Africa

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change

4 Sep 24 - African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP every year as they bear a heavier burden than the rest of the world from climate change, a new report said Monday after one of the continent’s hottest years on record.

Nearly 68 million people reeling from drought in Southern Africa

19 Aug 24 - Seventeen percent of people across the region need aid amid the climate change-fuelled drought.

Niger floods toll increases - 53 dead, 18,000 affected

23 Jul 24 - Flooding caused by heavy rains lashing Niger since June has killed 53 people and impacted 18,000, as the west African country grapples with the effects of climate change.

South Africa’s new environment minister must focus on people, not profits from fossil fuels – climate ecologist

22 Jul 24 - There are huge profits to be made in exploiting South Africa’s natural resources, but these come at a cost to society and the environment.

South Africa energy minister vows change with 'aggressive' renewables rollout

10 Jul 24 - South Africa's new energy minister vows to accelerate the shift to renewable energy from coal, breaking with a predecessor who opposed swift decarbonision.

Arrests in Uganda over pipeline protests

1 Jul 24 - Hundreds of people gathered outside Chinese embassies and financial institutions in 10 countries, calling on China to reject financial support for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and related oil field projects.

Climate change puts UNESCO-listed Mali fishing tradition in danger

25 Jun 24 - Thousands of fishermen holding cone-shaped nets stood side by side, cheering and chanting as they waited for the signal.

‘Crippling’ drought in Zambia threatens hunger for millions, says minister

11 Jun 24 - Collins Nzovu says country’s plight is foretaste of disasters that will increasingly afflict region as climate breakdown takes hold.

West African nations call for firms to be able to offset carbon

10 Jun 24 - A group of 10 West African countries has weighed into a debate over whether companies around the world should be allowed to use carbon offsets to cut emissions.

What a new global pledge means for climate, nature and gender goals

20 May 24 - World leaders gathered in Paris this week to pledge to make 2024 the “pivotal year” for improving access to clean cooking.

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of bad land management

6 May 24 - Floods in Kenya killed at least 169 people between March and April 2024, a result of decades of poor urban planning.

Southern Africa drought flags dilemma for loss and damage fund

2 May 24 - Scientists blame the current drought on El Niño – which could exclude those affected from receiving aid for climate-change damage.

Fifty killed in Kenya floods

1 May 24 - About 50 people have died in Kenya in a deluge following heavy rains and flooding, a Red Cross official has said.

World Bank advises South Africa on climate insurance, contingency fund options

30 Apr 24 - The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage.

Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without warming

19 Apr 24 - A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say.

Africa's carbon sink capacity is shrinking

8 Apr 24 - The population of Africa, the second-largest continent in the world, currently sits at about 1.4 billion, but is set to exceed 2 billion by 2040.

Meet the Nigerian women spearheading solar projects

5 Apr 24 - The African country has the lowest access to electricity in the world. Women and girls are bearing the brunt of energy poverty.

How the the African Forest Restoration Initiative threatens savannas and grasslands

3 Apr 24 - A recent paper published in Science warns that “Across Africa, vast areas of nonforest are threatened by inappropriate restoration in the form of tree planting.”

"The water is eating the island"

26 Mar 24 - Villagers hang onto the last patch of Sierra Leone’s Nyangai Island, knowing that their home may soon disappear.