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Namibia: ‘You Can’t Wake Up Today and Tell Africans to Stop Cooking With Fire’
[African Arguments] African Arguments spoke to Namibia’s Industrialisation and Trade Minister about industrial strategy, unjust trade, and green hydrogen controversies.
Nigeria: Agama – Utilise Potential of Sustainable Finance to Build Green Climate Resilient Economy
[This Day] The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama has enjoined capital market stakeholders, intermediaries, issuers, investors, and regulators to take advantage of the enormous resources and potential …
Cote d’Ivoire: Heat Wave Worsening Inflation, Precarity
[DW] In Ivory Coast, living conditions are becoming increasingly precarious. Fruit and vegetable markets are struck by high inflation. The situation has worsened recently with a drop in produce because of the hot weather.
Tanzania: Government Vows to Improve Investment Climate
[Daily News] TANZANIA — THE government has reiterated its commitment to continue strengthening and creating conducive environment for investment in the country, by tackling various sectoral challenges in order to attract more domestic and foreign dire…
Malawi: Green Climate Fund Approves $52 Million to Support Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)-Led Project in Malawi
[The Herald] A $52.3 million project approved today by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) aims to help Malawi cope with the devastating effects of climate change and boost the country’s long-term food security.
South Africa: South Africa Aims for Zero Emissions By 2050
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
South Africa: Climate Activists Protest Against Sukuma Coal Mine Project
[Daily Maverick] Climate activists Extinction Rebellion Vaal and the Coal-ition Committee say a lack of transparency about electricity usage, the potential damage from blasting, threats to heritage sites and socioeconomic disruptions from job losses at…
Kenya: From Russia to Kenya and South Africa – Global Activists Unite for a Sustainable, Nuclear-Free Future
[SAFCEI] In solidarity with the anti-nuclear power movement in Kenya where a proposed nuclear power station is set to be built within the next decade, eco-justice organisations from South Africa and Russia are on a visit to the Republic of Kenya to sha…
Zimbabwe: Double Tragedy – the Zimbabwe Farmers Affected By Illegal Mining and Climate Change
[The Conversation Africa] Smallholder farmers in rural Gwanda, a region in Zimbabwe that borders South Africa, have been affected by a double shock – a combination of heat, droughts and floods caused by climate change, and water contamination and damag…
South Africa: Transnet Monitoring Port Operations As Adverse Weather Continues
[SAnews.gov.za] Transnet says it is continuously monitoring operations at the ports of Cape Town, Saldanha, Port Elizabeth and Ngqura amid adverse weather conditions in parts of the country.