Climate change in Africa News

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi City County has entered the second day of Operation Okoa Maisha, a multi-agency emergency simulation exercise designed to test the city's preparedness and response to the expected El Niño rains.

[This Day] The authorities can still do more to minimise the impact of floods

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi has begun testing its emergency response system ahead of the October-December rains, with national and county agencies setting up a joint command centre at Charter Hall.

[Daily News] Zanzibar -- IN preparation for potential impacts associated with El Niño weather conditions, the Community Health Workers (CHWs) Coordination Unit, in collaboration with the Health Education Unit, has conducted public awareness campaigns on prevention and precautionary measures in Gulioni, Mfenesi Mazizi and Mayugwani Shehias.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula has called for the establishment of a sustainable African financing mechanism for climate action, warning that the continent must back its climate commitments with domestic resources and stronger laws.

[IPS] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- While the 10th Copernicus Ocean State Report documents the ocean's transformation with increased heat, rising sea levels and its acidity - Zanibar's seaweed farmers feel its impact with every crop.

[New Era] Eight countries sharing the Zambezi River Basin have agreed on priority interventions to strengthen food security, livelihoods and ecosystems as preparations advance for a proposed US$130 million regional climate-resilience programme.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and the Kenya Alliance of Residents Associations (KARA) have agreed to strengthen community participation in preparations for the expected El Niño rains and efforts to mitigate flooding across the city.

[Leadership] Some victims of the flood disaster in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Monday, have narrated how a nine-hour rainfall submerged their houses, leaving many of them stranded.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has led an on-the-ground inspection of ongoing flood mitigation works as the county steps up preparations for the expected El Niño rains.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi County has intensified drainage clearance and desilting operations along the Northern Bypass in Westlands Constituency as part of its preparations for the expected El Niño rains.

[ENA] The Horn of Africa is approaching the final months of 2026 with an increasingly important climate signal that is a strengthening El Niño that could bring substantially wetter conditions to parts of the region while increasing the risks of flooding, landslides, crop damage, disease outbreaks and infrastructure disruption.

[Daily News] Mvomero -- THE Tanzanian government has urged residents in flood-prone areas to follow expert advice and remain vigilant as efforts intensify to mitigate the effects of El Niño rains.

[IPS] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Agricultural, land, forestry, environmental and trade policies in the Congo Basin remain compartmentalised at country levels, leaving proven agroecological models trapped at pilot stages due to a lack of advisory services, organic inputs, market outlets and sustainable financing.

[Leadership] Some victims have narrated how nine hours of rainfall flooded their houses in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, on Monday, leaving many of them stranded.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi has delivered a trenchant critique of global governance at the United Nations in New York, calling on the international body to abandon performative diplomacy and transform itself into an "engine of delivery" for the Global South.

[Daily Trust] The ECOWAS Parliament has urged member states to strengthen implementation and financing of climate policies to tackle environmental degradation, population displacement and insecurity in the region.

[Daily Maverick] As it calls for climate finance, Africa can showcase homegrown fixes that are beginning to blunt the fallout from rising heat and failed rains.

[Namibian] The country will need N$202 billion in international financing to meet its climate goals.

[The Conversation Africa] Researchers at the University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab combined temperature forecasts with research on how heat affects death rates in more than 24,000 regions worldwide, and found that the super El Niño could cause an estimated 451,000 additional heat deaths worldwide between now and February 2027. Michael Greenstone was part of the research team along with Tamma Carleton, Genevieve Maricle and Emily Grover-Kopec. He explains why Africa's Sahel region is projected to be the hardest hit