December 18, 2023
Africa: Historic Win or Climate Injustice? Experts Divided On What COP28 Means for Africa
Countries in Africa find themselves on the frontlines of climate change, but many are reluctant to power down development as part of the push to cut out polluting oil, coal and… Read more »
November 25, 2023
Africa: Africa's Young Leaders Demand Financial Aid to Combat Extreme Weather Events
Yaounde, Cameroon - Young people in Africa have called on developed countries to double the funding for climate change adaptation in Africa. Read more »
November 24, 2023
Madagascar: Madagascar's Record-Breaking Heatwaves Caused By Humans, Study Finds
For the first time, scientists have conducted a study linking human-induced climate change to prolonged heat waves in sub-Saharan Africa. They studied the exceptionally high… Read more »
November 19, 2023
East Africa: 'Crisis Upon Crisis' As Kenya and Somalia Go From Drought to Floods
Around 80 people in Kenya and Somalia have lost their lives in less than a month as a result of floods caused by heavy rains, which come on the heels of East Africa's worst drought… Read more »
November 11, 2023
Africa: Melting African Glaciers an Early Casualty of Global Warming, Say Experts
The first global summit devoted to the preservation of glaciers and poles, which took place in Paris this week, has shed light on Africa's little-known glaciers - which the UN… Read more »
November 05, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon's Indigenous Baka Sing to Save Their Vanishing Forest Home
Yaounde, Cameroon - In the south-eastern rainforests of Cameroon, the indigenous Baka people are seeing their habitat decimated by logging, farming, mining and construction. Where… Read more »
October 02, 2023
East Africa: Environmental Groups Sue TotalEnergies Over 'Devastating' East Africa Oil Pipeline
Four environmental groups have filed a law suit against the French group TotalEnergies and its EACOP oil project in Tanzania and Uganda. They maintain that it threatens the… Read more »
September 24, 2023
Africa: African Rhino Numbers Rise for First Time in Decade Despite Poaching
Conservationists have confirmed the number of rhinos across Africa increased last year, hailing the first bit of "good news" in a decade for an animal heavily threatened by… Read more »
September 09, 2023
Africa: Climate Activists Say African Summit Failed Despite Billion-Dollar Pledges
Africa's first ever climate summit, held this week in Nairobi, may appear to be a huge political success for Kenya and the continent - but environmental campaigners are warning the… Read more »
September 06, 2023
Africa: Africa Climate Summit Ends On a Optimistic Note, but Huge Challenges Remain
African leaders demanded sweeping changes to the global financial system and urged the international community to back a surge in renewable energy as they wrapped up a landmark… Read more »
September 05, 2023
Africa: UAE Pledges U.S.$4.5 Billion Investment in Clean Energy for Africa
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged $4.5 billion in clean energy investments in Africa at the landmark Africa Climate Summit in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Tuesday. Read more »
August 14, 2023
Comoros: Rescuers in Grande Comore Steer Stranded Baby Whale Back Into Open Sea
Locals in Grande Comore island mobilised to rescue a 10-ton baby humpback whale stranded near the port of Moroni. With rudimentary means but much effort, they managed to keep the… Read more »
August 13, 2023
Cameroon: Uprooted and Forgotten, Climate Refugees Living in Despair
Aminatou Ibrahim scoops water from the floor of her seven square metre hut at the Dana camp site for internally displaced people in Maroua, in Cameroon's Far North Region. It's… Read more »
August 06, 2023
Ghana: The Forester On a Quest to End Superstition About Ghana's Threatened Owls #AfricaClimateHope
By keeping rodents under control, owls help maintain the natural balance of Ghana's forests. But superstitious beliefs have led to attacks on the birds. Kwabena Poku Bosompim,… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Uganda: France's TotalEnergies Starts Drilling for Oil
French oil giant TotalEnergies has started drilling oil wells in Uganda as part of the massive East African Crude Oil Pipeline project that has been opposed by environmental and… Read more »
July 25, 2023
North Africa: Fears Grow That Algeria's Fires Will Spread to Tunisia
Wildfires raging across Algeria have killed more than 34 people in less than 24 hours, and forced mass evacuations, according to the government. The worst hit parts of the country… Read more »
July 23, 2023
Cameroon: Desperate Hunt for Fuel Threatens Forest Reserve
Zamai Forest Reserve - Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to north-east Cameroon amid violence by Islamist extremists. As the influx puts pressure on the region's natural… Read more »
June 06, 2023
West Africa: NGO Raises Alarm in Sahel As Conflict, Climate Change Claim More Victims
More than 16 million people affected by conflict and climate change in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger need humanitarian aid, according to an American NGO report published on Monday. Read more »
May 11, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Struggles to Recover Bodies a Week After Deadly Flash Floods
At least 400 people have been confirmed dead after flash floods and landslides devastated eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, and many more are missing. Eyewitnesses in… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Africa: Bone-Sharing and 'Separate Rooms' Help Hyenas, Porcupines, Warthogs Use Same Den
On paper they're the unlikeliest of bedfellows. Spotted hyenas are known to jump at the chance to crunch a porcupine or warthog, both herbivores who don't stand a chance against… Read more »
May 04, 2023
Rwanda: Death Toll Rises As Rwanda Hit By Devastating Flash Floods and Landslides
Emergency crews in Rwanda were on Thursday searching for survivors of flash flooding and landslides that have killed at least 129 people in the west and north of the country. Read more »
April 28, 2023
Africa: Africa Boosting Space Technology to Help Farming, Economy, Environment
Over 300 participants met in Côte d'Ivoire this week for the second edition of the NewSpace Africa conference. The event explores ways in which space can help boost local… Read more »
April 25, 2023
Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau, First Non-European Country to Sign Environmental Democracy Treaty
Guinea-Bissau has become the first country outside Europe to join an international agreement on environmental democracy that holds governments accountable for environmental and… Read more »
April 21, 2023
Africa: European Union Adopts Law to Ban Products Driving Deforestation
The European Union has approved a law aiming to curb deforestation by prohibiting products obtained from degraded or deforested land. While some have hailed the legislation,… Read more »
April 10, 2023
Cote d'Ivoire: Study Says Unregulated Cocoa Production Behind Deforestation in Côte d'Ivoire
Belgian researchers report that 45 percent of deforestation in Côte d'Ivoire in the past decade is the result of unregulated cocoa production. Read more »