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[Vanguard] Dr. Olarotimi Daniel Ogungbemi is a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and an Urban Bird Project Scholar. He is currently a researcher based in the United States. In his scholarly interventions, he has written extensively on social issues and advocacy, including media communication and national security discourse. In this interview, he bares his mind on climate risk communication, climate change, ecology, and environmental justice being his present research focus.

[Vanguard] *As Tinubu, Obi, Otedola, NGX, Access Bank, others mourn Wigwe, Ogunbanjo

[UNDP] This is a monumental year for multilateralism to prevail in the fight against plastic pollution, as the United Nations has committed to deliver a legally binding agreement by the end of 2024. The agreement is expected to catalyze global action to transform the way we produce and dispose of plastics. Three rounds of negotiations have laid the groundwork, and two more meetings of the inter-governmental committee of negotiation will convene in Canada and South Korea in April and November. Here are four key

[Lesotho Times] as M700 million is urgently required to address damage caused by heavy rains nationwideyet cabinet can only afford M125 million nowsays M2 billion required annually for seven years to effectively address the problemvows to ensure LTE does not proceed with airport project

[Nyasa Times] Officials from the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services are predicting continued dry spells in some parts of the country, triggering fears of famine and food insecurity.

[Namibian] Several houses at Bethanie, a village in the //Kharas region, were damaged during a rainstorm last week.

[GroundUp] "We were hoping that the borehole was going to pump water into our yards. The borehole is too far from my house"

[SAnews.gov.za] Government is expected to establish a Climate Change Response Fund to address the devastating effects of the phenomenon on vulnerable areas in South Africa.

[SAnews.gov.za] Western Cape Agriculture MEC, Dr Ivan Meyer, has urged the agriculture sector to take the necessary measures to protect lives, livestock, crops and agricultural infrastructure amid the continued extreme heat and numerous veld fires across the province.

[SAnews.gov.za] The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department says provincial disaster management teams are responding to the trail of destruction caused by severe thunderstorms, accompanied by strong winds and lightning, in Dannhauser, Estcourt, Vryheid and Ulundi.

[Capital FM] Kilifi -- The government has launched a probe into the rise in hyena attacks amid indications of population growth.

[ISS] Ghana cannot recycle all its hazardous waste imports, but that hasn't curbed its role in the billion-dollar global business.

[IPS] Nairobi -- The road to COP29 has begun in earnest in the backdrop of a global climate report indicating that not only was 2023 the warmest year in a 174-year climate record, it was the warmest by far. Record-breaking temperatures, combined with El Niño, pushed vulnerable and poor nations in the Global South to the frontlines of extreme and severe weather events.

[Ethiopian Herald] Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has launched phase one of the Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa.

[New Republic] AfrThe Liberia National Red Cross Society in partnership with the Economic Community of West African-States (ECOWAS) and the Disaster Management Agency has touched the lives of some Liberians who were victims of flooding in 2022.

[GhanaToday] A policy decision to limit the importation of fossil fuel vehicles in favour of electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions can affect mechanics specialising in fossil fuel vehicle repairs.

[New Era] Lahja Nashuuta

[Daily Trust] Styrofoam, also known as polystyrene, is a type of plastic that is widely used for food packaging, insulation, and other purposes and non-biodegradable plastics are widely used in many developing economies like Nigeria. Styrofoam and non-biodegradable plastics are cheap, lightweight, and durable. They can reduce the cost of transportation and storage of goods and protect them from damage and spoilage but, they also pose some environmental and health challenges.

[ANGOP] Malanje -- The heavy rains that fell over Malanje in recent days caused, on Sunday, the total destruction of the retention basin and the closure of the road that connects to the Damba prison establishment, in the municipality of Mucari.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The rotation of the African Union force in Somalia was delayed by at least one month due to floods, as troops remained marooned in military bases that they were meant to leave more than four weeks ago after El Niño-induced rains submerged roads, and airstrips and cut off major supply routes of the Horn of Africa country, The EastAfrican has learned.