Rainfall, Not Just Heat, Still Rules Droughts, Oceans Keep Them Regional

A new study has found that ocean temperature patterns play a key role in limiting how widely droughts spread across the globe. Amid escalating climate…

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Kenya Meteorological Service Authority

Kenya Strengthens Climate Forecasting with Creation of Kenya Meteorological Service Authority

President William Ruto assents to the Kenya Meteorology Bill, 2023, paving way for the creation of the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority

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A Disaster Foretold: Why Nairobi Was Not Ready for the Floods

Earlier this month, in an advisory on 3rd March, the Kenya Meteorological Department warned of heavy rainfall with the risk of flooding across the country.…

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Greater Horn of Africa

Greater Horn of Africa Set for Moderate Rains While Heat Stress Intensifies in South Sudan

Several countries across the Greater Horn of Africa are expected to experience moderate rainfall between March 11 and March 18, 2026,

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Space Exploration’s Hidden Climate Footprint

Efforts to make humanity an interplanetary species have rebounded with the increased use of commercial spacecraft. However, as humans go above and beyond our planetary…

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Women Driving Marine Conservation Across East Africa’s Coast

In Western Indian Ocean coastline, a quiet, determined transformation is taking shape as women step forward for fragile marine conservation

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Africa to Navigate Opportunities in Global IMO Shipping’s Net-Zero Rules

Next phase of negotiations at the IMO will focus on refining guidelines on fuel standards, lifecycle emissions accounting, and distribution

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Middle East Oil Disruptions Raise Economic Concerns for Sub-Saharan Africa

First days of March, as the war in the Middle East ensued, Brent crude prices rose by about 18 percent, increasing the cost of fuel…

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Wangari Maathai was well-known as a political, social, and environmental activist. In 1977 she started a grass-roots movement aimed at countering the deforestation that was threatening the means of subsistence of the agricultural population.

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Rainfall, Not Just Heat, Still Rules Droughts, Oceans Keep Them Regional
Rainfall, Not Just Heat, Still Rules Droughts, Oceans Keep Them Regional

A new study has found that ocean temperature patterns play a key role in limiting how widely droughts spread across the globe. Amid escalating climate concerns, the research by the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), in collaboration with…

Kenya Strengthens Climate Forecasting with Creation of Kenya Meteorological Service Authority
Kenya Strengthens Climate Forecasting with Creation of Kenya Meteorological Service Authority

President William Ruto assents to the Kenya Meteorology Bill, 2023, paving way for the creation of the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority

A Disaster Foretold: Why Nairobi Was Not Ready for the Floods
A Disaster Foretold: Why Nairobi Was Not Ready for the Floods

Earlier this month, in an advisory on 3rd March, the Kenya Meteorological Department warned of heavy rainfall with the risk of flooding across the country. Due to the early warning, a functional authority would be expected to create contingencies…

Greater Horn of Africa Set for Moderate Rains While Heat Stress Intensifies in South Sudan
Greater Horn of Africa Set for Moderate Rains While Heat Stress Intensifies in South Sudan

Several countries across the Greater Horn of Africa are expected to experience moderate rainfall between March 11 and March 18, 2026,

Space Exploration’s Hidden Climate Footprint
Space Exploration’s Hidden Climate Footprint

Efforts to make humanity an interplanetary species have rebounded with the increased use of commercial spacecraft. However, as humans go above and beyond our planetary home, this comes at an expense: the growth of space debris and re-entry emissions…

Women Driving Marine Conservation Across East Africa’s Coast
Women Driving Marine Conservation Across East Africa’s Coast

In Western Indian Ocean coastline, a quiet, determined transformation is taking shape as women step forward for fragile marine conservation

Africa to Navigate Opportunities in Global IMO Shipping’s Net-Zero Rules
Africa to Navigate Opportunities in Global IMO Shipping’s Net-Zero Rules

Next phase of negotiations at the IMO will focus on refining guidelines on fuel standards, lifecycle emissions accounting, and distribution

Middle East Oil Disruptions Raise Economic Concerns for Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East Oil Disruptions Raise Economic Concerns for Sub-Saharan Africa

First days of March, as the war in the Middle East ensued, Brent crude prices rose by about 18 percent, increasing the cost of fuel imports

Business of Conservation Conference Explores New Paths to Finance Nature Protection
Business of Conservation Conference Explores New Paths to Finance Nature Protection

According to experts at the Business of Conservation conference, HW conflicts affect communities in more than 70 percent of African countries

Mazao Na Afya: Building a 360-Degree Farmer Ecosystem
Mazao Na Afya: Building a 360-Degree Farmer Ecosystem

“Before we became Mazao na Afya Ltd, we were Farmers Price Centre Limited,” began the CEO, Dr. Peter Karanja Ndungu, when we sat down with him to understand the organization’s 30-year journey. As an agricultural extension officer stationed in…

Kenya’s Our Ocean Conference Signals Africa’s Rising Voice in Global Marine Governance
Kenya’s Our Ocean Conference Signals Africa’s Rising Voice in Global Marine Governance

Kenya is set to make history in 2026 when it hosts the global Our Ocean Conference for the first time, marking a significant moment for Africa

Can Africa turn a geopolitical crisis into an energy opportunity?
Can Africa turn a geopolitical crisis into an energy opportunity?

In perspective, Africa sits at a strategic trade intersection and a point of geopolitical tensions, with the latter stemming from the Arab political arrangements in Africa.

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