Climate change in Africa News

[GroundUp] A desert elephant's 600km journey reveals why conservationists and governments need to rethink the use of fences

[The Conversation Africa] Tsholotsho, in western Zimbabwe's Matabeleland North province, is a remote rural district where families depend on small-scale farming in a harsh landscape marked by recurring droughts and seasonal floods.

[The Conversation Africa] The impacts of a strengthening El Niño and the lingering effects of the war in Iran highlight two separate and seemingly unrelated global hazards. But in the Greater Horn of Africa, an area already beset by prolonged crisis and conflict, these factors are combining with others to potentially create a major, multicountry polycrisis.

[Ghanaian Times] When the rains came to Accra

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes Geoffrey Ruku has assured Kenyans that the Government is fully prepared to respond to any humanitarian challenges that may arise from the forecast of above-normal rains from October, even as it continues to address the effects of prolonged drought in parts of the country.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and COP32 President-Designate, Dr. Gedion Timothewos, held high-level discussions today with Laurent Fabius, President of COP21, as the country continues preparations to host the 2027 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP32).

[IPS] Makueni, Kenya -- At Yumbuni Village in Kenya's Makueni County, farmers from Vihiga and Kakamega counties have travelled over 560 kilometres to join their colleagues in Kathonzweni Ward and see the progress of experiments being carried out on different homemade organic fertilisers and other farm inputs.

[Premium Times] The company warned residents against taking refuge beneath trees or standing close to electricity poles, power lines and other electrical installations during storms.

[Daily News] Arusha -- TANZANIA has called for stronger early warning systems and climate services across Eastern Africa, stressing that effective disaster preparedness depends on making climate information available, accessible and applicable to all users.

[Daily Maverick] The building of two massive water-hungry and energy-hungry data centres next to Cape Town International Airport has cleared the first regulatory hurdle.

[Nile Post] Kampala -- The government has warned that Uganda is experiencing above-average temperatures with serious implications for food production, agricultural output, household incomes and public health.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has issued an urgent appeal for Somalia as drought, conflict, and funding gaps leave millions in dire need of food and water.