President Joe Biden of the United States announced a new US$100 million commitment to the climate Adaptation Fund and an additional $150 million in new support for the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE) efforts across Africa. The announcement, made during Biden’s speech to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt,…
For the second time in 48 hours, a moderate earthquake struck Saturday evening near Lake Kivu in central Africa. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake happened at 7:20 p.m. local time in the Kabare region of Democratic Republic of Congo, about 23 kilometers to the southwest of the lakeside city of Bukavu. The United…
A moderate earthquake struck Friday evening in the Lake Kivu region of central Africa. The 5.0-magnitude earthquake happened at 7:45 p.m. local time in the Kabare region of Democratic Republic of Congo, about 23 kilometers to the southwest of the lakeside city of Bukavu. The United States Geological Survey said…
Six people have died following a methane gas leak at a South African naval base in the port city of Durban. The bodies of the victims, all men, were discovered in a sewage system at the Salisbury Island facility, where contract workers had been working in the partially flooded pit….