March 20, 2023
Somalia: 43,000 Died Due to Hunger During Somalia's 2022 Droughts
Droughts in Somalia may have killed an estimated 43,000 people last year, a new report by the Somali government and United Nations said. Read more »
March 18, 2023
Malawi: Search and Rescue Efforts for Cyclone Victims Intensify
Malawi rescue teams started using sniffer dogs Friday to locate the bodies of people trapped under rubble left after Cyclone Freddy destroyed their houses. The Malawi government… Read more »
March 17, 2023
Mozambique: Cholera Kills 8 in Cyclone-Hit Mozambique, Sickens Hundreds
Mozambique's health minister said Friday a cholera outbreak in the area hit by Cyclone Freddy killed eight people this week and hospitalized 250 - part of 600 sickened since the… Read more »
March 16, 2023
Malawi: Malawi Declares 14 Days of Mourning for Cyclone Victims
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has declared two weeks of national mourning for the more than 200 people killed by Cyclone Freddy this week. In a televised address Wednesday… Read more »
March 15, 2023
Malawi: President Assures Maximum Assistance to Cyclone Freddy Survivors
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has assured people displaced by Cyclone Freddy that they will get the assistance they need. Read more »
March 14, 2023
Malawi: Organisations Respond to Malawi's Call for Cyclone Freddy Help
Malawi has declared a state of disaster from Cyclone Freddy, which has killed at least 219 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, and displaced 11,000. Read more »
February 27, 2023
East Africa: Jill Biden Draws Attention to Unprecedented Hunger Crisis
U.S. first lady Jill Biden made a high-profile visit to a tiny Kenyan community to draw attention to the severe drought that has gripped East Africa and created an unprecedented… Read more »
February 01, 2023
Africa: U.S. Launches Initiative to Support Farmers Amid #AfricaClimateCrisis
In partnership with the African Union, the United Nations and others, the U.S. State Department has kicked off an initiative to help African farmers and governments prepare for and… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Africa: Africa's Food Insecurity to Persist Because of Climate Change, Conflicts
U.S. officials say food insecurity in Africa will worsen this year because of climate change, conflict, and market disruptions caused partly by Russia's war on Ukraine. Read more »
December 20, 2022
Niger: Niger Urges Rich Nations to Make 'Climate Loss Fund' Operational
The "loss and damage" fund agreed to last month at the COP27 climate conference aims for rich nations to help those that have borne the brunt of their global warming emissions. In… Read more »
Tanzania: Shrinking Ice Cap On Kilimanjaro Threatens Tourism in Tanzania
U.N. experts say the ice cap on Africa's biggest peak, Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, is among world-famous glaciers predicted to melt by 2050 due to climate change. Read more »
December 13, 2022
Somalia: Famine in Somalia Averted, for Now, UN Report Says
A United Nations acute food insecurity report on Somalia issued Tuesday finds famine in that country has been narrowly averted due to the response of humanitarian organizations and… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Africa: COP27 - How China and Africa Fit in Debate Over 'Loss and Damage' Fund
At COP27, the United Nations climate change conference held in Egypt this month, China has figured prominently in a debate between Africa and Western nations over financial help to… Read more »
Benin: Cotton Exporter Benin Tries Local Processing to Reduce Climate Emissions
As world leaders meet in Egypt to discuss ways to combat climate change, one possible solution is brewing across the continent in Benin. Benin has built an industrial park to move… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Senegal: Senegal Celebrates 'Day of Fonio' As Food Insecurity Looms
As climate change has challenged food security, some African countries that have relied on grain imports, like Senegal, are looking to indigenous grains like fonio that thrive in… Read more »
November 12, 2022
Africa: Buhari Calls for More Western Commitment On Climate Action
As world leaders meet in Egypt for a two-week climate change summit, COP27, African leaders have been emphasizing the need for their western counterparts to increase their… Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: Dozens Who Called for Protests During COP27 Arrested - Human Rights Watch
Dozens of people who called for demonstrations during the COP27 climate conference underway in Egypt were arrested in the lead up to the opening of the conference, Human Rights… Read more »
November 05, 2022
Africa: WHO - Rise in Ebola Outbreaks in Africa Linked to Climate Change
World health officials are linking a significant rise in African Ebola outbreaks in this century to climate change. Read more »
November 03, 2022
East Africa: Climate-Related Disease Outbreaks Surge in Greater Horn of Africa
The United Nations reports that up to 222 million people globally are facing acute hunger -- and that 47 million of them in the Greater Horn of Africa. Read more »
November 01, 2022
Africa: G20 Countries Pushed to Make Bigger Climate Commitments At COP27
The U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, starts in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, next week, and climate change activists are pushing major emitters in developed countries to… Read more »
October 28, 2022
Tanzania: Drought Weighs On Tanzania's Dar es Salaam
Residents in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, are struggling with water shortages after authorities announced rationing because of a drop in the level of the city's… Read more »
October 23, 2022
South Sudan: UN Agencies Say Rains Have Flooded Two-Thirds of South Sudan
The United Nations refugee agency says that South Sudanese flood victims are in desperate need of international support. Read more »
October 18, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Floods Kill More Than 600, Slows Shipments of Essentials
The death toll from heavy flooding in Nigeria has now surpassed 600, with more than 1 million people displaced from their homes. The flooding has covered farms and roads and slowed… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon, Chad Say Border River Floods Displace 100,000
Officials in Cameroon and Chad say heavy rainfall this week caused the Logone river, which forms their border, to overflow, displacing more than 100,000 people and leaving 70,000… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Nigeria: Officials - Nigeria Flooding Leaves More Than 500 Dead, 1.4 Million Displaced
Nigerian officials say at least 500 people have been killed and 1.4 million displaced in the worst flooding in a decade. Officials say floods have affected nearly all of Nigeria's… Read more »