Climate change in Africa News

[This Day] Lagos State Government ordered the immediate evacuation of residents living in low-lying and flood-prone communities to higher grounds following a fresh seven-day flood alert issued by Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NiHSA) for Lagos and 14 other states.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) has upgraded power infrastructure and deployed emergency response teams nationwide to minimise the impact of El Niño rains and ensure a safe, reliable electricity supply during the rainy season.

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- South Africa Pushes for Permanent African Seat on UN Security Council

[Shabelle] Baidoa -- South West State President Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur Madobe held a meeting with a ministerial-level committee overseeing preparations for and response to the potential impact of El Niño, along with the head of Somalia's Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), officials said.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi is being denied the chance to fight back against climate change because a staggering 24 percent of the national budget is being swallowed up by debt repayments, campaigners have warned.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican government intends to impose restriction on water use in order to use it for human consumption, health issues, critical food production and livestock watering in the event of worsening rain shortages due to El Niño weather phenomenon, which is expected to cause severe drought in the country's southern and central regions.

[The Conversation Africa] In a waterfront settlement in Lagos, Nigeria, I watched from the shoreline as two men worked a stretch of lagoon from their canoe. One held the boat steady. The other dived underwater a few metres, then surfaced with a bucket full of sand, emptied it into the canoe, and went under again for more. They did this for hours, collecting as much sand as the canoe could hold without sinking before returning to shore.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- About 2.7 million people in Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) are facing crisis-level acute food insecurity or worse, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis.

[The Conversation Africa] When people discuss architecture in Ghana, attention often focuses on modern buildings: concrete houses, glass offices, shopping malls and ambitious urban developments. Yet across the country, another architectural tradition continues to offer lessons about how people have built and lived for generations.

[New Times] Strong winds, heavy rain and hailstorms damaged at least 64 houses and 10 classroom roofs across the country on Sunday, September 13, according to the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA).

[Daily News] Mwanza -- BUCHOSA and Sengerema District councils have activated disaster preparedness plans following Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) forecasts of heavy rains, with residents urged to take precautions against possible flooding and other weather-related hazards.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- AS Tanzania braces for El Niño rains expected to begin at the end of this month or early October, the real test may no longer be whether the country can predict the rain, but whether a warning issued in a forecasting centre can travel fast enough, clearly enough and far enough to change what people do on the ground.

[Daily News] Arusha -- THE Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) has cautioned contractors working on roads serving the AFCON stadia to take early measures against possible disruption and damage from El Nino rains expected from October.

[IPS] Kigali -- When the African continent experiences erratic rains, crops fail, leaving millions of people facing hunger.

[SNA] Khartoum, (SUNA) -- Secretary-General of the Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources Suleiman Al-Bouni chaired on Sunday a coordination meeting at his office to prepare for the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), scheduled to be held in Antalya, Türkiye, from November 9 to 20, 2026.

[allAfrica] For Africa's smallholder farmers, the next climate shock will not only test what they grow, but whether they have the resources to withstand a failed season.

[Daily Trust] Nigeria needs to mobilise an estimated $337 billion from private and other sources by 2035 to fund its climate and development priorities, the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) has said, as stakeholders called for faster movement from policy commitments to actual green investment.

[Nyasa Times] Apostle Clifford Kawinga of Salvation for All Ministries International has urged Malawian farmers to shift from rain-fed agriculture to irrigation farming to safeguard national food security against El Niño-induced threats.

[Daily News] Zanzibar -- TANZANIA is stepping up preparations for potentially heavy El Niño-related rains, with authorities in Zanzibar ordering drainage systems cleared and emergency services placed on standby while officials urge communities to act before flooding occurs.

[The Conversation Africa] Across Africa, people are restoring and managing mangroves, grazing lands and urban green areas in the face of increasing threats from climate change. Increasingly they make decisions based on climate-related information supplied by governments, funders and researchers.