Climate change in Africa News

[Ghanaian Times] The Former Second Lady of Ghana and founder of the Africa Women and Children Conference (AfriWocc), Mrs Samira Bawumia, has called on African youth to take the lead in driving the continent's climate action agenda. She said Africa's young people possessed the creativity, energy, and innovation to champion sustainable solutions to the climate crisis.

[New Times] Rains in Kigali got the majority of Tuesday's Rwanda Open M25 first round matches at RP-Kicukiro Ecology Tennis Club either suspended or postponed as the weather conditions turned out unfriendly for players to play nor for umpires to officiate.

[This Day] Abuja -- ·Rallies stakeholders, unveils guide to ease access to financing

[The Conversation Africa] Africa's Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build a 15-kilometre-wide band of trees across the north of Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007 with plans for the trees to extend for 6,000 kilometres through 11 countries in the Sahel, restoring 100 million hectares of land from Senegal to Djibouti and Ethiopia. Its main aim was to prevent the Sahara Desert from advancing. But the Great Green Wall's also been billed as a solution to climate change, poverty, and even

[Ghanaian Times] The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Ghana has urged the government and policymakers to integrate climate and development policies into national and local planning frameworks to effectively address the growing challenges of climate-induced mobility in the country.

[New Zimbabwe] The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife; Ministry of Power and Energy Development; and Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) today launched the Low Temperature Evaporative Cooling System (LTEIHT-AC) -- an innovative, zero-emission cooling technology designed to provide sustainable and affordable temperature control in Zimbabwe's increasingly warming climate.

[Leadership] The federal government and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening climate governance and sustainability efforts in Nigeria as the Nigeria Climate Change Response Programme (NCCRP) officially came to a close on Monday.

[New Times] The government has introduced a new disaster risk financing strategy to strengthen its ability to respond to climate-related shocks that have cost the economy an estimated 1.75 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually since 2013.

[New Times] Rwanda has been selected among four African countries to receive support from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to develop school-based climate solutions and integrate them into teaching and learning.

[Oxfam] New research by Oxfam and CARE Climate Justice Centre, published today, finds developing countries are now paying more back to wealthy nations for climate finance loans than they receive- for every 5 dollars they receive they are paying 7 dollars back. 65% of funding is delivered in the form of loans.

[The Conversation Africa] The Second Africa Climate Summit, held in Ethiopia in September 2025, drew more than 25,000 people - from presidents and ministers to farmers, activists, business leaders and students. They came to talk about how Africa can source finance to grow in greener ways and cope with worsening climate disasters. Africa has barely contributed to greenhouse gas emissions but is highly exposed to climate-caused disasters. At the same time, the continent is not funded enough to adapt to the warming planet. Legal

[Capital FM] Nakuru -- The official launch of the ambition 10-year Mau Forest Complex Conservation plan is on course with the lined up pre-event activities taking place as per the set out schedule.

[Nile Post] In our busy city of Kampala, we all see the problem of too much trash on the streets. But there is a hidden danger that comes from this waste problem: it is poisoning the air we breathe every day. This is a serious issue for our health.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Sudan is facing some of the worst Nile flooding in years, with experts warning that a combination of intensified rainfall, weak flood defenses, and the growing impact of climate change has created a dangerous new reality for communities along the river.

[Vanguard] The four hydroelectric dams, Shiroro, Jebba, Kainji and Zungeru located in Niger State, have given notification towards releasing excess water from their dams any moment from now.

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[WFP] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns today that millions in Somalia are at risk of worsening hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortfalls have forced the agency to reduce the number of people it supports with lifesaving emergency food assistance in Somalia by over two-thirds. In November, WFP will have to reduce the number of people who receive emergency food assistance to just 350,000 people, down from 1.1 million in August. This means that WFP will be supporting less than 1 in

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Government has stepped up its response to the drought crisis, with Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes, Geoffrey Ruk,u flagging off relief food to Mandera and Turkana counties--two of the hardest-hit regions.

[World Bank] Ouagadougou -- two-day High-Level Forum on Defying Drought (D2) in West Africa concluded today in Ouagadougou with a strong commitment to address the pressing challenges of drought in the region, amid the broader context of climate change and population growth. Senior policymakers from Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal, joined by technical experts from Morocco and Brazil, as well as regional and international institutions and development partners, came together to advance coordinated and practical

[The Conversation Africa] Television nature programmes and scientific papers tend to celebrate the perfection of evolved traits. But the father of evolution through natural selection, Charles Darwin, warned that evolution would produce quirks and "blunders" that reflect a lineage's history.