As cyclones persist, how prepared is the government of Malawi?
BLANTYRE, Malawi: On the night of March 13, 2023, when Cyclone Freddy hit Malawi, Celina Nyozani, a mother of eight, escaped the floods with the assistance of …
COP27: Unlocking the sticky climate finance for developing nations
As the UN climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, near the official end – of Friday, the 18th – climate finance and financing loss, damage …
Congo DRC to produce Low cost, climate-friendly battery materials.
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt: With the world adopting cleaner energy transitions, ambitious efforts to accelerate plans for low-cost and low-emissions lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials in …
COP27: Not the solution to the global climate crisis?.
Ahead of the 27th UN climate summit (COP27), the youth and other groups have called on world leaders to urgently cut down their emissions to limit …
Floods erode Malawi’s years of hard work and development.
CHIKWAWA (Malawi) The raging floods induced by Tropical Storm Ana devastated Malawi’s Chikwawa District, located on the west bank of the Shire River {about 50 kilometers …
Historic floods Mozambique’s Nightmare 20 years on.
CHOKWE (Mozambique) Twenty-two years on, scars of Mozambique’s worst floods still haunt Gilda Muhate, a 60-year-old widow living with her five grandchildren. Their parents died in …
Opinion: Protecting women and girls critical in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado crisis in 2021
Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for East and Southern Africa CABO DELGADO, Mozambique: As governments and communities rallied together …
OPINION: Its time to stop the nature crisis.
By Nachilala Nkombo | @Nachilala | WWW Zambia Nachilala Nkombo is the Country Director for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Zambia Nearly a quarter of …
Climate change dragging Kenyans into poverty killing them?
Nearly three years ago, on a rainy Thursday night at around midnight, 39-year-old Mary Wambui clung to her unborn baby. “The rain was too heavy! …
In pursuit of the soybean promise
By Anthony Langat, Mumias Kenya, In 2010, when Kemba Wangoli lost his father, a clerical officer at Mumias Sugar Company, taking care of his siblings …
Kenya, to succeed in Blue Economy, invest in research and local communities advices scientist
The blue economy has an abundant potential to contribute to faster and higher GDP growth in Kenya, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). …
COP25: Better a No Climate deal than a bad deal for Africa
By Sophie Mbugua, Madrid, Spain. The annual UN conference on climate change (COP25) held in Madrid in early December failed to raise the most needed …