Climate change in Africa News

[Guardian] Nigeria and most other parts of the world will on July 27, 2018 experience blood moon- a spectacular total lunar eclipse.

[Daily News] WHILE concerns about climate change are being actively addressed through different ways including pushing for enforcement of conventions and international protocols, Zanzibar is recording success with its people gradually helping stop damaging the environment.

[Business Day] The major cities of Ghana are famous for their economic and commercial hub. As such road users in and within Accra as well as tourist are always confronted with the dense presence of people from all walks of life moving back and forth on along principal road pavements of Accra with various items offered for sale.

[GroundUp] "I know I am supposed to be happy just like everyone else but for me rain means sleeping with one eye open," says Masiphumelele resident Zimkhitha Sihlo.

[New Era] The scale of the climate challenges we face today and in the future is clear. The adverse effects of climate change are already being felt around the world and pose a great threat to our planet and its people. Moreover, they could undermine both the development gains made over many decades and the prospects for achieving the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.

[The Conversation Africa] If you have ever bitten into a fruit and been disgusted to find it wriggling with cream-coloured maggots, you have already met at least one member of the fruit fly family.

[Daily Trust] Minna -All but one victim of the Monday flood disaster in Rafi Gora community and Angwar Nasarawa in Kontagora local government area of Niger State were all girls, Alhaji Ibrahim Inga, Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency has disclosed.

[Govt of SA] Significant rainfall over the weekend and early this morning has brought needed relief to the Western Cape dams. According to the latest dam levels assessments of 2 July 2018, , the combined average dam levels for the Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) are at 48.33% as compared to 42.33% last week.

[Daily Maverick] Heavy Cape Town rain continued throughout July 2, and while many considered the downpour a reprieve from the drought, the weather was bittersweet for those living in informal settlements who were forced to endure freezing temperatures, strong winds and flooding.

[Guardian] One person has been confirmed dead and over 100 houses affected by another rainstorm on Sunday night in Daura, Katsina State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Under the Paris Agreement on climate change, all countries must set goals for their efforts to adapt to climate impacts - something that will be taken up at the next climate talks in Poland in December. When it comes to adaptation, setting a global goal simply won't work, as adapting to local impacts is very specific to each place, though that doesn't make setting a global adaptation goal any easier.

[News24Wire] About 4 000 homes were affected by flooding in informal settlements around Cape Town after heavy rain, while at least two mountain passes in Witzenberg near Ceres have snowed over and are unsafe for travel.

[Radio Dabanga] El Fula -Heavy rainfall and floods have caused another surface crack in West Kordofan on Wednesday, days after a similar incident took place in the region. This time, the land slide caused damage to houses.

[The Herald] The bomb attack at White City Stadium is heartbreaking in many ways, but once again exposes the extended danger and risk that people living with disability face at a time of disaster, man-made or natural. In the disturbing video footage shown on national television and circulated widely on various social media platforms in the aftermath of the June 23 blast, one event is particularly distressing.

[News24Wire] While some Capetonians celebrated the gushing rain hitting their city on Sunday, the City of Cape Town said its disaster co-ordinating teams were working to mitigate any possible problems caused by flooding.