At least 6,000 children have been displaced and nearly 29,000 left without access to school in Madagascar following Tropical Cyclone Gezani, which struck the eastern coast on February 10, 2026, with winds exceeding 200 km/h, UNICEF warns. This was the second major…
AGENCIES The regional body responsible for weather monitoring in Eastern Africa has warned that the region is likely to experience wetter-than-normal conditions from February through to May 2026. The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) says above-average rainfall is expected across…
Locals looking at destroyed houses helplessly ( Courtesy Photo) More than 38 households in Lokwakwa village, Lorengedwat sub-county, Nabilatuk district, have been left homeless with nothing to eat after wildfire razed down their grass-thatched houses. The devastating fire, which was fanned by…
By Stanley Ebele Primary seven pupils in Karenga district have taken their climate change discussions beyond the classroom to advocate for climate change mitigation strategies for boosting agricultural production and eradicate hunger in their communities. The participating schools are Kidepo, Loyoro, Napore,…
By Alexander Mackey Okori Diocesan Development Services DDS-North Karamoja has commissioned smart energy-saving stoves at Rengen and Lopuyo primary schools in Kotido district, in an effort to reduce indiscriminate cutting of trees for firewood. The stoves, constructed at a cost of Shs11.5…
Stanley Ebele. Over one hundred residents in Kotido municipality are stranded with no where to sleep after heavy rain storm tore off the roof of their houses on Friday afternoon. The storm that started at around 3:00pm and lasted for an hour,…
By Stanley Ebele Kotido district is set to benefit from the Shs300M road construction project, under Uganda Climate Smart Agriculture Transformational project implemented by the ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. The development was confirmed by the Kotido district LCV Chairman,…
Source: BBC Torrential rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Desperate residents are trying to flee the floodwaters by wading, swimming or paddling to safety in homemade canoes. The city…