Climate change in Africa News

[Seychelles News Agency] Authorities in Seychelles are better equipped to measure weather changes, and accurately record the amount of rainfall with the launch of the Seychelles Meteorological Authority Observation Network Evolution (SMA-ONE).

[The Herald] Fifty-nine households in Harare's Budiriro 5B Extension and the paddocks area of Kuwadzana have been affected by flash flooding along the Marimba River caused by the ongoing rains, with the river draining most of the western half of Harare.

[Daily Maverick] Activist Kumi Naidoo, the former secretary-general of Amnesty International and executive director of Greenpeace, understands that climate justice and social justice are interlinked.

[Daily News] MTWARA: MTWARA Regional authorities in collaboration with development stakeholders have donated various relief items, including mattresses to the survivors of mudslides that hit Hanang District in Manyara Region.

[Daily News] Tanga -- TANGA: AN ambitious two-million Euro, three-year climate change mitigation project to be executed in four Tanga Region districts by World Vision Tanzania (WVT), is set to begin in January next year.

[ANGOP] Luena -- Seven people died and 401 families were displaced in the province of Moxico, as a result of the heavy rains that affected all municipalities in the region, according to data from the Civil Protection and Fire Services (SPCB).

[New Times] Rwanda needs $11 billion (approx. Rwf13.8 trillion) to implement measures that will mitigate and adapt to climate change by 2030. The needed climate finance is being mobilised through different channels.

[ANGOP] Mbanza Kongo -- At least 175 people have been left homeless in Noqui municipality ,Angola's northern Zaire province, following the Zaire River flooding, the Provincial Civil Protection Commission led by local governor Adriano Mendes de Carvalho has said .

[Seychelles News Agency] More than 100 households affected by the explosion on Mahe on December 7 have already received the SCR25,000 ($1,800) assistance offered by the government, said a top official on Wednesday.

[Egypt Online] Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad on Tuesday 26/12/2023 briefed Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on the outcome of Egypt's participation in the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Dubai, including the adoption of a decision to activate the loss and damage fund that was established at the COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh in 2022.

[Premium Times] "People with Asthma and other respiratory issues should be cautious of the present weather situations."

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The New Life ministries pastor Ezekiel Odero has visited Tana River Flood victims where he got to offer relief food and supplies to the residents.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Meteorological Department says rains are set to continue in various parts of the country, as the dry season sets the stage in other parts this coming week.

[UN News] The past year saw significant milestones and challenges in global public health but also immense and avoidable suffering, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

[ANGOP] Malanje -- An 8-year-old girl died on Saturday, in the Caiezo neighborhood, in this city, as a result of the collapse of a wall of her house, caused by the rain, informed the spokeswoman of the Civil Protection and Fire Service, Júlia da Conceição.

[Daily Trust] Farmers in Nigeria have been charged to adopt climate resilient techniques, as a measure toward sustainable agricultural revolution, amid rising global temperature.

[New Times] Joseph Mukasa is visibly a young man in his early twenties. He wakes up every morning to join hundreds of his fellow young people in collecting littered plastic bottles around the Metropolitan districts of Kampala, and Wakiso in Uganda. The young people pile the bottles into sacks and deliver them to waiting trucks, which then take them to recycling plants.

[Nyasa Times] Listed NBS Bank and World Food Programme (WFP) have started disbursing funds through social cash transfer to over 2000 people affected by Cyclone Freddy at Nkhulambe Centre 1 and 2 in Phalombe.