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Fri, 2024-03-15 13:02
[AIM] Maputo -- Almost 100,000 people have been deprived of electricity since Tuesday morning as a result of the severe tropical storm "Filipo', which has swept across southern Mozambique.
Fri, 2024-03-15 13:01
[AIM] Maputo -- Severe tropical storm Filipo killed at least one person and injured a further seven, as it passed through southern Mozambique on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to preliminary figures from the country's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD).
Fri, 2024-03-15 13:00
[OCHA] Authorities in Mozambique report that some 14,000 people have been affected by the severe Tropical Storm Filipo across central and southern Mozambique, with two people killed and more than a dozen others injured.
Fri, 2024-03-15 07:37
[African Arguments] Jiwoh Abulai, Environment and Climate Change Minister of Sierra Leone talks 30x30, land rights, carbon credits, climate finance, and more.
Thu, 2024-03-14 10:03
[Premium Times] In Ondo State, communities along the Atlantic coast have endured years of sea incursions caused by rising sea levels and intense storms.
Thu, 2024-03-14 07:35
[GroundUp] Pickets outside Standard Bank will continue, says Extinction Rebellion
Wed, 2024-03-13 19:27
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon officials have declared a humanitarian emergency after encroaching waters from the Atlantic Ocean destroyed several hundred homes, buildings and plantations along Cameroon's coast.
Wed, 2024-03-13 12:12
[The Herald] Moisture being drawn into the country from the north due to tropical storm Filipo resulted in thunderstorms in the Mashonaland provinces yesterday, with Guruve receiving the highest rainfall of 36mm and the rest 15mm.
Wed, 2024-03-13 12:11
[AIM] Maputo -- The severe tropical storm "Filipo', which is expected to hit southern Mozambique over the next 72 hours, could affect at least 525,000 people, according to the country's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD).
Wed, 2024-03-13 10:00
[IPS] Pretoria, South Africa -- Groundwater pollution significantly affects the prevalence of waterborne diseases. This form of pollution occurs when hazardous substances, such as pathogens, chemicals, and heavy metals, seep into underground aquifers, the primary source of drinking water for approximately 70% of the 250 million people living in the SADC region.
Wed, 2024-03-13 07:37
[Oxfam] Millions of people have nothing left to eat but wild roots as they have lost their crops to repeated extreme weather
Wed, 2024-03-13 07:11
[African Arguments] Pricing the emissions of the international shipping industry could raise $100 billion/yr.
Tue, 2024-03-12 07:39
[The Conversation Africa] East Africa has recently had an unprecedented series of failed rains. But some rainy seasons are bringing the opposite: huge amounts of rainfall.
Mon, 2024-03-11 07:50
[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank Board of Directors today approved an additional $40 million in IDA* grants to the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR** Climate Research for Africa project (AICCRA), a significant step towards advancing climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and addressing critical gaps in climate resilience and food security in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, and Zambia.
Fri, 2024-03-08 14:02
[GroundUp] About 16 local citizen scientists, led by members of Planact, have mapped the temperatures in several parts of Pretoria
Fri, 2024-03-08 07:25
[The Conversation Africa] Across domestic courts in Africa, climate cases have been decided in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, with some cases pending in Uganda. However, climate litigation is still fairly new.
Thu, 2024-03-07 20:24
[The Point] The African integrated climate risk management programme (AICRM) aimed at building the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change impacts was yesterday launched at a ceremony held at the Sir Dawda Jawara Kairaba International Conference Centre.
Thu, 2024-03-07 18:41
[The Herald] The public must guard against a heatwave from today until March 12, with temperatures rising as high as 41 degrees, although some isolated thundershowers are expected this week, the Meteorological Services Department warned yesterday.
Thu, 2024-03-07 14:54
[The Conversation Africa] After several years of pandemic-driven price spikes at the grocery store, retail food price inflation is slowing down. That's good news for consumers, especially those in low-income households, who spend a proportionally larger share of their income on food.
Thu, 2024-03-07 09:44
[The Conversation Africa] As I walk around the supermarket, I pick up vegetables for tomorrow's dinner, eggs and bread for tonight and some sweet treats for the week. By choosing a range of different food types, I'll eat a wide variety of nutrients. But what if bread was the only option available? And another shop just sold a different type of loaf? Or only oranges?
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