Climate change in Africa News

[SNA] Port Sudan, May 20, 2025 (SUNA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized, in cooperation with the Supreme Council for Environment and Natural Resources (SCENR), a workshop on international funding for the biodiversity program on Tuesday at the Marina Hotel in Port Sudan.

[IPS] Bulawayo, Zimbabwe -- My family lost six herds of cattle during the devastating El Niño-driven drought that swept Zimbabwe in 2024. The loss was as emotional as it was financial. Guilt gnawed at me.

[allAfrica] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) don't make the news often, but they affect more than 1.7 billion people worldwide. The diseases caused by parasites, bacteria, viruses, and toxins do more than just make people sick. They can lead to blindness, intense pain, and keep families trapped in a cycle of poverty. Africa bears one of the heaviest burdens, with over 600 million people still waiting on treatment, despite major progress in reducing their spread.

[ISS] Could Africa's first G20 bring like-minded G7 and BRICS+ members together to accelerate climate action?

[Liberian Investigator] Published: August 20, 2025

[Ethiopian Herald] With significant geopolitical consequences, the climate issue is one of the biggest problems of the twenty-first century. Right now, the planet is expected to get significantly warmer. A larger role for foreign policy in international climate policy, specifically through climate diplomacy, is justified because of the substantial implications for the foreign policy agenda.

[GroundUp] They also want TotalEnergies to stop further fossil fuel extraction in Africa

[UNHCR] UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes a US$ 2.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to help communities in South Sudan adapt to the growing impacts of climate change and recurrent floods.

[Afrobarometer] How lived poverty blocks climate action in Africa

[IPS] Nairobi -- Environmental campaign groups are confident that a suit filed in the United States, seeking to stop the country's Export-Import Bank (EXIM) from the 'unlawful' lending of nearly USD 5 billion to the controversial Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, will succeed.

[Vanguard] A heavy downpour that lasted for several hours between Saturday night and Sunday morning has reportedly destroyed about 70 houses in the Malam Madori Local Government Area of Jigawa.