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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto on Monday held a telephone conversation with His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom, during which they discussed the ties between Kenya and the UK, climate conservation, and regional security.

[IPS] CIVICUS discusses activism against oil auctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with François Kamate, founder and coordinator of the young environmental volunteer movement Extinction Rebellion Rutshuru.

[The Herald] The recent heavy rains have led to a gradual rise in water levels in Lake Kariba with flows in the lower and upper catchment of the Zambezi River expected to improve around Mid-February.

[SADC] The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) convened the 30th Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-30) in Antananarivo, Madagascar, from 28th to 30th January 2025. The forum focused on seasonal forecasting and climate outlook. The primary objective of the forum was to address the climate crisis through collaborative efforts and innovative approaches, reaffirming the region's commitment to fostering a safer and more climate-resilient environment. The event also aimed to improve the

[Nile Post] Uganda, a country heavily reliant on agriculture, is feeling the undeniable effects of climate change.

[SciDev.Net] Kampala -- Air quality monitors powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are being deployed in Uganda's capital city in efforts to drive down pollution-related illnesses, especially among vulnerable populations.

[The New Humanitarian] Lusaka -- "In many of the rural areas, there is no grid connection because the infrastructure is not developed, and the cost of that infrastructure is truly enormous."

[New Zimbabwe] The World Bank (WB) has warned that climate change could erode up to 12 percent of Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP) annually if the country does not implement robust measures to tackle the phenomenon.

[Premium Times] Mr Adamu-Saba said the disaster was caused by the opening of the dams in Jebba and Kanji, two of Nigeria's hydroelectric power sources.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Following the designation of the original evacuation sites--where households displaced by recent seismic activity in the Afar region had taken shelter--as "high-risk areas," evacuees are set to be relocated to a newly designated site in the Amibara district.

[Namibian] Walvis Bay youth have taken an opportunity offered by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Youth Climate Action Fund to come up with projects that will benefit the climate and their community.

[World Bank] Harare -- Zimbabwe's economic outlook is positive, with recovery from the 2019/20 COVID-19 recession and the 2024 El Niño-related drought, according to the fifth Zimbabwe Economic Update (ZEU) launched today. The report highlights the opportunity to strengthen resilience to climate shocks and climate resilience, to further boost growth.

[This Day] The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MTN Nigeria and Tomorrow.io, to develop a Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS) System aimed at delivering location-specific, actionable weather advisories to Nigerian farmers via mobile SMS.

[The Herald] Six people huddle around a table, their brows furrowed in concentration as they piece together the puzzle of the changing climate.

[Ghanaian Times] The Minister-Designate for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, has assured of ensuring greater involvement of women in climate change mitigation and environmental sustainability efforts when approved by Parliament.

[UCT] South Africa's succulents - small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas - are sought after by an increasingly international collector market, write the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Annette Hübschle and the University of Alabama's Assistant Professor Jared Margulies.

[IPS] SAN Francisco, California / Apex, North Carolina -- With so much bad news about climate change lately, is it too late for the world to tackle the problem? Professor Felix Dodds and Chris Spence review the current state-of-play.

[The Conversation Africa] Burundi faces serious climate and environmental challenges. The biggest is the country's overdependence on the use of biomass (firewood). The second is outdated agricultural practices that have led to deforestation. In turn this has increased the country's vulnerability to climate shocks.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- A widening scandal of corruption, abuse of power and extortion has emerged within Somalia's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, raising grave concerns about the integrity of the country's climate financing mechanisms. At the centre of the controversy is the Director General of the Ministry, Yusuf Abdirahman Samatar, who has allegedly been exploiting his position to manipulate climate funding, pressure international financial institutions and coerce organisations into paying bribes to secure their

[UCT] In a groundbreaking mission, a team from the Polar Engineering Research Group (PERG) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has set off on their first field expedition on the Antarctic continent. Led by Professor Sebastian Skatulla, this diverse group includes five postgraduate students: Kamva Tabata, Richard Ribbans, Tom Ansley, and Chisambo Ng'ambi, along with experienced field guide Hendrik Smith.