Longer periods of drought, decreased river flow, higher rainfall variability and lower soil moisture content: water is at the heart of the impacts of climate change. Read more »
In June 2010, Greenpeace took Oscar-winning French actress, Marion Cotillard, to visit the tropical rainforests in the heart of the DR of Congo to witness logging firsthand. Read more »
The Africa Progress Panel has launched a new report saying additional public financing is required for achieving the MDGs, climate-change adaptation and mitigation of ... Read more »
THE UN's top climate official, Yvo de Boer, has warned that time was running out to agree on a global, ambitious and fair deal on climate change. Read more »
More than 100 people have been killed by floods and thousands others displaced as the rains continue to wreak havoc. Read more »
Landslides struck the Kisoro district in Uganda just days after a previous one had hit the Bududa district, wiping away three villages and leaving many dead, missing or displaced. Read more »
A senior meteorologist has said most of the country is expected to have above normal rains and warned of more landslides and flooding in that period. Read more »
In an AllAfrica interview at State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete addresses issues of health, education, corruption, food security, regional ... Read more »
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