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[Namibian] The Kunene Regional Disaster Risk Management team, with support from the Office of the Office Prime Minister (OPM), is in the process of assessing effects of the recent flooding in various areas of the region.

[The Green Connection] As Earth Month unfolds, The Green Connection and Natural Justice are speaking out against yet another push to expand fossil fuel development -- despite mounting evidence that such projects accelerate climate change and destroy ecosystems. On 4 April 2025, the organisations officially objected to an application for exploratory oil and gas surveys in Blocks 9 and 11B/12B of the Outeniqua Basin, raising concerns over environmental damage, community impacts, and economic sustainability.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya is streamlining business processes to foster a more efficient and investor-friendly environment for enterprises to thrive, President William Ruto has said.

[This Day] The African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the African Development Bank will host the Sixth Africa Climate Talks in Kampala, Uganda, in partnership with the Uganda Parliamentary Forum, the Pan-Africa Climate Justice Alliance, the Global Centre on Adaptation, UNICEF.

[The Conversation Africa] Almost one million people live in 24 camps for refugees and internally displaced people in Ethiopia. They have fled wars and massacres in South Sudan and Somalia, and forced conscription and government oppression in Eritrea.

[The Conversation Africa] In Uganda, motorcycles known as boda bodas are a key part of the transport system. The country has over 1.5 million boda bodas on the road, amounting to roughly 70% of all vehicles. Boda bodas are crucial in providing last mile transport for people and goods on short trips because they can nip through heavy traffic fast. But their exhaust fumes also pollute the air. Gabriel Okello researches air quality and air pollution in Africa, and examined how life would improve if Uganda's boda bodas all went

[IPS] Nairobi -- The world's leading scientists and decision-makers in agriculture, climate, and health are meeting in Nairobi this week to promote innovation and partnerships towards a food, nutrition, and climate-secure future. As current agrifood systems buckle under multiple challenges, nearly one in 11 people globally and one in five people in Africa go hungry every day.

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- Eight Southern African countries have embarked on a landmark effort to bolster emergency preparedness and response systems in the face of increasing climate-related health threats.

[IPS] Nairobi -- In East Africa, climate change has made water a lifeline and threat.

[allAfrica] At least 33 deaths have been recorded after flooding and erosion caused by torrential rains in Kinshasa, reports Radio Okapi. The death toll, however, remains provisional.Mont-Ngafula, Ngaliema, Barumbu, Limete, Matete, and Masina are reported to be the worst-affected municipalities.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Eskom Implements Stage 2 Loadshedding

[Liberian Investigator] - Starting Monday, April 7, the global maritime spotlight is on London as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) opens the pivotal 83rd session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), a forum that could reshape the future of international shipping.

[This Day] Obi Nwaegbe's stirring exhibition at the University of Cambridge, UK, brings into thrilling focus a decade's worth of revolutionary work by the JR Botek Foundation, highlighting the resilience of African farmers in the face of climate change. Okechukwu Uwaezuoke reports

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[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- East Africa's escalating food insecurity, fueled by climate change is in need of innovative climate-smart solutions, according to IGAD and ILRI experts.

[RFI] A bedtime story written by a journalist for his daughter during lockdown has grown into a reforestation movement reaching 30,000 children in West Africa.

[Liberian Investigator] Agricultural production in Liberia is primarily based on rain-fed farming, which is dependent on the April-November rainy season. Over 80% of Liberia's 4.5 million population relies on small-scale subsistence farming, with rice serving as the staple crop. For centuries, Ttraditional shifting cultivation which requires both heavy rainfall and sunlight has been the predominant farming method in the West African country.

[Vanguard] In a grand ceremony held at the Apapa branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, members and guests gathered to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the branch, affectionately known as The Golden Branch.

[African Union] The urgency of climate change compels us to revisit lost wisdom in the African Agricultural Sector. Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki is African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems observes that extreme weather, erratic rainfall, and rising temperatures threaten the staple crops that dominate global agriculture, necessitating the need to look beyond rice, maize, and wheat--species that account for nearly 50% of the world's calories but are increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks.

[UCT] The University of Cape Town (UCT)-based research project, Heat Adaptation Benefits for Vulnerable groups In Africa (HABVIA), recently participated in the HeatNexus convening, highlighting its work on heat adaptation in vulnerable communities.