Climate Change

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA – Afar State Disaster Prevention and Food Security Program Coordination Office announced that additional 32,839 people are still vulnerable to flood accident that has been affecting many occurred this month caused by overflow of the Awash River.Read More

[Radio Dabanga] El Gezira / Northern State / North Darfur — Six people died and more than 500 houses collapsed in about ten villages as a result of heavy rains in El Gezira state yesterday.Read More

[Seychelles News Agency] Preventing the loss of wetland on Seychelles’ second most populated island – Praslin – by enhancing vegetation cover on degraded foothills of the wetlands is the aim of a new project.Read More

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] A COVID-19 vaccine that requires cooling will require a dramatic expansion in cold supply chains.Read More

[The Herald] Zimbabwe has started the debate on how to effectively manage its natural resources by launching the Climate Change Awareness Programme.Read More

[Radio Dabanga] Kabkabiya — At least six people died and 3,238 houses collapsed following unprecedented heavy rainfall in various parts of Sudan. 17,867 houses were damaged.Read More

[Premium Times] The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorm and cloudiness from Monday to Wednesday across the country.Read More

[Vanguard] Farm produces worth over N40 million have been destroyed by heavy downpour experienced in Bagwai local government area of Kano State.Read More

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In Uruguay, thousands of families earn a precarious livelihood making bricks, using traditional methods that are often inefficient and harmful to the environment. A UN project, in collaboration with the Uruguayan government, aims to make the industry less polluting, whilst preserving jobs for the many artisans who depend on it. Read …