The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that the year of 2016 is on track to be the hottest on record, said UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq on Monday. Preliminary data show that global...
2016 looks poised to be the warmest year on record globally, according to preliminary data. With data from just the first nine months, scientists are 90% certain that 2016 will pass the mark set by...
Somali President Hassan Sheik Mohamud has appealed to the international community to provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by severe drought which is ravaging the Horn of Africa nation....
The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Sunday. — Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian long-distance running great, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the...
The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Saturday. — Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Workneh Gebeyehu said Ethiopia has the desire to replicate the people-to-people...
Uganda has warned that the persistent drought has placed over 7 million people at risk. As experts meet in Morocco this week for the UN Climate Change summit, the East African country said climate...
play videoOne person is believed to have drowned with scores more reaching out for help South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, was hit by deadly floods on Wednesday afternoon with local media...
The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Wednesday. — The Command Post set up to oversee the implementation of the state of emergency has announced the annulment of...
Ghana has been ranked among countries in the world that were hit hardest by extreme weather events in 2015. According to the 12th edition of the Global Climate Risk Index, four out of the ten most...
UK increases humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe in response to El Nino induced drought Through the Department for International Development (DFID), the UK has made an additional £40 million contribution...
Even in one of the world's most desolate areas, gridlock is still a problem. A ship on a mission in the Arctic Circle found itself surrounded by blocks of ice this summer. So the ship's crew launched...
Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on Thursday at a hospital in Saitama (North of Tokyo, Japan) The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan, has died aged 77, media reported Saturday....
For decades sand wining and gravel extraction have become prevalent along the coast, where fishing is predominant. The combined effect of the sand winning and stone extraction is resulting in the...
Accra, Oct. 15, GNA - The recent disasters occurring in parts of Accra like James Town, Bortianor, Tsokomey and Ada areas as a result of coastal flooding have left coastal dwellers, particularly...
A GNA feature by Lydia Asamoah/Kofi Agbogah Accra, Oct. 15, GNA - 'It all started around 12 midnight. The pressure from the waves was so intense that everyone had to run for their life. ''As I speak...
Ada Totope in the Greater Accra region is a community with a population of about 3000 persons. It is located on the Ada Peninsula, uniquely sandwiched between the sea and the Songhor Lagoon. The main...
A woman believed to be in her late 40s drowned Sunday afternoon when a taxicab she was travelling in was swept away by flood at Nkubem, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region. Three others who...
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has designed an early warning system to help alert communities in flood-prone areas using mediums such as mobile phone alerts. The initiative...
The meteorology and climate science unit of the physics department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), with support from the European Union (EU), is helping to build an...
