Africa holds inaugural climate summit

The Africa Climate Summit brings together leaders from the 54-nation continent ahead of November’s COP28 meeting, to define a shared vision of green development in a region intensely vulnerable to climate change

Sep 4-6, Nairobi, Kenya

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HORN OF AFRICA DROUGHT
After three years of drought, more than 23 million people across Ethiopia (1), Kenya (2) and Somalia (3) face severe hunger

Long-awaited rains cause flash flooding in Ethiopia and Somalia in March, killing dozens and washing away homes, crops and livestock

CYCLONE FREDDY Longest-lasting tropical cyclone ever recorded causes destruction across Malawi (10), Mozambique (11) and Madagascar (12) from Feb- Mar, killing over 1,000 people and forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes
         
Floodwaters in central Somalia

2022 WEST / CENTRAL AFRICA FLOODS
Worst flooding on record kills more than 1,500 people, displaces 3.2 million and destroys crops across 1.6 million hectares in some 20 countries.

Hardest hit include Nigeria (4), Chad (5), D.R. Congo (6), Republic of Congo (7),
Niger (8) and Cameroon (9)

Sources: Reuters, WFP, UN
Picture: Getty Images
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