Climate change in Africa News

[The Conversation Africa] Sub-Saharan Africa is already experiencing the realities of a changing climate - and the situation is only going to get worse.

[Nation] A powerful cyclone is set to unleash floods, heavy winds and massive destruction on the east coast of Africa, whose cost will run into tens of billions of shillings.

[Daily Maverick] The death toll from the flash floods in KwaZulu-Natal has officially risen to 67, with rescue teams still active in the province. The province's Co-operative Governance Department held a media briefing on Thursday 25 April to provide an update on the extent of the damage caused.

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[ANGOP] Ondjiva -At least 750,000 have been made available for the construction of 15 water wells, vaccines and medicines acquisition for bovine cattle to tackle the drought that has devastated the southern Cunene Province, the minister of Agriculture and Forests, Marcos Nhunga, said on Wednesday.

[Deutsche Welle] More than 1,000 people in South Africa have had to leave their homes after heavy rains and flooding caused buildings to collapse and toppled electric wires. The weather service has warned that more rain is on the way.

[Nation] Tanzanians in Mtwara region on Thursday were scrambling to leave with Cyclone Kenneth set to make landfall tonight.

[Nairobi News] Some parts of Kenya are set to feel the effects of Cyclone Kenneth even though the met has said it will not hit the country.

[Citizen] Zanzibar -The Zanzibar Maritime Authority (ZMA) has from Thursday noon suspended marine transport activities to and from Zanzibar following as cyclone Kenneth approaches Tanzania's coastline.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Nanyumbu District Commissioner Moses Machali has urged residents to stay indoors and not wander around when cyclone Kenneth hits the District on Friday.

[Citizen] Mtwara -Some residents of Mtwara Urban District are vacating their homes in search for safer places ahead of the advancing tropical storm cyclone Kenneth that may hit parts of Mtwara and Lindi regions in southern Tanzania and parts of northern Mozambique.

[The Herald] The Department of Civil Protection is using the local leadership in flood-prone areas to communicate tips and advice on Cyclone Kenneth to avoid loss of life in the event that the tropical storm hits Zimbabwe.

[Deutsche Welle] The powerful storm hit northern Mozambique, just six weeks after Cyclone Idai ravaged the country. Three have been killed in Comoros, with meteorologists calling it the strongest storm to make landfall in the area.

[Deutsche Welle] Mozambique was preparing for another powerful cyclone to make landfall, just six weeks after Cyclone Idai ravaged the country. Cyclone Kenneth has already wreaked havoc in the nearby Comoros islands.

[FAO] Dakar -The Sahel remains affected by conflict, food insecurity, malnutrition, population displacement, natural disasters and epidemics and unless we address these crises from their roots, millions of people will continue requiring urgent assistance each year, FAO Director-General José Graziano Da Silva, said today.

[AIM] Maputo -Cyclone Kenneth remains on course to hit the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado on Thursday afternoon.

[East African] Uganda recorded a sharp drop in coffee exports last year, losing over $100 million.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -By 2050, energy use for cooling is projected to triple, while in hotter countries such as India, China, Brazil, and Indonesia it could grow five-fold, experts say

[News24Wire] The cut-off low pressure system that resulted in parts of South Africa being hit by heavy rains and floods is now weakening, said the SA Weather Service.

[News24Wire] Multinational media group Naspers [JSE:NPN] has donated R1m in support of disaster relief and recovery efforts in KwaZulu-Natal, the group's Chief People Officer (CPO) Aileen O'Toole announced on Wednesday.