Climate change in Africa News

[The Herald] THE Cyclone Idai rescue mission has made significant progress in clearing some of the blocked roads to pave way for easy distribution of relief aid to affected families.

[The Herald] President Mnangagwa has declared Saturday and Sunday national mourning days in honour of those who perished owing to Cyclone Idai that left a trail of destruction in Chimanimani and Chipinge last week.

[The Herald] Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau

[Namibian] PRESIDENT Hage Geingob said the government will assist farmers in areas hard-hit by the drought.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] There are 36,000 people in 96 accommodation centres and about 40,000 people have been rescued, Rita Almeida, press spokesperson of the government disasters agency, said this morning. But no one really knows the full scale of the disaster.

[Malawi News Agency] Blantyre -Blantyre Press Club (BPC) will Friday host a music show that will feature renowned reggae group the Black Missionaries aimed at raising funds for disaster victims.

[Malawi News Agency] Mangochi -The distribution of relief food to people affected by the recent disaster in Mangochi is progressing well despite some challenges, District Commissioner (DC) Reverend Moses Chimphepo says.

[Premium Times] More than 40 civil society organisations across Africa Thursday unanimously agreed that the region's governments need to pay urgent attention to climate change issues.

[Daily Maverick] In the Tanganda River, Chipinge and Chimanimani districts of Zimbabwe, floods wiped away bridges, homes and human lives.

[Nation] A climate change activist who pushed for the enactment of a law that mainstreams mitigation of global warming in Kenya's development plans has been named among the world's 100 most influential people.

[Nairobi News] Kenyans on Twitter are extremely angry with President Uhuru Kenyatta for sending a message of condolences to the victims of the Cyclone Idai in Southern Africa.

[Deutsche Welle] The Mozambique city of Beira has been isolated since the arrival of Cyclone Idai last week. As telecommunications connections are slowly being restored, DW has spoken with the city's mayor, Daviz Simango.

[New Zimbabwe] Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairman, Tafadzwa Musarara says the recent Cyclone Idai which battered parts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe's eastern region has disrupted the transporation of wheat from the Mozambican port city of Beira.

[Dalsan Radio] The United States Development Agency USAID has raised an alarm over an impending severe drought in Somalia.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Beira /Mozambique -Aid workers rushed to save people trapped by floods around the Mozambican port city of Beira on Wednesday, after a powerful cyclone killed hundreds and left a trail of destruction across swathes of southeast Africa.

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[IPS] Rome -Water is a precondition for human existence, and for the sustainability of our planet. It is entwined with almost everything human, from climate change and global economy to gender issues and human rights.

[Guardian] Scientists have categorically proven that the drive to produce more food to meet the growing world demand is a major factor contributing to a warmer atmosphere around the globe.

[Shabelle] Sporadic, below average rains and persistent drought since 2016 sees an estimated 1.7 million people in critical need of humanitarian assistance in Somaliland, a figure ballooning by hundreds of thousands in recent months.

[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says measures to deal with the phenomenon of climate change are contained in his Government's Co-ordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies.