAnews.gov.za] North-western KwaZulu-Natal communities have been placed on high alert for a possible severe thunderstorm this afternoon.

[UNEP] Burkina Faso country is implementing several multilateral environmental agreements - including the National Economic and Social Development Plan (2016-2020), which envisages "strong, sustainable and inclusive economic growth." But transformational change is no small feat. In 2019, Burkina Faso ranked 141 out of 162 countries in terms of progress toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Water and Sanitation has allocated R230 million to Amatola Water for a period of three years to assist the Eastern Cape to mitigate the effects of drought.

[FAO] Cash+ helps farmers in Somalia through the lean season

[New Era] With swathes of grassland destroyed and hundreds of livestock burned to death, wildfires have brought misery and anguish to communal farmers in the Omaheke region.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), Professor Wilson K. Tarpeh has renewed the entity's commitment in the fight against climate change, which impacts remain visible across the country.