Climate change in Africa News

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- In a recent report, Human Rights Watch highlighted the dire condition of displaced people in the Khar Yalla community in Senegal. For years, residents who were displaced by coastal flooding have been living in a site unfit for human habitation. In this interview with AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana, Human Rights Watch's Climate Displacement Researcher, Erica Bower, detailed their findings while calling for urgent action from Senegalese authorities and the World Bank.

[Leadership] The Federal Ministry of Environment's National Flood Early Warning Center (FEW Center) has issued another flood warning alert to Adamawa and eight other States in the North.

[Daily Trust] The Yobe State Government has rolled out plans to save 126,000 households (467,976 individuals) across high-risk LGAs in the state.

[Daily Trust] The Federal Ministry of Environment's National Flood Early Warning Center (FEW Center) has issued another flood warning alert to Adamawa and eight other states in the North.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia has long recognized the urgency of climate change, Minister of Planning and Development Minister Fitsum Assefa said during the launch of the fifth Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice.

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa currently holds the presidency of the G20 - the group of 19 of the world's largest economies and the African Union. It has set up a Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group to find concrete solutions for countries experiencing climate-induced disasters that are made worse by poverty and inequality. Disaster risk management specialists Olivia Kunguma and Johannes Belle discuss what's needed from the G20 this year to make a difference.

[UN News] Some 2.2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) - an increasingly urgent challenge as demand for safer access to the vital resource grows.

[Afrobarometer] Nine out of 10 citizens who have heard of climate change say it is making their lives worse.

[Addis Standard] Arba Minch, Ethiopia -- From 12 to 16 June 2025, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) hosted a high-impact training workshop aimed at transforming mango farming in southern Ethiopia. Held under the Integrated Agro-Ecological Approach to Mango Production project, the workshop convened 154 participants, including youth-led enterprises, researchers, development agents, cooperatives, and representatives from government and the private sector, for five days of intensive technical and entrepreneurial

[Nile Post] Six people were swept away on Wednesday evening when flash floods overpowered two motorcycles attempting to cross a notorious flood-prone section of the Bulago-Buginyanya road in Bulambuli District.

[IFRC] Extreme overnight rainfall has killed at least nine people and affected 119,000 others, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency and two days of national mourning.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- The Southern African Development Community Climate Service Centre (SADC CSC) has commended the Tanzania Meteorological Authority(TMA) for its remarkable progress in delivering quality weather services.

[Vanguard] In today's Nigerian newspapers' review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with a report on how floods, with climate change in mind, worsen Nigeria's healthcare problems.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) has taken a pioneering step in climate finance, becoming the first bank in the country to conduct full climate stress testing. The initiative follows a six-month technical assistance project supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), and technical experts from Adelphi, aimed at strengthening TADB's internal systems for climate risk assessment and management.

[Liberian Investigator] Published: August 22, 2025

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[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Following Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's announcement that Ethiopia will host the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) from September 8-10, 2025, in collaboration with the African Union, the country is progressing well to welcome guests, according to Office of the Prime Minister.

[The Conversation Africa] Worldwide, an estimated 440 million people were exposed to a wildfire encroaching on their home at some point between 2002 and 2021, new research shows. That's roughly equivalent to the entire population of the European Union, and the number has been steadily rising - up 40% over those two decades.

[Government of Mauritius] Mauritius is currently formulating its third-generation Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) under the Paris Agreement, with updated emission reduction targets and adaptation measures, aiming to make the country more climate-resilient and low-carbon.

[WHO-AFRO] WHO and AECF convene regional workshop to pioneer climate-resilient health financing solutions