Climate change in Africa News

[Premium Times] The UNFCCC official said the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) was not just technical bookkeeping but "a vital enabling tool" for stronger climate action.

[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Tourism, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has stated Ghana's ocean and its resources are central to the country's prosperity.

[Nile Post] Since early August, several Sudanese states have been gripped by catastrophic floods that have claimed dozens of lives, destroyed thousands of homes, and deepened the misery of families forced to confront a bitter choice: flee once again or risk death beneath the rubble.

[New Times] Eastern Province is stepping up preparations for Season A 2026, with officials reporting steady progress despite challenges caused by delayed rainfall and farmers raising concerns over the suitability of seeds distributed to them.

[United Nations in Sudan] Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Sudan, Luca Renda

[RFI] The group controlling Sudan's Darfur region has called for assistance in finding the bodies of more than 1,000 people buried in a landslide that wiped out a mountain village in an area that has seen an influx of internally displaced people fleeing violence in the ongoing war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

[Ethiopian Herald] Climate change is eroding Africa's GDP growth by 5-15 percent annually, according to an African Development Bank report. To address this challenge, some 25,000 participants are expected to attend the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), set to be held in Addis Ababa during just over a week.

[Nile Post] MTN Uganda has announced the launch of the Pachi Panda Innovation Challenge in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), a programme aimed at supporting young people to develop business ideas that address food, energy and water security.

[Nigeria Health Watch] In March 2024, when floodwaters from Lake Victoria engulfed Nyamasao village in Kenya, 36-year-old Mary Atieno, a mother of three, was among the 350 families who fled to a nearby primary school on higher ground for safety. "We saw the water levels of the Lake rise, but we never imagined it would swallow our village. It was like a dream," Mary said from a temporary camp.

[The Conversation Africa] The most catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province - also the worst flood in South Africa for more than a century - has sparked two major lawsuits by insurance companies whose business clients suffered massive flood damage.