Chad: Flooding Ravage Communities Flooding across Chad has destroyed homes, crops, livestock, wells and latrines in communities already pummelled by food shortages and high malnutrition, according to the UN.

Ghana: UniBank Supports Ashiaman Flood Victims UniBank Ghana Limited has shown love to the Ashiaman flood victims by donating items worth about GH ¢4,000. The bank, which operates a branch in Ashiaman in the Greater Accra region, urged the flood victims never to lose hope but rather look into the future with (...)

Zimbabwe: Climate Change Reality Dawns on Rural Farmers Rural folk across Zimbabwe are beginning to experience the effects of climate change, with crop yields declining as prolonged droughts and erratic rains start taking their toll.

Uganda: Climate Change Will Kill More Than Malaria, Aids, Church Warned The continent of Africa is facing a future in which climate change will kill more people than traditional causes such as malaria and HIV, according to a Ugandan environmental expert.

Niger: UN Renews Appeal for Aid After Recent Floods The United Nations humanitarian arm is seeking urgent assistance for Niger, where recent flooding has displaced nearly 200,000 people and aggravated a food crisis in which almost half of the country’s 15 million people are experiencing (...)

Niger: Floods Worsen Misery for Hunger-Stricken - UN Already stricken by a severe food crisis brought on by a prolonged drought, the people of Niger have now to contend with floods which have affected more than 200,000 people, the United Nations said on Friday.

Uganda: Flooded Schools Get Sh40 Million Items About 2,000 pupils from four primary schools that were affected by floods and landslides in Bulambuli, Bukedea, Bududa and Butaleja districts are to receive support from Save the Children Uganda.

Nigeria: Six Die in Sokoto Floods Six persons have died in Goronyo and Gada Local Government Areas of Sokoto State following heavy floods.The chairman, Sokoto State House Committee on Emergency Relief and Disaster Management, Alhaji Adamu Kalmalu, disclosed this in Sokoto (...)

Nigeria: Flood Ravages Communities in Sokoto Thousands of houses and farmlands in 11 local government areas of Sokoto State have been ravaged by Floods. The affected local governments among the state’s 23 included: Isa, Kebbe, Sokoto North, Sokoto South, Rabah, Binji, Goronyo, Silame, Shagari, Binji and (...)

Zimbabwe: Take Weather Forecasts Seriously THE Sadc Regional Climatic Outlook Forum has built up an enviable record over the past few years of being able to make fairly accurate predictions of the next Southern African rain season.

South Africa: Climate Change Policy Ignores Women Farmers When asked if they have already felt the effects of climate change, Mary-Anne Zimri and Katrina Scheepers eagerly nod their heads. The two small-scale farmers say lack of rain this winter has foiled their planting season, ruined their harvest - and drastically slashed their (...)

Gambia: Wuli West MP Briefs Press On Wuli Disasters Appeals for Support The National Assembly Member for Wuli West, in a press conference held on Thursday 26th of August at the People’s Center in Churchill’s town, briefs the press on the disasters which occurred in Wuli and URR in general.

Namibia: Harness Technology to Combat Climate Change There is hardly any country in the world with climatic conditions similar to those of Namibia, said Harald Schütt of the Renewable Energy and Efficiency Institute (REEEI) at the Polytechnic of Namibia.

Uganda: Storm Pounds City Business ground to a halt in some parts of Kampala as a hailstorm pounded the city early afternoon yesterday, trigerring off massive flooding and traffic jams.

Uganda: Mist Covers Kapchorwa Town Thick mist engulfed Kapchorwa town on Tuesday afternoon, bringing business to a standstill. The mist, which began as thin clouds hazily floating across the sky at around 5:25pm, covered the whole town within 15 minutes, blocking (...)

Uganda: Account for Aid to Landslide Victims - Ecweru The Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness has asked development partners and the Bududa District authorities to give accountability for funds spent on landslide victims.

Kenya: Bad Climate to Hurt Farming, Says Group Developing countries have to be more innovative to weather the debilitating effects of climate change that are expected to severely compromise food security.

Nigeria: Climate Change - BNRCC Commences Tree Planting Greenwatch initiative, an implementation partner for Building Nigerian’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC) has begun massive tree planting in Daudu community, sites for the adaptation pilot project in Benue State.

Nigeria: Minister Warns On Climate Change-Induced Disasters Nigeria is susceptible to climate change-induced disasters, Minister of Environment, Mr. John Odey has warned. Odey said yesterday in Minna that climate induced disasters may soon affect the country as he maintained that research had revealed that Nigeria would succumb to the adverse effects of (...)

Kenya: Prepare for Low Rains, Warns Met Kenya is likely to experience poor rainfall in the October-December short rains season.

Nigeria: Jigawa Floods - Monarch Sends SOS to FG His highness, Emir of Gumel, Alhaji Ahmad Muhammad Sani has called on Federal Government to assist Jigawa State with ecological funds to checkmate the annual recurring flood which occurence currently threatens the state having claimed three lives and rendered thousands (...)

Namibia: Changing Weather Depletes Fish Stocks The decline in Namibia’s fish resources is a result of environmental conditions and failed recovery of the resources despite conservative management strategies, says Beau Tjizoo of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.

Uganda: Storm Brings Kampala to Halt The heavens opened yesterday in Kampala unleashing a gush that soaked the dry and dusty land leaving many workers unable to get lunch outside of their offices. Other workers got a prolonged but upsetting lunch break.

Nigeria: 'Nation Not Prepared to Tackle Climate Change' Nigeria is not prepared in any way to tackle environmental health challenges despite the grave danger it poses to the nation’s human resources and economy, says Professor Celestine Onwuliri.

Southern Africa: SADC Climate Meeting Opens Southern Africa needs relevant information and guidance on climate change if it is to adapt accordingly and avert food shortages.

Angola: Welfare Department Assists Over 2000 Families in Kwanza Sul At least 2.500 families affected by drought in the localities of Capolo and Gungo, coastal Kwanza Sul Province, are being assisted with essential goods by the provincial department of welfare and social reintegration.

Kenya: Prepare for Drought, say Meterologists More than 80 per cent of the country will be hit by drought before December, the Meteorological Department has warned.

Namibia: Climate Change Sparking Huge Interest The Polytechnic of Namibia this week hosted the second international APEDIA Conference on Sustainable Land Use in Africa, themed, "Land Use and Climate Change: Challenges for Adaptation Strategies," on campus.

Africa: New Maize Could Prepare Farmers for Climate Change New varieties of drought-tolerant maize could deliver a US$1.5 billion gain in food and income in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as helping smallholders cope with the effects of climate change, according to a study carried out in 13 countries in the (...)

Namibia: Climate Change Conference Now On A two-day conference on sustainable land use, environment and development in Africa, started yesterday at the Polytechnic of Namibia.