November 30, 2023
North Africa: North Africa Braces for a Dangerously Dry Future
At his farm on the outskirts of Tunis, Karim Daoud is taking steps to accommodate a climate-changed future. Read more »
November 28, 2023
Africa: Climate Crises Drastically Increase Child Hunger, UK-Based Charity Says
Children made up nearly half of the people driven into hunger and malnutrition by extreme weather events in countries heavily impacted by the climate crisis in 2022, according to a… Read more »
November 23, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon Officials Say Trees Planted in Refugee Camp Reduce Conflicts
Officials in northern Cameroon say conflicts over food, water and other resources have greatly declined due to the planting of about half-a-million trees in and around a refugee… Read more »
October 24, 2023
Namibia: Green Hydrogen Focus of EU-Namibia Business Forum
European Union and Namibian officials hold a business forum this week in Brussels on developing the country's nascent "green hydrogen" sector. Read more »
October 23, 2023
Malawi: Malawi Makes First Large-Scale Wheat Harvest
Malawi has made its first successful large-scale harvest of wheat after years of attempts to find a variety of grain suitable for its soil. Wheat farming is seen as a solution to… Read more »
September 29, 2023
East Africa: Activists Worried About Uganda's China-Backed Oil Pipeline
Thousands of families displaced, wildlife habitats -- home to vulnerable species such as elephants and chimpanzees -- threatened, and carbon emissions increased. These are some of… Read more »
September 28, 2023
Sudan: Climate Crisis Worsening Sudan's Instability - Experts
Environmental experts are ringing alarm bells, saying decades-long climate and environmental changes in Sudan have exacerbated social and political instability, fueling the… Read more »
September 22, 2023
Southern Africa: UK Trophy-Hunting Bill Fails - Southern African Countries Relieved
Southern African countries that allow trophy hunting are relieved after a bill seeking to ban the import of legally obtained wildlife trophies from Africa into the United Kingdom… Read more »
Malawi: Villagers in Central Malawi Face Attacks From Elephants
Residents in areas surrounding Malawi's Kasungu National Park are criticizing two wildlife organizations for allegedly enabling deadly elephant incursions. Read more »
Africa: Study - Farmers Face Climate Change Threat to Their Farms, Incomes
About 76% of farmers are worried about the future impact of climate change, while 71% say it already has had an impact on their farms and incomes, a recent survey by life science… Read more »
September 18, 2023
Southern Africa: Buffalo From Zimbabwe Expose Botswana Cattle to Possible Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Botswana has put restrictions on the movement of cloven-hoofed animals in the northeast of the country after an incursion of buffalo from Zimbabwe put cattle at risk of contracting… Read more »
September 12, 2023
Botswana: Botswana Blasts Hunting Critic, Says Elephant Killings Are Negligible
The Botswana government responded to criticism from an anti-hunting activist, saying the number of elephants legally killed by hunters since the lifting of a hunting ban in 2019 is… Read more »
September 13, 2023
Libya: More Than 5,000 Believed Dead in Libya Floods, More Than 30,000 Displaced
The International Organization for Migration said Wednesday that the deadly flooding that hit eastern Libya has displaced more than 30,000 people. Read more »
September 12, 2023
Morocco: Spain Expands Morocco Earthquake Search Aid
Spain is sending more rescue teams to Morocco as search crews work to find any remaining survivors from a powerful earthquake that struck south of Marrakech on Friday. Read more »
September 08, 2023
Africa: At Africa Summit, Advocates Push for Climate Justice, Economic Equity
Climate advocates have welcomed proposals by African leaders for a global carbon tax in a bid to tackle the impact of climate change in Africa. Read more »
September 06, 2023
Africa: Africa Climate Summit Ends With Call to Reform Global Financing
The Africa Climate Summit has ended in Kenya with leaders calling on the global community to act urgently to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fulfill its obligations and keep… Read more »
September 01, 2023
Africa: Pre-Africa Climate Summit, Leaders Strategize On Climate Change Solutions
Representatives from top African political and financial institutions are in Kenya preparing for the Africa Climate Summit. They've started meeting ahead of Monday's summit to… Read more »
Southern Africa: Southern Africa Elephant Population Increases Amid Concerns Over Mortality Rate
The elephant population in southern Africa has increased by 5% since 2016 to nearly 228,000, according to results of a first ever aerial census conducted last year. However, there… Read more »
August 23, 2023
Cameroon: Officials Say Seawater Is Swallowing West Coast Buildings, Villages and Plantations
Encroaching waters from the Atlantic Ocean have destroyed several hundred homes and buildings along parts of Cameroon's 400-kilometer coast on the Atlantic Ocean. Officials in the… Read more »
August 22, 2023
Tunisia: In Tunisia, Climate of Fear Shrinks Options for Sub-Saharan Africans
One-month-old Ishmael knows nothing beyond a scrappy migrant camp in Tunis, its makeshift tents, buttressed with plastic bags, offering respite from a scorching August sun. Read more »
July 12, 2023
Nigeria: Activists Alarmed by Burning of Vessel Loaded With Stolen Crude
Environmental activists in Nigeria are raising alarms after the military this week burned a ship with more than 800,000 liters of stolen crude oil. Read more »
Africa: Conflict, Climate Change, Inequality Trigger Surge in Global Hunger
Hopes of ending hunger by the end of this decade have all but evaporated as multiple crises -- climate change, the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts, including… Read more »
July 03, 2023
Cameroon: Officials Urge Halt to Plastic Bags Use to Save Environment
Officials in Cameroon say plastic bag pollution in the country has doubled in the past four years to 600,000 tons, harming the environment and animal and human health. The central… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Somalia: Conflict, Climate Crisis Accelerate Somali Hunger Crisis
The head of the United Nations' World Food Program warned Thursday that conflict and climate change are pushing millions of Somalis to the brink of hunger, as the agency is running… Read more »
June 11, 2023
South Africa: Early Morning Earthquake Shakes Johannesburg
A rare South African earthquake shook Johannesburg early Sunday. Read more »