July 26
Kenya: Extreme Weather Events in Kenya Linked to Climate Change
Capital FM
Climate change has made extreme weather events like drought, higher temperatures, and heavy rainfall become common and severe in Kenya, the Kenya Meteorological Department has… Read more »
Nigeria: Flooding - FG, Experts Seek Solution to Mitigate Climate Change Disasters, Cholera Outbreak
This Day
Experts have tasked the federal and state governments on the need for a system-wide solution to mitigate risks associated natural disasters. Read more »
Uganda: You Will Not Be Spared - Nabbanja Warns Manufacturers Encroaching On Wetlands
Nile Post
The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has warned manufacturers against encroaching on wetlands or government will deal with them with iron hand. Read more »
Ethiopia: Landslide in Kafa Kills Three, Displaces 24 Residents
Addis Standard
A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Decha District, Kafa Zone, on 25 July resulted in three fatalities and displaced 24 residents, according to the Kafa Zone Communication… Read more »
Gambia: Sanitation Disaster At the Heart of KM
Foroyaa
No one should be surprised if serious diseases like cholera break out in the heart of the Kanifing Municipality during the rainy season. The Serrekunda maternity clinic is… Read more »
Ethiopia: Landslide Disaster - More Than 50,000 People Affected
Agenzia Fides
"A shocking and disastrous accident. Many have lost their lives suddenly, more than 260 bodies have been recovered to date as reported by local news". These are the words that the… Read more »
July 25
Namibia: Govt Plans to Feed Hungry Communities With 640 Wild Animals
Namibian
... plan yet to get support Read more »
Nigeria: Warning On Impending Flash Flood in Rivers
Premium Times
Thirteen local government areas in the state will experience flash flooding between now and November, NEMA said. Read more »
Namibia: 'You Can't Wake Up Today and Tell Africans to Stop Cooking With Fire' [interview]
African Arguments
African Arguments spoke to Namibia's Industrialisation and Trade Minister about industrial strategy, unjust trade, and green hydrogen controversies. Read more »
Africa: Towards a Sustainable Blue Economy for Africa [analysis]
African Arguments
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
South Africa: Rubbish Piles Up in Durban Streets As Cleaners Picket Outside City Hall
GroundUp
Expanded Public Works Programme workers lose jobs as budget is cut Read more »
Tunisia: FTDES Calls for Declaring State of Environmental Emergency in Gulf of Monastir
Tunis Afrique Presse
The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (French: FTDES), Thursday, called for declaring a state of environmental emergency in the Gulf of Monastir, following "a recent… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya's Green Economy Could Create Nearly 240,000 Jobs By 2030
Capital FM
Africa's green economy has the potential of creating up to 3.3 million new direct green jobs on the continent by 2030, with the majority particularly in the renewable energy solar… Read more »
Ethiopia: Commission Intensifies Support for Landslide Survivors, Displaced Persons
Ethiopian Herald
Supplies 520 quintals of food items Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Landslides - Death Toll Rises As UN Supports Response
UN News
A UN inter-agency humanitarian team has reached the area affected by deadly landslides in Ethiopia earlier this week and is supporting the response. Read more »
Rwanda: Environment Ministry's Permanent Secretary Under Investigation
New Times
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Patrick Karera, is under criminal investigation by Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), national broadcaster RBA reported on… Read more »
Mozambique: Government Grants Hydrocarbon Rights to Eni in Angoche
AIM
The Mozambican government has granted the exclusive right to conduct hydrocarbon exploration and production operations in the Angoche A6-C Offshore Area, off the coast of the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Addis Ababa City Administration Donates Over 45 Million Birr Worth of Humanitarian Support to Gofa Landslide Victims
ENA
Addis Ababa city administration has sent today more than 45 million Birr in both financial and material humanitarian aid to assist landslide victims in Geze-Gofa district. Read more »
Africa: The Heat Is On - We Must Rise to the Challenge of Rising Temperatures, Urges UN Chief
UN News
The UN chief on Thursday issued an urgent call to action to better protect billions around the world exposed to crippling effects of extreme heat, as global temperature rise… Read more »
Namibia: Namra Gets Tough On Fishing Companies
Namibian
... recovers N$20 million in tax fraud Read more »
Namibia: Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta At the National Stakeholders' Forum On Wildlife Protection and Law Enforcement
Namibian
Since controlling a surge in poaching in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Namibia has experienced comparatively low levels of the illegal killing of wildlife, particularly of rhinos… Read more »
Africa: Greenpeace Africa Demands Big Polluters Pay for the Loss and Damages [press release]
Greenpeace
Greenpeace Africa hosted a side event on climate finance ahead of the celebration of AU ECOSOCC's 20th anniversary happening this week in Ghana. The theme for this discussion was… Read more »
South Africa: Greenpeace Africa Applauds the South Africa President Decision to Assent the Climate Change Bill [press release]
Greenpeace
Johannesburg/ 24-07-2024 The South African President has just "signed into law the Climate Change Bill which sets out a national climate change response", says the official… Read more »
Uganda: Flash Floods Kill Two Children in Moroto
Nile Post
Two children have lost their lives after being swept away by flash floods in Moroto District on Wednesday. Read more »
Ethiopia: What Does South Sudan's CFA Accession Mean for Nile Basin?
Ethiopian Herald
The late Sir William Gerald Golding is often attributed for saying: "he who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience. Read more »