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Namibia: Indian Govt Donates to Flood Victims

The Indian High Commissioner to Namibia Tsewanga Topden yesterday on behalf of his government contributed to easing the plight and wellbeing of the people in flood-stricken areas by donating close to N$2 million in cash.

  New Era
Namibia: Flood Children's Education Not Forgotten

Children relocated to the Oshoopala Reception Centre after their families were displaced by recent floods in the northern parts have received learning materials from the Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Marlene Mungunda.

  New Era
Liberia: Storm Displaces Several Persons in Ganta

A violent storm has reportedly destroyed many homes and left several families internally displaced in the commercial city of Ganta, Nimba County.

  News (Monrovia)
Tanzania: President Launches Major Environmental Program

President Jakaya Kikwete will today officially launch a major programme to save the earth from environmental hazards.

  The Citizen
Zambia: Surplus Crop an Achievement [editorial]

IT is unprecedented that even with the failed maize crop registered in major and traditional food-production areas around the country due to floods caused by above-average rain, the nation has still managed a surplus crop.

  Times of Zambia
Cameroon: Common Cold Grips Yaounde Dwellers

Suzanne M. a student in Yaounde has been absent from school for the past three days due to an acute cold. She complains of headache, fever, runny nose and general body pains.

  Cameroon Tribune
Angola: Cunene - BPC Bank Donates Goods to Flood Victims

Angola Savings and Credit Bank (BPC) on Wednesday in Ondjiva, southern Cunene Province, donated various goods to assist the victims of the heavy rains that fell in the city from February to April this year, in this region.

  ANGOP
Namibia: Relocation of Flood-Prone Settlements Gets Off the Ground

THE relocation of people displaced by floods at Oshakati is underway.

  Namibian
Kenya: Food Shortages Persist Even As Rains Fall in Northeast

The rains have started falling in northeastern Kenya, but this alone is unlikely to immediately resolve the food problems facing the mainly nomadic families in the semi-arid region, aid workers said.

  IRIN
Kenya: Freak Storm Batters Nyanza

A freak storm battered parts of Nyanza Province, leaving a massive trail of destruction.

  EA Standard
Zambia: Counting the Cost of Recent Floods

Samson Mwenda, a farmer from Namwala in Zambia's Southern Province, recalls with bitterness the massive floods of the 2007/2008 rainy season and the harsh consequences they had for his life.

  IPS
Sudan: Of Rats, Stars And Climate Change

The days are hot and long in Sudan's arid Northern Kordofan State, between North Darfur and Khartoum, where the farmers say droughts have become more intense and frequent in the past few decades as they sip hot chai in Gereigikh village, about 100km northeast of the state capital, El Obied.

  IRIN
Mauritius: 'Climate Change is About More Than Renewable Energy' [interview]

Congratulations on the success of your Green Day! What is your own appraisal?

  L'Express
Liberia: Storm Destroys Several Houses in Ganta

A heavy storm over the weekend destroyed about 25 houses in the commercial city of Ganta, Nimba County.

  The Inquirer
Namibia: NCCI Launches Flood Crisis Initiative

The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) initiative Project Efundja that aims at helping the flood-hit towns was launched last week Friday at Oshakati with an overwhelming positive response from different companies.

  New Era
Tanzania: Transport Chaos As Rains Damage Roads in Arusha

Transport in Arusha has been thrown into chaos after rains washed away several bridges in the municipality.

  The Citizen
Uganda: Extinction Looms in Face of Climate Change [opinion]

Believe it or don't humanity will live in a progressively warmer world never known to our great grandfathers. No matter who is responsible, every living creature will pay the price. We are sure that the industrialised world that has produced millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is the major culprit.

  Monitor
Cameroon: Irrational Forest Exploitation Cause Climate Change - Ngolle Ngolle

The Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Prof. Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, has said forest exploitation is beneficial only if the effects of global warming are taken into consideration.

  Post (Buea)
Nigeria: Climate Change - Country in Danger Unless - Minister

Unless Nigerians derive climate friendly mechanisms like turning-off of electric bulbs when not in use, buying a fuel-efficient vehicle, getting rid of old refrigerators as some solutions to global warming, the country will continuously get warmed, Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development, has warned.

  Daily Trust
Mozambique: Post-Cyclone Reconstruction Still Needed

Although Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, currently on a working visit to the northern province of Nampula, has praised reconstruction work undertaken after cyclone Jokwe hit the Nampula coast almost two months ago, a great deal more still heeds to be done to repair the damage.

  AIM
Liberia: Rainstorm Leaves Several Injured, Homeless

A violent rainstorm has left several persons wounded and internally displaced in Foya and Voinjama districts, Lofa County.

  News (Monrovia)
Burundi: Food Worries for Thousands Rendered Homeless By Heavy Rains

Some 5,000 people whose homes were destroyed a week ago after heavy rains in northwestern Burundi urgently need shelter and food aid, local officials said.

  IRIN
Namibia: Quakes At Omaruru

Two earthquakes - less than two hours apart - rocked Omaruru on Saturday.

  Namibian
Nigeria: Climate Change Awareness - Tree Planting, Alternative Energy

The minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development, Mrs. Halima Tayo Alao yesterday at the flag-off, exercise of the national climate change awareness campaign, tagged Abuja climate change city storm, identified massive tree planting and the use of environment-friendly energy as measures that can check the negative consequences of climate change.

  Leadership
Namibia: Floods Stretch Roads Authority Budget

Severe damage to road infrastructure by floods has widened the funding gap in the roads sector already grappling with a serious budget deficit.

  New Era

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