Climate change in Africa News

[Malawi News Agency] Karonga -Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga has expressed worry over prolonged dry spell which has hit most parts of the district raising fears that the district may experience reduced crop production.

[Malawi News Agency] Blantyre -Minister of Civic Education who is also the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)'s presidential running mate for the May tripartite elections, Everton Chimulirenji has called on well-wishing players and partners to help in soliciting and delivering assistance to people affected by floods.

[Malawi News Agency] Phalombe -The Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) on Sunday stepped in to assist people who were affected by floods in Phalombe following the persistent rains experienced last week.

[Ghana Govt.] The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has commissioned the rehabilitation of 10 dams in four regions in northern Ghana as part of efforts to reduce the impact of climate change on livelihoods.

[Nation] Two people have died of hunger in Turkana Central constituency, while many others face a similar fate.

[Nation] Kenya is under sharp focus at the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) Assembly over flouting of climate change mitigation policies as it hosts the One Planet Summit in Nairobi today.

[News24Wire] The pressure to keep water in the taps of historic Makhanda remains high as authorities deal with infrastructure challenges and acts of vandalism.

[New Times] Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente has called on countries to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol in a bid to avoid an additional half a degree Celsius of warming by the end of the century.

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -Botswana is likely not to be affected by tropical cyclone IDAI that has hit the central part of Mozambique.

[New Times] The World Bank Group, yesterday, made several announcements to scale up support for both climate adaptation and mitigation in Africa during the third One Planet Summit.

[New Times] Rwanda Meteorology Agency has warned of strong winds predicated to gust across different parts of the country, especially in areas of the Eastern Province, this week.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Barcelona -African countries must tackle climate change with a new economic model rooted in clean energy, forest protection and technology to support farmers - but they will need more investment and research to make that happen, leaders said on Thursday.

[Malawi News Agency] Blantyre -The Republic of South Africa has sent a delegation from its National Disaster Management Centre to assess damage caused by the recent floods in the country.

[News24Wire] A major cyclone is expected to make landfall in Mozambique on Thursday evening, bringing with it high wind speeds and rain.

[Nyasa Times] The Department of Climate Change and Meteological Services has warned a spell of unsettled weather, marked by heavy thundershowers, strong winds that will batter some parts of the Southern Region from Friday.

[Nyasa Times] Chiradzulu District was not spared from the incessant heavy rains that hit southern Malawi last week and members of a charity Trust Fund from Chiradzulu West mobilized themselves to assist over a hundred households with relief items on Wednesday.

[Nyasa Times] Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga has expressed worry over prolonged dry spell which has hit most parts of the district raising fears that the district may experience reduced crop production.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service says Mozambique's Cyclone Idai will not pose a threat to South Africa.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Bulawayo -Despite a dry year, Sazini Moyo's maize crop had been pushing up tassels and she anticipated a decent harvest - until her farm outside Bulawayo sweltered through a record five-day heatwave in late February and early March.

[AIM] Maputo -As cyclone Idai approaches the Mozambican coast the government has called on people living in Sofala, Manica, Zambezia and Tete provinces to take cautionary measures.