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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has launched an urgent push to access global climate "loss and damage" financing, as mounting floods linked to rising lake levels overwhelm communities, wipe out infrastructure and outstrip the country's ability to adapt.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- IGAD is working with member states on an anticipatory action roadmap, designed to ensure that early warnings for floods, droughts and other climate hazards trigger concrete measures that protect lives, livelihoods and property.

[Nile Post] Thousands of supporters braved heavy rain on Sunday to welcome President Museveni at Kasambya Town Council in Mubende District, marking the start of the National Resistance Movement's (NRM) campaign tour in the Buganda sub-region.

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[DW] Sudden and heavy rainfall in Safi, Morocco, led to deadly flash-floods on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting more rain in the country.

[Liberian Investigator] CONGO TOWN, Monrovia -- Liberia is pressing for a people-centered "just transition" to confront climate change as ActionAid Liberia on Tuesday opened the Second National People's Climate Justice Summit, bringing together activists, policymakers and development partners from across the country and the West African region.

[OCHA] December 14, 2025 - Mogadishu: The Somali NGO Consortium (SNC) raises alarm over the rapidly worsening drought conditions, warning of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe as a sharp decline in international funding coincides with escalating humanitarian needs.

[Scrolla] Monday and Tuesday will be okay but big storms are expected to hit mid-week. Experts say a weak La Niña is causing all the rain we saw in November.

[Nile Post] Cotton farmers in Kasese District have raised fresh concerns over climate change and falling market prices, warning that the twin challenges are threatening the survival of one of the region's once most reliable cash crops.

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[DW] Sudden and heavy rainfall in Safi, Morocco, led to deadly flash-floods on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting more rain in the country.

[Shabelle] Garowe, 14 December 2025 -- A severe drought in Somalia's Puntland region has pushed up the cost of essential food items, leaving residents struggling with worsening living conditions, local officials said Sunday.

[Nigeria Health Watch] In the remote drylands of Isiolo County in northern Kenya, Chuqlisa Arero and her fellow livestock keepers have borne the brunt of prolonged droughts that have devastated their herds and livelihoods.

[Daily News] Nairobi -- EXPERTS have called for a greater inclusion of children in climate action, saying their perspectives are crucial in planning for a changing environment.

[Scrolla] Temperatures will rise to thirty-one degrees on Saturday before storms hit the province on Sunday. The Weather Service warns of heavy downpours and lightning with a yellow level two warning in place for some areas.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi is in the grip of a terrifying rainy season that has already claimed 14 lives and left more than 8,096 households counting the wreckage of shattered homes and broken futures. What began as routine seasonal rainfall has quickly turned into a national nightmare.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Fears are growing that Somalia's current drought will worsen after expected seasonal rains failed to materialise, forcing thousands of families to flee their homes in search of water and pasture, officials said.

[allAfrica] COP30 will be remembered less for what it achieved and more for what it avoided. The summit closed without a single new commitment to phase out fossil fuels, the very issue driving global heating. The BBC called it "one of the most divisive COPs in three decades," and rightly so. Yet beneath the diplomatic failures lies a deeper structural flaw: global climate action remains profoundly misaligned with the human capacity required to implement it. Nowhere is this more evident than in Africa.

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[GroundUp] "I saw the corrugated iron roof blowing off"