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Electrogaz, Rwanda's public utility, is considering water rationing due to shortages caused by a prolonged drought in parts of the country, officials said.
EVERY year, Zimbabweans complain about winter and seem remarkably unprepared for this season.
Under a new initiative international donors are backing Africa-based policy research to improve local decision-making on complex global issues with potentially enormous humanitarian consequences like food security and climate change.
Angola adhered tuesday to the International Agency for renewable energies, an organization entitled to support countries interested to boost energy capabilities.
For residents of Ibafon in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area and its environs, the effects of the rain which fell on Friday through Sunday may continue tormenting them for a long time to come. It was like a re-enactment of Biblical flood of Noah's era.
IF Namibia had a National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) in place, it would help the country attract investment for sustainable development projects aimed at fighting climate change.
Once regarded as the Pearl of Africa, Uganda was indeed a paradise and favourite destination for many tourists due to its beautiful geographical features and climate.
ZIMBABWEANS should take precautions against the effects of ground frost as the cold spell that the country has been experiencing since Monday is expected to persist until early September, the Meteorological Services Department has said.
LAGOS, the nation's economic capital and financial hub has been paralysed by intractable traffic snarl-up, worsened by heavy downpour witnessed in the last few days.
In a bid to combat desertification and global warming in The Gambia, the Association of Small Scale Enterprise in Tourism (ASSET) Climate Care Committee is looking forward to plant more seedlings in the coming rainy season.
Going by this year's rainfall performance and outlook reports issued by the meteorology department, most areas in Uganda have received poor rainfall.
AN old woman and her two grandchildren sustained burns when lightning struck their grass-thatched hut in Morulem sub-county in Abim district.
THE Weatherman, that most unfortunate of the world's professionals, all too often comes under fire for sometimes less than accurate predictions of or "total misses" on climatic events.
One of the most contentious topical debates at the moment is to do with the increasingly negative impact of climate change on developing countries.
The Pan African Parliamentarians' Network on Climate Change has urged the continent's leaders to adopt a common position during the Copenhagen conference.
THE Caprivi Regional Council has put up tents in some places along the Kwando River to provide shelter to villagers whose homesteads risk being flooded by the rising river.
A hailstorm destroyed over 1,000 hectares of crops in seven villages in Masira sub-county, Sironko district on Saturday. The hailstorm affected over 1,500 people in the villages of Gombe, Gabugoto, Kisagali, Nakisa, Gibuzale, Maduwa and Kifundi.
Hundreds of herders in North Eastern province are crossing the Somali border in search of water and pasture for their livestock, even as the security situation in the war-torn country worsens.
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SABMiller, one of the world's leading brewers, has announced new initiatives that will see emission from beer reduce by a half, per litre produced come 2020.
Climate change and poor management of the fishing industry, have combined to negatively impacted on the sector, an environmental activist has said.
The stresses of climate-induced crop failures could be avoided if more small farmers in Africa also raised livestock, say researchers.
THE Government has said that energy efficient technology is the only solution to the problem of climate change.
High Commissioner Syd Maddicott and leaders of the NGOs signed the contract in Yaounde recently.
Developing countries like Rwanda need to conserve as much water as it can sustain so as to counteract the problems of global warming and maintain its agriculture at a level commensurate to the needs of the whole population.
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