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Africa: Cassava Comes to the Table[AlertNet] It might be an abuse of artistic license, but 2012 might well be remembered as the first International Year of Cassava - in all but name.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:27
Sudan: Lakes State Governor Calls for Increased Agricultural Production
[Sudan Tribune] Juba - The governor of Lakes state, Chol Tong Mayay, has declared every Friday during this rain season as a half working day at all level in state government institutions, in order for employees to join their respective families in cultivating the land.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:04
Gabon: President Bongo Presents Strategy for Development
[Office of the President of Gabon] London, 17th of May 2012 - The President of the Gabonese Republic, Ali Bongo Ondimba delivered a speech entitled 'Investing for the Future' at the world-renowned foreign policy think tank, Chatham House. Over the course of an hour, he presented his vision for economic development for Gabon to an audience of researchers and business leaders.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 22:32
Flash Floods Sweep Away Livestock, Property in Gilgil
[The Star] Several houses, crops and livestock have been swept away by floods in Gilgil town. Tens of residents of Mbegi Estate in the outskirts of Gilgil had to sleep in the cold on Tuesday night after a heavy downpour left a trail of destruction. During the three hour downpour, over 30 sheep and goats, tens of chicken and household goods were washed away. And hours after the heavy rains, some of the homes were not accessible.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 19:20
Burangi Residents Want Bridge
[The Star] Residents of Burangi in Magarini district want the government to build a bridge at River Sabaki. "Currently, we are risking our lives crossing the flooded river with small canoes to transport products to Malindi and access our houses and schools. This is dangerous and could lead to loss of lives," said Timothy Koe, who spoke for them. Koe said a seasonal river sprouts up in the area during the rainy season, making it completely inaccessible.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 19:16
Kenya: Charcoal Burners and Loggers Deface Kijabe
[The Star] Kijabe's beautiful valleys and water springs could soon be no more if the current wanton felling of trees for charcoal is not stopped. The estimated 110,000 people in the area could continue living in fear of landslides as the trees that have covered the undulating valleys for years are ferried at night as timber while some are converted into charcoal.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:58
100 Displaced in Gucha Amidst Fears of Landslides From Floods
[The Star] Hundreds of villagers have been evacuated in Nyamache district after fears that a landslide might occur in the area. The more than 100 people were moved after huge cracks developed in their land at Riontweka village. More than 25 families are affected according to area DC Stanley Too. The affected people are camping at Emanga PAG church.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:57
Kenya: Sh301 Million to End Narok Flooding
[The Star] Ewaso Ng'iro South Development Authority is seeking Sh301 million to control the serious incidents of floods and disasters that has frequently hit Narok Town. Authority managing director Charles Sunkuli said that funds would help them in the construction of check dams and storage reservoirs in the town and Suswa area. Addressing reporters in his office yesterday, Sunkuli said that the authority is currently carrying out a feasibility study on the floods intervention.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:57
Floods Cut Off Import Entry At Malaba
[New Vision] Traffic flow on the great northern corridor on Malaba - Tororo high way was Wednesday paralyzed for more than three hours after Nyalakot and Nyamatunga bridges were sub merged by the floods.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:08
Gambia: Small Country With a Big Crisis
[IRIN] Serekunda/Johannesburg - In 2011, the rains failed in the Central River region of The Gambia, where Mawdou Danso, a farmer, struggled to raise a crop big enough to tide him over to the next harvest. He invested in an early-maturing, high-yielding rice called Nerica (New Rice for Africa), which had recently became available and promised to fit in well with the erratic rainfall patterns.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 16:47
Gov't Continues to Back Eskom's Investments in Coal
[Greenpeace] It was announced yesterday that Eskom's funding plan to 2017 had been approved. The utility company will spend R201.6 billion over the coming period, with R65 billlion budgeted for this year.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 16:28
South Sudan: Climate of Fear
[Citizen] I have heard stories of pedestrians being slapped or roughed up by uniformed men at the Dr John Garang mausoleum walkway for violating some unwritten code. And just a couple of days ago a school teacher who taught children at the Dr John Garang school was shot dead because it is alleged that the car she was in had not stopped when the national flag was being lowered at six o'clock that evening.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 15:15
Nigeria: NIMET Now Equipped to Deliver Accurate Weather Services - DG
[Daily Trust] The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) is now fully equipped to provide meteorological services for all sectors of the Nigerian economy, Director-General of NIMET Dr. Anthony Anuforom has said.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 12:58
Nigeria: NEMA Boss Decries Spate of Disaster in the Country
[Daily Trust] Owerri - The Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Alhaji Muhamade Sani has raised alarm over the increase in the number of disasters being witnessed in the country.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 12:51
Tanzania: Zanzibar Pushes to Join Island Alliance to Confront Climate Change
[AlertNet] Migombani - The East African archipelago of Zanzibar is attempting to win "environmental independence" from Tanzania by joining an organisation that promotes the sustainable development of islands in the Indian Ocean.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:35
Tanzania: Carbon Survey Aims to Help Reduce Nation's Greenhouse Gas Emissions
[UN News] The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is helping Tanzania determine how much carbon is stored in forests and forest soils, in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 21:30
Angola: British Under Secretary for Energy, Climate Change Jets in
[ANGOP] Luanda - The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and Chairman of the British Business Ambassadors by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), Lord Marland, arrived Wednesday in Luanda for a two-day visit to Angola.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 19:17
Kenya: 30,000 Famine-Stricken Mogotio Residents Flee Homes
[The Star] More than 30,000 people in Mogotio constituency are faced with persistent famine. Some of the affected families have been forced to move to urban areas in search of food. Mogotio MP Hellen Sambili however says the famine situation in the region is improving because of measures taken to provide long term solutions to the food crisis in the constituency which is largely arid and with more than 60 per cent of the residents living in abject poverty. "The government has been providing relief food to the affecte
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 18:42
Kenya: Floods Continue to Wreak Havoc in Western, Nyanza
[The Star] FLOODS have continued to wreak havoc in parts of Western and Nyanza regions leaving more than 15,000 people displaced and 14 dead. A Kenya Red Cross Society report released yesterday said the floods have displaced 15,210 people and affected 2,535 households in the two regions between April and May. Red Cross assistant secretary general for West Kenya region Emmanuel Owako said the floods have also left 202 pit latrines, which have either been sub-merged or washed away, a situation that poses a health risk
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 17:31
Kenya: Pokot Floods Disrupt Relief Food Distribution
[The Star] Floods in Eastern Pokot have derailed the services of a humanitarian organization of distributing the relief food to the still famine stricken people in the area. The situation has even been made worse after Kakapul briggde connecting Kollowa and Loiwat was swept away by the fllods. Due to the impassable roads to Silale Akoret,Ameyan, Kollowa and Tirioko World Vision is unable to reach out to the afftected families to distribute them with the food.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 17:22
Local Learners Join World Climate Network
[New Era] Windhoek - A group of 21 young Namibians recently became part of a worldwide climate network in Wolfsburg, Germany.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 15:40
Ghana: Mest, Mofa Mount Strategies to Assist Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
[Ghanaian Chronicle] The ever-increasing threat of climate change on the environment, especially, on food security and other key-resource dependant sectors, has become a worry to nations around the globe.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 15:16
South Sudan: Aid Agencies Prepare for Rainy Season in Yida Refugee Camp
[Sudan Tribune] Bentiu - Humanitarian agencies in South Sudan who are supporting refugees from conflicts in Sudan have warned the seasonal rains, which have already begun in some areas, will make existing bad conditions in refugee camps worse and restrict access to many areas and increase the risk of disease.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 08:53
Singer Urges Government to Tackle Sahel Hunger
[AlertNet] Wodobere - Communities in West Africa's drought-ridden Sahel region need urgent help to avert a hunger crisis of the scale that hit East Africa last year, Senegalese singer and humanitarian advocate Baaba Maal has warned.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 08:17
Migration, Militias, Coups and Climate Change
[AlertNet] The world is suddenly paying attention to the oft-ignored North African country of Mali, as it is racked by its most recent in a long string of crises: a coup d'etat.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 08:14
Nigeria: Flood - Oyo Govt Orders Closure of Road
[Daily Trust] Ibadan - The Oyo State Government today ordered the immediate closure of the Secretariat-Bodija Road in Ibadan as an aftermath of Monday night's flood that washed away the temporary bridge being constructed on the road that is is currently undergoing reconstruction.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 06:50
Rwanda: Floods Cut Off Masaka
[New Times] Residents in Masaka Sector, Kicukiro District, have expressed concern over the losses they are incurring after the banks of Nyabarongo River burst, causing floods.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 05:27
Angola: British Under Secretary for Energy, Climate Change Expected in Luanda
[ANGOP] Luanda - The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and Chairman of the British Business Ambassadors by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), Lord Marland, is expected Wednesday in Luanda for a two-day visit to Angola.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 05:05
Kenya: Maize Farmers Have Rain but Lack Seeds
[IRIN] Mt Elgon - At least 1.3 million farmers in Kenya - more than double the figure for 2010 - do not have any maize seeds to plant this season, despite favourable weather conditions, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 19:02
Sudan: Imminent Rains Will Jeopardize Response to Conflict, Aid Agencies Warn
[Oxfam] Seasonal rains due in Sudan and South Sudan will exacerbate already dire conditions in refugee camps, restrict travel and access, and heighten the risk of disease, a group of leading humanitarian agencies warned today. The rains, which in some places have already started, will make many roads impassable, trapping people in unstable areas and deepening the current hunger crisis.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 18:55
Congo-Kinshasa: Stop the Devastation of the Forests
[Greenpeace] We are at the gate of an artisanal logging operation where military guards are in charge of the security. "Stop! Where do you come from and who are you?" The armed military asks. With a smile, a member of the Greenpeace delegation replies, "We came to see you." "Me?" asks the military? "No, the head of the company," responds the Greenpeace member." After some hesitation, access is granted.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 18:44
Kenya: Trans Nzoia Boy Buried Alive
[The Star] A 10-year-old boy in Saboti division in Trans Nzoia county was buried alive after the house in which he was sheltering collapsed due to heavy rains. The area chief Isaac Lusweti said the incident happened on Saturday night at Machungwa village.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 18:29
Namibia: Kunene Hit By Drought - //Hoebeb
[Namibian] Opuwo - The governor of the Kunene Region says urgent intervention is needed in the Epupa, Opuwo and Sesfontein constituencies as both people and livestock are suffering under extreme drought conditions there.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 12:58
Nigeria: Lightning Sets Tree Ablaze in Ilorin
[Vanguard] Ilorin - A late evening thunder strike ( lightning) on Sunday in Ilorin set a coconut tree ablaze, leaving the residents scampering for safety.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 12:51
Africa: Food Waste, Climate Change Top Agenda At FAO Near East Conference
[FAO] Rome - Measures enhancing food security to be considered
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 11:17
Floods Leave 60 Families Homeless in Kagera
[Daily News] Bukoba - 60 families have been left without shelter at Kagondo in Muleba district after floods swept through the village.The Chairman for Kagondo/Mweruka village, Mr Philbert Magezi, said heavy rains pounded the area for four consecutive days,causing worst floods in over 50 years ago.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 10:27
Ethiopia: Country's Efforts on Food Security Amid Drought Praised
[UN News] A United Nations humanitarian official today praised the Ethiopian Government for its innovative and effective efforts to build resilience and food self-sufficiency amid increasingly challenging climatic conditions.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 09:49
East Africa: Impact of Climate on Mountain Ecosystems Under Scrutiny
[SciDev.Net] Nairobi - A four-year project aimed at addressing the lack of knowledge about the impacts of climate change on food security, livelihoods and economic prosperity in mountain ecosystems has been launched in East Africa.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 09:19
Senegal: Country's Hungry Say They Need Help Now
[AlertNet] Mbelogne - Aminata Diallo covers her nose as a dusty wind carries the smell of a nearby cow's carcass, in the hamlet of Mbelogne, in northeast Senegal's Matam region.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 08:37
Africa: Benefits of Organic Agriculture in the Continent
[Times of Zambia] EXPANDING Africa's shift towards organic farming will be good for the continent's nutritional needs, the environment, farmers' incomes, African markets and employment.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 07:38
Kenya: Woman Dies As Floods Sweep Mathare Slum
[The Star] A woman died in Mathare area 4B in Nairobi and another, together with her child, were rushed to the Kiambu District Hospital after their shacks were marooned by flash floods early yesterday morning after a night-long downpour.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 05:45
Kenya: Deluge to Last Another Month, Warns Met
[Capital FM] Nairobi, Kenya - The current spell of heavy rainfall is set to continue for at least another month, according to the Kenya Meteorological Department.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 05:40
East Africa: Talk of Modern Farming Is Futile Without Water
[Focus] East Africa is currently experiencing plenty of rainfall (floods in some areas) after about five months of extremely dry weather.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 18:03
Rwanda: Kigali Sets Up Disaster Response Mechanism
[EA Business] Kigali - Rwanda's Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs (MIDIMAR) is distributing cell phones to all district leaders in the country as a measure to ensure fast response to disasters.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 15:48
Uganda: Lake Victoria Fishermen Get Mobile Weather Service
[EA Business] Kampala - Uganda Department of Meteorology (UDoM) in partnership with other players has unveiled a Mobile Weather Service that seeks to improve safety of fishermen on Lake Victoria.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 15:48
Water-Efficient Maize Boosts Harvests for Drought-Hit Farmers
[AlertNet] Makutupora - Balisidya Jacob has been farming for many years, but it's the novelty and size of his new crop of maize that is making him smile.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 15:22