Africa: Millions of Women Starving as They Eat Least and Eat Last #AfricaClimateCrisis

On International Women's Day, Human Rights Watch (HRW) hosted a Twitter Space meeting looking at the impact of food scarcity on women. Eating Last and Eating Least: The Food Crisis… Read more »

Tanzania: Degradation, Human Activity and the Climate Crisis Harming Tanzania's Rangelands #AfricaClimateCrisis

Some of the iconic images people call to mind when speaking about the African continent is wide open expanses like those seen in Kenya's Masaai Mara and the Serengeti National Park… Read more »

South Africa: Growing Food and Building Resilience in Cape Town's Underserved Communities #AfricaClimateHope

How do we make sure people don't go hungry while also building community, urban biodiversity and using what some consider waste? One way to do it is to make sure that urban… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Continental Leadership Award 2023 Winners Honoured in Rabat

The Laureates of the AllAfrica Continental Leadership Award 2023 have called for more initiatives to support the continent's women. It is in a festive atmosphere that the AllAfrica… Read more »

Africa: Experts Call For Congo Basin Climate Science Initiative Ahead of One Forest Summit #AfricaClimateHope

Experts have called for a Congo Basin Climate Science Initiative to deploy the scientific underpinning of a forest protection plan. Attending a webinar ahead of the One Forest… Read more »

Africa: AWA Forum 2023 - How Women Can Ensure Sustainable Food Sovereignty

The AllAfrica Media Group will celebrate International Women's Day this year with a high-profile event, the AllAfrica Women's Agenda Forum (AWA 2023), to debate the role of women… Read more »

Africa: Agroecology Giving Farmers an Edge in the Face of Climate Change #AfricaClimateHope

Africa has long suffered the devastating impacts of climate change, despite contributing little to the climate crisis, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Eviction of Maasai Pastoralists Continues

In June 2022, residents of Loliondo division in northern Tanzania's Ngorongoro district protested what they said was a government move to evict them from their ancestral land in… Read more »

South Africa: Rising Cost of Living May Fuel Social Tensions, Economist Warns - South African News Briefs - January 19, 2023

Rising Cost of Living a Catalyst for Rising Social Tensions, Economist Warns Read more »

Africa: How 'Fast Fashion' Causes Environmental Havoc #AfricaClimateCrisis

"Who are you wearing?" is the catchphrase at most red carpet events. But how often do we take the time to consider the clothing industry's impact on sustainability and human… Read more »

South Africa: Power Utility CEO Opens Case of Attempted Murder - South African News Briefs - January 9, 2023

Eskom CEO says he was poisoned Read more »

Ethiopia: Progress on Tigray Peace Deal But Challenges Remain

While progress is being made in implementing the recent peace agreement between the Ethiopian federal government and the northern Tigray region, federal troops are now combatting… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Electricity Crisis - The Time For Renewables is Now #AfricaClimateCrisis

I have never felt this frustrated and helpless until these regular 19 hour power cuts that have been plaguing Harare and my neighborhood for the past few weeks. Read more »

Africa: IMF's New Resilience, Sustainability Trust to 'Turn the Needle' on Climate, Pandemic Crises?

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is warning that the frequency and magnitude of disasters like global warming is driving other, less visible, and disruptive crises in the… Read more »

Africa: Connecting the Dots on Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Its Impact on Our Health #AfricaClimateCrisis

"We are facing an epidemic of epidemics. If we are looking at the data on this you'll see that over the last decades we have an increasing number of outbreaks. We have zoonotic… Read more »

Africa: Did the 'Africa COP' Live Up to Expectations?

It's fair to say that COP27 didn't live up to its billing. A lot of issues were swept under the carpet during my two weeks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. However, the… Read more »

Africa: New Commission to Shine a Light on Racism In Global Healthcare

"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhumane' - Dr Martin Luther King Jnr. Read more »

Cameroon: Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet - A Champion Who Pushes for Women's Land and Forest Rights #AfricaClimateHope

"I was surprised at first. But I was also very encouraged. This distinction brought me a lot of joy, a lot of courage to continue the fight, and a lot of motivation, says… Read more »

South Africa: Court Reserves Judgment in Oil Giant's Seismic Survey Case #AfricaClimateCrisis

The Eastern Cape High Court has reserved judgment in the leave to appeal application by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Impact Africa and Shell, Engineering News… Read more »

Africa: New Fund to Help African Cities Build Water Resilience #AfricaClimateHope

Access to clean drinking water still remains a major challenge to many communities the world over and will increasingly be at the centre of dealing with the worst effects of the… Read more »

Africa: While A Historic Deal Was Made, There is Still Much Left To Do #AfricaClimateHope

After two weeks of intense negotiations, a historic deal on loss, and damage was struck, but there is still much left to do. Sadly, nations failed to commit to taking some of the… Read more »

South Africa: Amendment to Finance Bill Welcomed - South African News Briefs - November 23, 2022

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Africa: 'Going Back Empty-Handed': African Media Perspectives on the African COP

The 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) draws to an official close on Friday, November 18 after two weeks of intense negotiations in the resort town of Sharm… Read more »

Africa: Joint Action Plan for Promoting One Health Launched at COP27 #AfricaClimateHope

Africa's public health systems with often poor infrastructure are overburdened as well as lack the necessary equipment and medication to treat patients Read more »

Africa: Women on the Frontlines Show Solutions to the Climate Emergency #AfricaClimateHope

As the world warms, the effects of climate change will not be felt equally by all Read more »