Climate change in Africa News

[Nile Post] The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has launched a taskforce to formulate a comprehensive Climate Change and Environmental Security Strategy.

[This Day] A member of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Dr. Aloysius Uche Ordu, has said the country needed urgent action to scale up improvements in overall investment climate to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) that is much more sustainable.

[Business Day Africa] Efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions in the aviation industry by using sustainable fuel face significant challenges, primarily due to high costs and market uncertainties deterring producers.

[ENA] Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commissioner, Shiferaw Teklemariam, stated that effort is well underway to create a strong national posture capable of self-reliance in the face of man-made and natural disasters by eliminating dependency.

[Radio Dalsan] In Somalia, over the past six years, there has been minimal rainfall or consecutive cancellations of the rainy season. Occasionally, floods have occurred, primarily affecting farmers and herders in rural areas.

[World Bank] Dar es Salaam -- -Tanzania can significantly boost its livestock sector's economic contribution with a bold and comprehensive plan that emphasizes climate-smart strategies and innovations. A new report published by the World Bank shows that while the country boasts a large livestock population, climate-related risks and insufficient investments from the public and private sectors have hindered sectoral growth and international competitiveness.

[Global Witness] DRC's efforts to combat illegal logging reversed within months

[Leadership] Flood water has submerged the popular Trademore Estate in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja following downpour on Sunday evening.

[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank has approved an additional $110 million in Program for Results financing for the Municipal and Agglomeration Support Program (PACASEN) in Senegal. This additional financing will scale up efforts to local governments and improve their management of public investments.

[Nile Post] NEMA boss defends leaving fuel stations and factories in wetlands but says poor people staying there will endanger the population

[Daily News] Tanzania is committed to planting 5.2 million trees by 2030, as part of initiatives to restoring forest landscapes for a healthy planet and wealthy economies.

[IPS] By Maya Rajasekharan and Selena Ahmed

[IPS] Lilongwe, Malawi -- After El Niño-induced floods and devastating drought, roughly two in five people in Malawi - a country of some 20 million people - are now facing the looming prospect of acute hunger by the end of the year.

[UN News] There are twice as many internally displaced people today as there were ten years ago - the largest numbers ever recorded, said Special Advisor on Solutions to Internal Displacement Robert Piper, on Friday.

[UN News] The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a spike in cholera in several regions of the world, with almost 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since the start of this year.

[UN News] "Conflict, climate chaos and upheaval" have forced more than 120 million people from their homes including 43.5 million who have fled across national borders said the UN Secretary-General in his message for World Refugee Day, marked on Thursday.

[Vanguard] A new report has revealed that there is ample evidence that jihadi fighters from the Sahel region have crossed into Nigeria through the Benin Republic border.

[Premium Times] Irregular rainfall patterns, extreme weather, land degradation, and desert encroachment are some of the challenges the Katsina farmers face.

[ENA] The Government of Ethiopia is working on landscape restoration through various initiatives to combat deforestation, degradation and climate change, Ethiopian Forestry Development Director-General Kebede Yimam said today.

[MAP] Geneva -- The link between climate change and food and health security and its impact on human rights was the focus of a debate organized Thursday in Geneva by the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and Morocco's Ambassador and Permanent Representative in Geneva, Omar Zniber.