OPINION: Isolated poverty: Africa bearing burden of climate change in the Commonwealth

By Guest Writer,

By Mohamed Adow There is no region that is as badly affected by climate change like Africa. Whether it is droughts in the Sahel, coastal storms lik...

africa , CLIMATE CHANGE , Commonwealth , COVID-19 , Emmanuel Macron

Empty nets as overfishing and climate change sap Lake Malawi

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On the shores of Lake Malawi, a crowd eagerly awaits the arrival of a white and yellow cedar wood boat carrying its haul. The crew of six deliver a...

CLIMATE CHANGE , Lake Malawi

Zimbabwe’s food situation moving toward emergency, UN says

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Zimbabwe's food situation is moving from a crisis to an emergency because of El Nino-induced drought and the ongoing economic meltdown, the United Nat...

Zimbabwe

Mozambique seeks Ksh.300 billion to recover From cyclones

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Mozambique says it needs $3.2 billion to recover from a pair of powerful tropical cyclones that ripped into the southern African nation earlier this y...

Cyclone Idai , cyclone kenneth , Cyclones , Mozambique , World Bank

Cyclone Idai mars Malawi election preparations

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As Malawi gears-up for elections this month, candidates and voters say flooding from March’s Cyclone Idai has already negatively impacted the vote. ...

idai , Malawi , Mozambique

Cholera reported in Mozambique a week after cyclone

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Officials in northern Mozambique have declared a cholera outbreak caused by a lack of clean water left behind from Cyclone Kenneth. More than a doz...

Rescuers rush to help as serious flooding starts in cyclone-hit Mozambique

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Rescuers were moving in to help people trapped by rapidly rising floodwater in the northern Mozambique city of Pemba on Sunday, home to 200,000 people...

Cyclone Idai , cyclone kenneth , Mozambique , United Nations

Flooding starts in Mozambique after cyclone Kenneth, death toll rises to five

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Mozambican officials on Saturday urged those living near two rivers in the country’s north to move to higher ground, as Cyclone Kenneth dumped heavy...

cyclone kenneth , cyclone Kenneth death toll rises to five , Mozambique

Heavy rains threaten floods in cyclone-hit Mozambique

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Heavy rains pounded northern Mozambique on Saturday, fuelling fears of flooding two days after a cyclone hit the coast, flattened buildings and knocke...

cyclone kenneth , Mozambique

Cyclone Kenneth makes landfall in Mozambique

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Cyclone Kenneth slammed into northern Mozambique Thursday evening. The African nation's emergency officials said 30,000 people have been evacuated ...

cyclone kenneth , northern Mozambique

Kenya Airways cancels flights to Moroni as Cyclone Kenneth hits

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Kenya Airways on Friday cancelled flights to Moroni, the capital of Comoros citing severe weather. In a statement on Thursday, the national carrier...

Cyclone Idai , cyclone kenneth

Kenya won’t be hit by Cyclone Kenneth – Met. department says

By Winnie Musyoki,

The Kenya Meteorological Department has refuted reports claiming that Cyclone Kenneth -- a type of strong spiraling wind that can cause landfall -- ma...

cyclone kenneth

E. Africa, recovering from Cyclone Idai, braces for new storm

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The government of Comoros shut down schools, airports and public offices Wednesday as Tropical Cyclone Kenneth passed over the island nation, with win...

Cyclone Idai

Cyclone Kenneth may hit southern Tanzania, Mozambique today

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A cyclone report issued by a regional cyclone-monitoring center on the French island of La Reunion said parts of southern Tanzania could be affected b...

Cyclone Idai , cyclone kenneth , mocambique

Long road to recovery for children after Cyclone Idai

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The U.N. children’s fund says at least 1.6 million children in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe need help right away to recover from the affects of C...

Cyclone Idai

Aid, health workers race to help Mozambique cyclone victims

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International aid agencies and government forces are racing against time to help the hundreds of thousands affected by Cyclone Idai. The storm, whi...

Mozambique

Malawi deploys mobile clinics for cyclone-affected children

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At least 1,000 people were killed when Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi in March. The cyclone's floodwaters swamped medical facilitie...

Malawi

Zimbabwe seeks $613 million aid from donors after drought, Cyclone

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Zimbabwe appealed on Tuesday for $613 million in aid from local and foreign donors to cover food imports and help with a humanitarian crisis after a s...

Zimbabwe

Floods drench Eastern Zimbabwe, water shortages parch Harare

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As eastern Zimbabwe struggles with the aftermath of floods that have killed nearly 270 people and destroyed homes and roads, other parts of Zimbabwe a...

floods , Zimbabwe

U.N. ups Zimbabwe aid appeal after cyclone

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The United Nations asked donors on Friday for an extra $60 million to help Zimbabwe recover from a cyclone that tore through eastern regions last mont...

Zimbabwe