Africa Matters

Tanzania’s US$18 billion renewable energy ambition

COP27 also referred to as “African COP” gives African countries opportunity to address dire consequences of climate change in Africa. COP27 Egypt will go down in history as the conference that saw Tanzania’s renewable energy ambition cast before the world. President Samia Suluhu Hassan presented the energy transition plan encompassing other southern African countries as it maximizes electricity generation…

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African G20 seat to help push rich nations on climate pledges

South Africa is currently the only African member of the G20. Senegal pressing ahead with plans to develop LNG industry. The African Union expects to officially join the Group of 20 nations this month, providing the continent with another seat at the table with some of the world’s biggest polluters as it confronts the fallout from global warming. The…

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Millions at risk of climate displacement in Middle East

Little rainfall, aggressive heatwaves and worsening drought make the Middle East the most water-stressed region in the world, with climate change threatening to displace millions of people. Hussein Abu Saddam, head of the farmers’ syndicate in Egypt which is hosting the COP27 global climate summit in November, told AFP he is already witness to a climate-induced exodus from the…

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