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[allAfrica] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- The world faces a daunting challenge: securing food for a growing global population while navigating the complexities of climate crisis and entrenched gender inequalities. These issues are deeply intertwined, with women - who play a crucial role in global agriculture and food systems - often bearing the brunt of climate disruptions.

[IPS] Bulawayo -- While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice.

[Business Day Africa] Pauline Mugambi, once struggling to yield more than five bags per acre from her modest plot, now boasts an impressive harvest of thirty-six bags of maize.

[The Conversation Africa] Average fish catches by traditional fishing communities along the west African coast have declined significantly over the past three decades.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, April 9 -- The weather on Wednesday will be characterised by northerly winds in the north and centre and easterly winds in the south, strong with speeds between 50 and 70 km/h near the coasts, in the highlands and in the south.

[Capital FM] Nairobi Kenya -- Kenya National Highway Authority closes the Nairobi- Garissa Road due to flooding at Arer area between Bangaley and Madogo caused by heavy rains leading to rising water levels along the stretch.

[Daily Maverick] Extreme weather conditions are expected to continue across South Africa's south and eastern coasts until Wednesday.

[The Conversation Africa] Ghana's meteorological agency and the state's health service have issued warnings about a period of very high temperatures expected in the first half of 2024 around the country. Ghana's experience is part of a global phenomenon: record temperatures were recorded in 2023.

[Daily Trust] The rainy season has begun in some parts of the country to mark the beginning of 2024 wet season crop production. The seasonal forecast provided by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) should be carefully considered by farmers.

[GroundUp] Chemical toilets toppled, roofs blown off

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of cold temperatures, widespread rainfall, and possible flooding over parts of South Africa.

[allAfrica] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- The fight against climate change is seeing women emerge as powerful leaders around the globe, and Tanzania is no different. At the WomenLift Health conference in Dar es Salaam, Zuhura Ahmad, Program Head at the Women in Recycling Foundation in Tanzania, proudly took center stage to contribute to this crucial movement.

[DW] Cities are growing rapidly in Africa, but many countries lack effective technologies to measure the associated air pollution. Experts are finding new ways to track air quality in hopes of reducing health risks.

[Daily Maverick] Readers need information from professional journalists that regularly include -- or at least question -- understandings different from the mainstream ones.

[Premium Times] The deceased has been identified while a search is underway for the missing person.

[New Republic] The African Methodist Episcopal Zion University was one of the victims of the early Tuesday night violent storm.

[Liberian Observer] Green Advocates International has launched "Standing Together for Environmental Defenders" (STAND), an initiative to protect Grassroots Environmental Defenders (GEDs) in Liberia, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kenya.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Meteorology Institute (INAM) is forecasting torrential rain and floods for Friday in southern Mozambique.

[Seychelles News Agency] With the aim to get assistance to help decarbonise the transport sector in Seychelles, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the signing of the Global Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Zero Emission Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicles.

[Daily Maverick] A Greenpeace report says South Africa is home to six of the world's 10 largest nitrogen dioxide emission hotspots and nine of Africa's 10 largest nitrogen dioxide point sources.