All Africa, All the Time.
Updated: 2 hours 26 min ago
Fri, 2023-08-18 12:07
[AIM] Maputo -- The Maragra Sugar Company, in the southern Mozambican district of Manhiça, has lost 3.6 billion meticais (56 million dollars, at the current exchange rate) as a result of damage to equipment and loss of sugar cane due to flooding on the Incomati river last February.
Fri, 2023-08-18 07:21
[IPS] KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The World Bank plans to use public funds to subsidize private finance, ostensibly to mobilize much more capital to address the climate crisis. But the new plan is likely to be a distraction, not the solution it purports to be.
Thu, 2023-08-17 14:13
[IPS] Nairobi -- Kenya's fight for food security may have just gone 'Old School' as Egerton University dons win a grant to help bring back a pre-colonial delicacy that was gradually sliding its way off consumers' plates.
Thu, 2023-08-17 13:40
[allAfrica] COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber has addressed the nineteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), sharing his vision and priorities for COP28, especially the need for adaptation financing and acceleration of the energy transition.
Thu, 2023-08-17 13:10
[Capital FM] Addis Ababa -- Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has said that Kenya is ready to host the first ever Africa Climate Summit, convened by the African Union at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in downtown Nairobi.
Thu, 2023-08-17 12:44
[Premium Times] The researchers said the recommendations became necessary after empirical findings indicated "the negative impacts of climatic factors on agricultural productivity."
Thu, 2023-08-17 09:21
[Premium Times] About 400 staff members of the farm had been directed to stop work, an official said.
Thu, 2023-08-17 07:30
[African Arguments] As they continue to wait in vain for state intervention amid rising sea levels, people in Akwa Ibom are taking matters into their own hands.
Wed, 2023-08-16 17:57
[Nile Post] President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday August 15th, 2023, met and held discussions with a delegation from Nexus Green led by their chairperson, Baroness Sandip Verma who is also the former UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development.
Wed, 2023-08-16 15:12
[HRW] Beirut -- Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) should release all those unjustly imprisoned in the country before the start of COP28, which will be held at Expo City Dubai between November 30, and December 12, 2023. UAE authorities continue to detain dozens of people who completed their prison sentences some years ago, including 55 dissidents, lawyers, and other people convicted in a mass trial known as the "UAE94" case. The UAE also continues to detain prominent human rights defenders, including Ahmed Mans
Wed, 2023-08-16 11:16
[allAfrica] A two-day meeting of world-leading economists and finance leaders convened by the COP28 Presidency has delivered consensus on the key next steps needed to establish a new framework for international climate finance and to drive progress at COP28 and beyond to COP29 and COP30.
Wed, 2023-08-16 09:55
[Daily Trust] Nigeria, as a populous and resource-rich nation, has faced significant challenges managing its debt burden, amid rising poverty, meeting development gaps and the worsening pressure from adverse climate change.
Wed, 2023-08-16 09:00
[Leadership] SustyVibes, an African youth-led organisation dedicated to making sustainability practical and relatable, has unveiled the launch of the Bioverse NG Project in collaboration with the German Embassy in Nigeria.
Wed, 2023-08-16 08:00
[Premium Times] The expected moderate rainfall will likely have slim chances of flash flooding.
Tue, 2023-08-15 10:37
[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Monday held an interface with a contingent of over 50 investors who share Pan African investment interests across a number of sectors such as energy, agro-processing, automotive, tourism, ICT, education, renewable energy, infrastructure development and finance.
Tue, 2023-08-15 09:15
[Ashden] Support for skills and training is an essential step to ensuring clean and affordable energy for all. Solar panels, mini-grids, modern cookstoves and other proven technologies can bring power to even the most remote communities - but this won't happen without trained engineers, salespeople, and many others playing crucial supporting roles.
Tue, 2023-08-15 09:00
[Daily Maverick] With the El Niño event that is likely to see temperatures reach ever greater heights, scientists and experts are cautioning that the agricultural sector and its workers need to prepare for what may be successive sweltering summers.
Mon, 2023-08-14 10:59
[Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM : AT least 100 stakeholders from 25 countries in Africa, Europe and US will meet in Dar es Salaam for a three-day meeting to brainstorm over indigenous seeds, which largely contribute to food security in the African continent.
Mon, 2023-08-14 09:49
[allAfrica] The COP28 Presidency has announced that it will convene the Independent High-Level Expert Group (IHLEG) on Climate Finance in the UAE this week to drive progress on steps to reform international finance ahead of COP28.
Sun, 2023-08-13 18:37
[RFI] Maroua -- Aminatou Ibrahim scoops water from the floor of her seven square metre hut at the Dana camp site for internally displaced people in Maroua, in Cameroon's Far North Region. It's become a familiar routine for her.
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