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[UN News] The resolution was put forward by the cyclone-battered Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu, supported by a "core group" of 17 countries from various regions, and is focused on the adverse impacts of climate change on small island developing States as well as climate justice.

[Mozambique Political Process Bulletin] Scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on 21 March delivered a final warning: global temperatures are now 1.1º above pre-industrial levels and the change to climate is already clear and damaging. To keep below 1.5º to prevent catastrophic damage requires massive emission cuts, which now seem unlikely. The Economist (8 Nov 2022) has already accepted that we are going to 2ºC, which is also the planning number that fossil fuel companies are using.

[Mozambique Political Process Bulletin] In Mozambique 165 people were killed and 120,000 people have been displaced. In Zambezia many areas are still flooded and people who fled by canoe cannot yet return. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops are underwater, and saltwater carried inland by the cyclone will damage fertile land after the flooding has subsided.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has challenged world leaders to match their words of solidarity with action in helping people affected by Tropical Cyclone Freddy with relief assistance.

[IPS] Sonjeke, Malawi -- In Sonjeka village in Mulanje district, which lies on the border with Mozambique in southern Malawi, destroyed crop fields stretch almost interminably after floods ripped through them when Tropical Cyclone Freddy pounded the country.

[Government of Mauritius] The Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, participated, this morning, in a wreath-laying ceremony in remembrance of the victims of the flash floods that occurred in Port-Louis on Saturday 30 March 2013.

[ISS] Thousands have been displaced by weather-related disasters in Southern Africa, which are becoming more brutal and frequent.

[allAfrica] Africa is increasingly feeling the effects of climate change, with the most vulnerable populations being hit the hardest, resulting in food insecurity, displacement of populations, and water resource stress.

[GroundUp] As of Tuesday, 676 people had died and 538 are still missing

[Namibian] DEPUTY prime minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah last week visited the Oshana region to familiarise herself with progress made on the government's programme to construct earth dams.

[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR is in final stage to launch its afforestation campaign dubbed 'make the Islands green again' along with promoting environment and marine conservation as among the country's climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.

[allAfrica] Nairobi, Kenya -- "Climate change receives inadequate media coverage and is typically only reported following conferences, events, or disasters," said journalism lecturer Enoch Sithole observed during the release of his climate journalism study in Nairobi, Kenya.

[AIM] Maputo -- There is enough sugar in Mozambique to supply domestic requirements despite the flooding last month which affected thousands of hectares of sugar cane in Maputo province.

[Nyasa Times] Members of staff of United General Insurance (UGI) mobilized themselves to contribute and buy both food and non-food items worth K1.5 million, which were donated to Cyclone Freddy survivors in Chilomoni Township in Blantyre at the weekend.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- More and more Africans are experiencing poverty. coupled with the impact of Covid-19 and the war between Russia and Ukraine that intensified just over a year ago, weighs heavily on global trade and the supply of goods.

[allAfrica] Satara, Niger -- In the bustling village of Satara, Niger, Haruna Badjie was once just another farmer struggling to make a living in the face of environmental and ecological crises.

[Capital FM] Gilgil -- At least seven people were killed in flash floods at Oljorai area, Gilgil following heavy rains Monday night.

[FrontPageAfrica] The Deputy Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, Hon. Randall M. Dobayou, II has told a gathering in New York, United States of America that climate change is leading to more severe and frequent water-related disasters.

[IPS] Nairobi -- Elizabeth Njoroge recounts her poverty-stricken upbringing in Ting'ang'a village in the Central part of Kenya, growing up on a diet heavy on Amaranth and pumpkin.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is calling on the international community to commit more resources to combat the drought ravaging the Horn of Africa.