Ghana plans to replace its buses and formalise waste collection in informal settlements as part of a new plan to help its crowded capital withstand climate change and disasters. Read more »
The first cases of cholera have been reported in the Mozambican city of Beira, complicating an already massive and complex emergency in the southern African country. The ... Read more »
Traffickers often prey on lone children caught up in chaotic scenes such as Cyclone Idai, they said, while parents might marry off their young girls as they struggle to eke out a ... Read more »
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has refuted claims of partisan distribution of food aid to victims of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge - the worst affected areas after the ... Read more »
Although the scale of Cyclone Idai's destruction remains unclear, Unicef says nearly half of the 1.7 million people affected by the tropical cyclone in southern Africa are ... Read more »
Reports of the "rumblings" and a subsequent blackout were reported from as far as Chogoria in Tharaka Nithi and Nanyuki in Laikipia. Read more »
Parliament has denied the existence of a bill circulating on social media platforms that purports to regulate the production and sale of milk by farmers, labelling it "false". This ... Read more »
The death toll has risen to at least 215 after Cyclone Idai tore into central Mozambique before continuing on to Malawi and Zimbabwe, bringing flash floods and ferocious winds. ... Read more »
UN agencies are aiding the rescue effort after tens of thousands of people were hit by floods across southeast Africa. The regional death toll has already reached 174 and hundreds ... Read more »
Tropical Cyclone Idai has made landfall in Mozambique, according to the National Institute of Meteorology. The cyclone brings strong winds (160-190km per hour), heavy rainfall ... Read more »
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