Environment

West Africa is confronting major floods this year as the rains have come with an unusual force across the region. In August, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced and homes destroyed in several countries, including Nigeria and Cape Verde. The disaster has been made worse by poor by Inadequate infrastructure, a changing climate, and…

By Henry Konneh Across the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching from Senegal to Sudan, millions face daily struggles against the devastating effects of climate change.  Homelands have been turned into battlegrounds, where shrinking resources set communities against each other and extremist groups exploit the chaos for their own gain. The region today is caught in…