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VICTORIA FALLS, Zambia (Reuters) – For decades Victoria Falls, where southern Africa’s Zambezi river cascade down 100 metres into a gash in the earth, have drawn millions of holidaymakers to Zimbabwe and Zambia for their stunning views. Spray rises up … Continue reading Victoria Falls shrink to a trickle, feeding climate change fears
Survivors of Cyclone Idai queue to collect food aid at Ngangu in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe, March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. food agency said on Tuesday it was procuring 240,000 tonnes of food assistance to deliver to … Continue reading UN to deliver food aid to 4.1 mln hungry in Zimbabwe
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million people a year from their homes over the last decade – a problem set to worsen unless leaders act swiftly to head off surging climate … Continue reading Poor nations pay price as millions flee ‘climate chaos’, Oxfam says
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government will scrap its plan to remove grain subsidies next year, a move it says will protect impoverished citizens from rising food prices, state media reported on Thursday. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses … Continue reading Zimbabwe president U-turns on scrapping grain subsidies – state media
LAC WEGNIA, Mali (Reuters) – Modeste Traore has lived his whole life by Lake Wegnia, in Mali’s Sahel region, and its fish have provided him with a livelihood that supports his extended family of 14 children. Modeste Traore, 56-year old … Continue reading Shrinking lake in Mali spells end of line for family of fishermen
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe is planning an enforced mass migration of wildlife away from a park in the country’s south, where thousands of animals are at risk of death due to drought-induced starvation. A marabou stork stands on an elephant … Continue reading Dought-hit Zimbabwe readies mass wildlife migration
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa has imposed emergency measures, including rationing, to save dwindling water supplies after an abnormally hot, dry summer coupled with below average rainfall and a spike in usage pushes the country towards a crippling shortage. Caked … Continue reading South Africa rations water to save dwindling supplies
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Japanese renewable energy company Univergy Solar is to invest more than $200 million in two solar power projects in Zambia that will add 200 megawatts (MW) to the country’s national grid next year, the government said on … Continue reading Japan’s Univergy to invest $200 mln in Zambia solar power
HARARE (Reuters) – At least 55 elephants have died in a game park in western Zimbabwe since September from starvation caused by a severe drought, the wildlife agency said on Monday. A herd of elephants gather at a water hole … Continue reading Zimbabwe says 55 elephants die from starvation after drought
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s capital Harare will temporarily resume pumping water at its main water works on Tuesday, an official said, bringing some relief to residents who have endured months without water. Locals wait for their turn to collect water … Continue reading Zimbabwe’s capital resumes pumping water temporarily
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s capital shut its main water works on Monday citing shortages of foreign currency to import treatment chemicals, the deputy mayor said, potentially leaving the city dry and raising the risk of water borne diseases like cholera. … Continue reading Zimbabwe capital city shuts main water plant, shortages loom
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Heavy rain in Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions threatens to compromise bean quality, raising fears of flooding and crop disease, farmers said on Monday. Workers fill sacks with cocoa beans in Kahin village at the edge of Scio … Continue reading Flooding fears in Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions as disease spreads
