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A child passes by carrying a bucket in Yola, Nigeria, April 22, 2016
DROUGHTS, flooding and a shrinking Lake Chad caused in part by climate change is fuelling conflict and migration in the region, a new report said today.
Human rights group Refugees International called for the issue to be central to a high-level international conference on the Lake Chad basin next week in Niamey, Niger’s capital.
The report says that shrinking natural resources due to adverse weather are heightening tensions across communities and displacing people. It said that about three million people have been displaced and an additional 11 million were in need of humanitarian assistance.
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
