Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe ill-prepared for climate change challenges - experts
feedproxy.google.com | 12 Apr 2012
Source:  AlertNet Country:  Zimbabwe By Madalitso MwandoBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AlertNet) - Zimbabwe's lack of preparedness for the impact of climate change is coming under increasing scrutiny, as the nation faces another year of drought and the government admits it has done little to mitigate the crisis.Read the full article on AlertNet.
 Zimbabwe | Climate Change Adaptation | Climate Change Impacts | Drought

COTE D'IVOIRE: Illicit Timber Trade Exposes the North to Drought
ips.org | 24 Feb 2012
By Fulgence ZambléThere is a ban on exporting Pterocarpus erinaceus but various traders continue to export it. / Marko Schmidt/Wikkicommons ABIDJAN, Feb 24 (IPS) – Environmental groups in Côte d'Ivoire say the illegal logging and sale of wood from the African gum tree is exposing the north...
 Côte d'Ivoire | Deforestation | Drought

Kenya: Disaster prevention key to stopping climate displacement
feedproxy.google.com | 19 Jan 2012
Source:  UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Country:  Kenya, Kiribati, New Zealand, United Republic of Tanzania (the) By David SinghGeneva, 19 January - "The animals are dead....
 Kenya | Access to Freshwater | Climate Change Impacts | Drought

Burkina Faso: Déficit agricole au Burkina - Des céréales à prix social pour les populations
fr.allafrica.com | 24 Nov 2011
Face au déficit agricole auquel doit faire face le Burkina Faso compte tenu de l'insuffisance pluviométrique dont a souffert la dernière campagne, le gouvernement mettra à la disposition des populations des localités touchées par cette situation, des céréales à des prix sociaux. Selon Clémence Traoré, le Burkina n'est pas encore en situation de famine. Nous évaluons la situation sur le terrain. C'est seulement après cette étape que nous pourrons donner avec exactitude l'ampleur du déficit,
 Burkina Faso | Climate Variability | Drought | Food Security

HORN OF AFRICA: Human Trafficking on the Rise Amid Drought and Famine
ips.org | 01 Nov 2011
RIFT VALLEY, Kenya, Nov 1 (IPS) – Amina Shakir (not her real name) fled the drought and famine in Somalia for a better life in Kenya. But she did so illegally, placing her faith in the hands of a criminal network headed by Mukhalis or agents in Swahili. In the end her faith was misplaced as she was...
 Somalia | Drought | Environmental Impacts | Food Security

AFRICA: Gov'ts Fail to Invest in Hungriest, Poorest Regions
ips.org | 21 Oct 2011
CHANGWON, South Korea, Oct 21 (IPS) – For millennia, people have coped with drought in the Horn of Africa, comprised mainly of drylands. Yet today, more than 13 million people there are starving because of political instability, poor government policies and failure to invest in the world's poorest people, say experts here in Changwon.
 Ethiopia | Somalia | Climate Change Impacts | Drought | Food Security

Micro-insurance scheme pays off for Kenyan farmers
SCIDEV.NET | 14 Oct 2011
Farmers whose crops failed in the Horn of Africa drought may still be able to farm next year, through a mobile phone insurance scheme.
 Kenya | Agriculture | Drought

Harsh climate creates panic in Tanzania coffee sector
The East African | 12 Apr 2011
Tanzanias smallhold coffee farmers are battling numerous challenges likely to affect production in the next coffee season. A long drought in the major coffee growing regions of Kagera and Kilimanjaro has thrown coffee dealers into a panic. Engineer Adolph Kumburu, director general of Tanzania...
 Tanzania | United Republic of | Agriculture | Drought | Economics and the Environment

ZIMBABWE: Desperate measures in times of hunger
IRIN News | 05 Apr 2011
A mother of four in Zimbabwes rural Midlands Province gave her husband custody of her children, after divorcing him three years ago, because the failing crops on her two-acre plot meant she would be unable to feed them. "I had no choice but to bring the children to their father [in the capital,...
 Zimbabwe | Access to Information | Agriculture | Drought | Food Security | Health and Environment

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Assessing the True Value of Water
Inter Press Service | 03 Apr 2011
As water resources in Southern Africa come under pressure from growing population, climate change and increasing industrial and agricultural use, economic accounting for water is among the tools that could aid better management.
 Access to Freshwater | Drought | Economics and the Environment | Health and Environment | Water Pollution | Waterborne Diseases