Ghana’s airwaves are abuzz with tension between community radio and the communication authority.

When a financial crisis threatened the existence of Africa’s oldest community station, Bush Radio, an outpouring of sympathy and appeals went viral on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. However, despite this outspoken support that showed that the station is worth saving, its future remains uncertain.

Uganda’s Radio Mega FM’s transmission tower serves as a memorial to community peace efforts.

Civil Society organisations are sticking to their guns: Women will be hardest hit by the climate change. Zuki Zimela reports.

Protest at the ICC in Durban. Credit: Tinus de Jager/IPS

During the second and final week of climate change negotiations at COP 17 in Durban, Civil Society is calling for more commitment to fighting global carbon emissions. Zukiswa Zimela reports from the ICC.

Hans-Holger Rogner of the IAEA

More than 190 countries have sent delegates to Durban, South Africa, to take part in COP 17 and thrash out a new deal on energy and climate change. One of the options to reduce carbon emissions, however unpopular, is nuclear power. Tinus de Jager asked Hans-Holger Rogner, of International Atomic Energy Agency, about the current negative global attitude towards atomic energy.

Women coffee growers speak to Martha Nyambura about the impact of climate change on their production.

Credit: Zuki Zimela/IPS

Stakeholders in agriculture from Western and Central Africa are meeting in Gabon for the 6th International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) regional forum. As Zukiswa Zimela reports, they are talking about the challenges facing smallholder farmers.

The South African Development Community says states need to protect their forests as a region. SADC is preparing to put their case before COP 17 in Durban later this month. Zukiswa Zimela reports from the SADC headquarters in Botswana.

Food sold on the streets of Cotonou, Benin

The Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions, SACAU, says the COP17 discussions in Durban later this month is an opportunity to put agriculture on the climate change map. Tinus de Jager asked Ishmael Sunga, the confederation CEO, what they are pushing for at the end of November.

Civil Society organisations are sticking to their guns: Women will be hardest hit by the climate change. Zuki Zimela reports from COP 17 in Durban.

Mauritian men are standing up against violence against women. Nasseem Ackbarally reports that some are now joining organisations to change attitudes towards women in society.

Last month in Ghana, community radio advocates and civil society members rallied through the streets of Accra in what they called a “Voice Walk” and Ghana’s National Communications Authority calls “hostile” and  ‘irresponsible”. Sandra Ferrari compiled this report:

Women in West Africa have over the years relied on fishing and farming as their traditional source of income. But as Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos, changing weather patterns caused by climate change have put their livelihood under threat.

Click on the link below to look at a sound-slide on the Pan African Parliament and climate change:

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