Well thats them... Black southern Africans have got to be the most aggressive Africans yet and then adding Apartheid???Ok we mean the same thing by it
but yeah... instead those dumbasses want to make places like orania. shyt located far inland with no ocean escape access
Essential The Africa the Media Doesn't Tell You About
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I hsvent kept up with current events in Africa lately and I go snoop and this is the 1st thing I see
Never change African presidents
Hasn't this dude been pretty much away from Nigeria for the entire year
Morocco Remains World’s Largest Cannabis Resin Exporter: UN Report
By Chaima Lahsini - July 4, 2017 , 10:18 am
Rabat – Morocco remained in 2015 the world’s largest provider of cannabis resin, feeding drug trafficking networks in Europe and North Africa, according to a report published last week by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
In North Africa alone, the number of cannabis users is estimated at 5.7 million. Moroccan resin is in great demand for its very powerful and high yielding hybrid varieties, the UNODC notes in its 2017 report on drugs in the world.
During 2015, Morocco saw the third largest number of drug seizures in the world. The UN’s report notes that cannabis resin seizures from the kingdom increased substantially in 2015, reaching 235 tons. Eighty percent of this national production is destined for export, leaving 20 percent to the local market.
Spain remains the main route through which Moroccan cannabis resin is transported to Europe, usually by land. The UN wrote that 15.9 tons were seized in 2015 at the Moroccan-Spanish maritime borders, compared with 15.2 tons in 2014. The same period also saw the seizure of 120 Kg of cocaine and 4.5 Kg of heroin.
Morocco remains the most reported country by the states as a source of cannabis resin, followed by Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, Lebanon, India and Pakistan, the UNODC’s report noted.
In 2015, Morocco continued to be the world’s largest producer of cannabis resin, with 38,000 tons produced in open air. Indoor production amounted to 760 tons in the same year, according to UNODC. In 2015, the report states, 45,853 hectares out of 47,000 total cultivated areas of cannabis resin were exploited.
International supplier
The office points out that Morocco has continued to supply cannabis resin to Europe and the North African countries during the period of 2010-2015 through smuggling networks.
In addition to the ongoing deliveries to Spain, France, Italy and the Netherlands, European Integrated Police (Europol) detected a new road used by traffickers to transport the drug produced in Morocco to Europe through Libya. Data from UNODC and Europol confirmed that most of the drugs introduced into Europe are produced in Morocco.
According to the UNODC report, revenues generated by drug trafficking are harmful to the economy. “An influx of money from drug trafficking can boost investment and drive local gross domestic product. In the long run, however, drug money tends to have negative effects, especially when it represents a significant part of the economy of a community or country,” the agency said.
In this case, it may inflate property prices, distort exports, create unfair competition, reinforce unequal distribution of income and wealth, and increase corruption, according to the UN. The report warns of a cycle by which the development of an illicit economy contributes to weakening the rule of law and encourages corruption, which in turn reinforces the drug sector.
Studies show that the injection of laundered money, especially from the drug trade, into the economy results in overall declines in growth rates. A study run in 17 countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development estimated that a USD 1 billion increase in the volume of laundered money could reduce overall economic growth by around 0.03 to 0.06 percentage points per year, UNODC notes.
Morocco Remains World’s Largest Cannabis Resin Exporter: UN Report
By Chaima Lahsini - July 4, 2017 , 10:18 am
Rabat – Morocco remained in 2015 the world’s largest provider of cannabis resin, feeding drug trafficking networks in Europe and North Africa, according to a report published last week by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
In North Africa alone, the number of cannabis users is estimated at 5.7 million. Moroccan resin is in great demand for its very powerful and high yielding hybrid varieties, the UNODC notes in its 2017 report on drugs in the world.
During 2015, Morocco saw the third largest number of drug seizures in the world. The UN’s report notes that cannabis resin seizures from the kingdom increased substantially in 2015, reaching 235 tons. Eighty percent of this national production is destined for export, leaving 20 percent to the local market.
Spain remains the main route through which Moroccan cannabis resin is transported to Europe, usually by land. The UN wrote that 15.9 tons were seized in 2015 at the Moroccan-Spanish maritime borders, compared with 15.2 tons in 2014. The same period also saw the seizure of 120 Kg of cocaine and 4.5 Kg of heroin.
Morocco remains the most reported country by the states as a source of cannabis resin, followed by Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, Lebanon, India and Pakistan, the UNODC’s report noted.
In 2015, Morocco continued to be the world’s largest producer of cannabis resin, with 38,000 tons produced in open air. Indoor production amounted to 760 tons in the same year, according to UNODC. In 2015, the report states, 45,853 hectares out of 47,000 total cultivated areas of cannabis resin were exploited.
International supplier
The office points out that Morocco has continued to supply cannabis resin to Europe and the North African countries during the period of 2010-2015 through smuggling networks.
In addition to the ongoing deliveries to Spain, France, Italy and the Netherlands, European Integrated Police (Europol) detected a new road used by traffickers to transport the drug produced in Morocco to Europe through Libya. Data from UNODC and Europol confirmed that most of the drugs introduced into Europe are produced in Morocco.
According to the UNODC report, revenues generated by drug trafficking are harmful to the economy. “An influx of money from drug trafficking can boost investment and drive local gross domestic product. In the long run, however, drug money tends to have negative effects, especially when it represents a significant part of the economy of a community or country,” the agency said.
In this case, it may inflate property prices, distort exports, create unfair competition, reinforce unequal distribution of income and wealth, and increase corruption, according to the UN. The report warns of a cycle by which the development of an illicit economy contributes to weakening the rule of law and encourages corruption, which in turn reinforces the drug sector.
Studies show that the injection of laundered money, especially from the drug trade, into the economy results in overall declines in growth rates. A study run in 17 countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development estimated that a USD 1 billion increase in the volume of laundered money could reduce overall economic growth by around 0.03 to 0.06 percentage points per year, UNODC notes.
Morocco Remains World’s Largest Cannabis Resin Exporter: UN Report
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Zambia is going off the rails 
Sata started this decline and Lungu is taking to another level. Gonna look like Zim by the time he's done
Lungu invokes emergency powers in Zambia after market blaze
Sata started this decline and Lungu is taking to another level. Gonna look like Zim by the time he's done Lungu invokes emergency powers in Zambia after market blaze
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Lungu invokes emergency powers in Zambia after market blaze
What did Sata do?
Algeria to grant legal status to African migrants amid worker shortages, racism
WORLD NEWS | Mon Jul 3, 2017 | 5:32pm EDT
By Lamine Chikhi | ALGIERS
African migrants work at the construction site of a building in Algiers, Algeria June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
Algeria plans to grant residency rights and job permits to illegal African migrants, responding to a shortage of workers in farming and construction while also seeking to combat a surge in racist sentiment.
Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune's plan follows the launch of an anonymous online campaign that blames African migrants - whose numbers are unofficially estimated at 100,000 - for taking jobs and spreading the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
Youth unemployment is running at around 30 percent in Algeria, but the country also faces a shortfall of workers in some sectors as it tries to steer its economy away from over-reliance on oil and gas production.
To determine the number of beneficiaries of the scheme, the interior ministry is organizing a census while security services will screen potential residency candidates.
"They will get a residency document which will allow them to get a job," Tebboune told lawmakers on Friday night. "We won't allow any NGO or individual to tarnish the image of our country."
He gave no further details on the scheme.
African migrants in Algeria are mostly from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso and have come to escape acute poverty and terrorism back home. Some use Algeria as a transit country en route to Europe via neighboring Libya.
"That's great news, I will be happy if I can work under the framework of the law," said a young Malian working illegally in a housing project as a mason in Ouled Fayet, west of Algiers.
TENSIONS
Tensions between Algerians and the migrants often boil over.
A year ago in Bechar, in western Algeria, rioting broke out after a local woman was believed to have been kidnapped by the migrants.
The online anti-migrant campaign has shocked many in Algeria, which sees itself as a leading influence in the Sahel region and more widely in Africa, for example negotiating a peace deal in 2015 in Mali.
The campaign also appears to have embarrassed the government in a country that takes pride in its history as a bastion of anti-colonialism after its own 1962 war of independence against France.
Last month a hashtag "No to Africans in Algeria" was widely shared on Twitter and Facebook, calling for expulsions to protect Algerian families and prevent "chaos".
Amnesty International's local representative, Hassina Oussedik, has urged the government to do more to protect African migrants.
Algeria has embarked on politically sensitive reforms to modernize its still largely state-run economy, but it has been hit hard by a crash in oil prices that has deprived the country of more than half of its revenues.
The migrants already present in the economy tend to work illegally and are very often underpaid, human rights groups say.
Some economists doubt the government's plan will make much difference to Algeria's workforce, while others view it as a way to further monitor traffic across its southern borders, where Islamist militant groups are active.
"The goal of most of the migrants is definitely to reach the El Dorado in Europe," economist Arslan Chikhaoui told Reuters. "Algeria is still only a transit destination."
(Editing by Patrick Markey and Gareth Jones)
Algeria to grant legal status to African migrants amid worker shortages, racism
WORLD NEWS | Mon Jul 3, 2017 | 5:32pm EDT
By Lamine Chikhi | ALGIERS
African migrants work at the construction site of a building in Algiers, Algeria June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
Algeria plans to grant residency rights and job permits to illegal African migrants, responding to a shortage of workers in farming and construction while also seeking to combat a surge in racist sentiment.
Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune's plan follows the launch of an anonymous online campaign that blames African migrants - whose numbers are unofficially estimated at 100,000 - for taking jobs and spreading the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
Youth unemployment is running at around 30 percent in Algeria, but the country also faces a shortfall of workers in some sectors as it tries to steer its economy away from over-reliance on oil and gas production.
To determine the number of beneficiaries of the scheme, the interior ministry is organizing a census while security services will screen potential residency candidates.
"They will get a residency document which will allow them to get a job," Tebboune told lawmakers on Friday night. "We won't allow any NGO or individual to tarnish the image of our country."
He gave no further details on the scheme.
African migrants in Algeria are mostly from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso and have come to escape acute poverty and terrorism back home. Some use Algeria as a transit country en route to Europe via neighboring Libya.
"That's great news, I will be happy if I can work under the framework of the law," said a young Malian working illegally in a housing project as a mason in Ouled Fayet, west of Algiers.
TENSIONS
Tensions between Algerians and the migrants often boil over.
A year ago in Bechar, in western Algeria, rioting broke out after a local woman was believed to have been kidnapped by the migrants.
The online anti-migrant campaign has shocked many in Algeria, which sees itself as a leading influence in the Sahel region and more widely in Africa, for example negotiating a peace deal in 2015 in Mali.
The campaign also appears to have embarrassed the government in a country that takes pride in its history as a bastion of anti-colonialism after its own 1962 war of independence against France.
Last month a hashtag "No to Africans in Algeria" was widely shared on Twitter and Facebook, calling for expulsions to protect Algerian families and prevent "chaos".
Amnesty International's local representative, Hassina Oussedik, has urged the government to do more to protect African migrants.
Algeria has embarked on politically sensitive reforms to modernize its still largely state-run economy, but it has been hit hard by a crash in oil prices that has deprived the country of more than half of its revenues.
The migrants already present in the economy tend to work illegally and are very often underpaid, human rights groups say.
Some economists doubt the government's plan will make much difference to Algeria's workforce, while others view it as a way to further monitor traffic across its southern borders, where Islamist militant groups are active.
"The goal of most of the migrants is definitely to reach the El Dorado in Europe," economist Arslan Chikhaoui told Reuters. "Algeria is still only a transit destination."
(Editing by Patrick Markey and Gareth Jones)
Algeria to grant legal status to African migrants amid worker shortages, racism
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June 02, 2017 Quartz Africa
US president Donald Trump announced on Thursday (June 1) that he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement—weakening international efforts to reduce fossil-fuel emissions and mitigate global warming.
The deal, signed by 195 countries, is crucial for Africa, given the far-ranging impact of harmful greenhouse gases. The continent emits a paltry amount of harmful gasses, yet is particularly vulnerable to global warming and its effects. At 3.8%, Africa accounts for the smallest share of global greenhouse gas emissions, in contrast to 23% in China, 19% in the US, and 13% in the European Union.
Climate change in Africa is manifest in rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, and changes in rainfall patterns leading to floods or severe droughts. Since 1970, Africa has experienced more than 2,000 natural disasters, with just under half taking place in the last decade. Africa also contains 7 out of the 10 countries that are considered the most threatened by climate change globally, according to the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings Institution. The extreme weather events are also taking a toll on African cities—which are growing rapidly—and is threatening the livelihoods of millions of people across the continent.
Abidjan, Côte D’Ivore
Global warming is a critical problem facing the Ivorian commercial capital, Abidjan. With its location on the coast of the Atlantic, experts have long warned that the city could be flooded over several decades from now. The Intergovernmental panel on climate change has also reported high erosion rates in the areas off the Abidjan harbor. The loss of mangrove forests has also increased the vulnerability of coastal areas to damages from coastal storm surges.
As the world’s top cocoa grower, heavy rains are threatening the mid-crop marketing season on one end, while farmers in other parts of the country are reporting patchy rainfalls and sunny spells.
Cape Town & Durban, South Africa
The two big South African coastal cities are among Africa’s top tourist destinations, attracting millions of people from all over the world. Yet, rising sea levels, sand movement along the coast, increasing urbanization, and the significant loss and extinction of important biodiversity underscore the challenges of climate change.
In early March, Cape Town was declared a disaster area after officials noted that the city had barely 100 days of water left due to a biting drought. The risk of catastrophic fires has also increased, with more wildfires raging in the Western Cape province. Climate change is also affecting agricultural production and is contributing to food insecurity, environmental degradation, and unemployment.
Cape Town’s popular tourist beaches are vulnerable to climate change’s impact. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Lagos, Nigeria
Given its low-lying position next to the Atlantic Ocean, Africa’s most-populous city is susceptible to the negative impacts of climate change. Lagos consists of a mainland and a series of islands with an estimated population of 21 million—some of whom live on waterfront slums with no proper drainage or water systems. With heavy rainfalls and rising sea levels, these slum residents, and many middle to upper middle income neighborhoods, are vulnerable to flooding.
People walk along flooded streets after a heavy downpour in Lagos (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
The megacity has been trying to avert this, with innovators building a solar-powered, naturally ventilated, triangular-shaped school as a sustainable model. The Eko Atlantic Island is also being built as a new financial hub by dredging up millions of tons of sand from the Atlantic and filing it in 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) worth of land. The Great Wall of Lagos, an 8-kilometer wall is being built to protect the peninsula and its residents from the sea. Researchers have however noted that the wall could prove problematic for other waterfront dwellers, and are calling its exclusivity to certain elites as “climate apartheid.”
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tanzania is the most flood-affected country in east Africa, according to the World Bank. The country’s largest city, Dar es Salaam, is growing so fast—85% by 2025—that it cannot preserve the city’s natural environment at the same time. The coastal city’s flat nature also makes it prone to floods, which are expected to come with increased rainfalls and storm surges. The slums located along the floodplains of the Msimbazi river are also vulnerable to floods, with annual structure losses expected to be $47.3 million.
Just last month, the country experienced heavy downpours that destroyed critical infrastructure, large swathes of rice farms, and led to the closure of schools. Dar es Salaam recorded 54 millimeters of rain in a day—nearly a third of the total average monthly May rainfall of 188mm.
People walk through a flooded area in Dar es Salaam. (Reuters/Radu Sigheti)
Coastal cities of North Africa
Researchers have found that climate change could make sections of north Africa so warm as to be uninhabitable in the future. Today, major North African coastal cities like Alexandria, Casablanca, Tripoli and Tunis are all vulnerable to long term impacts of climate change.
One northern Africa country that is facing a disastrous prospect is Sudan, where average temperatures by 2060 are expected to rise between 1.5 and 3 degrees Celsius. Haphazard rains, increasing desertification, intense droughts, and erratic rains have also contributed to ruining harvests and livestock. Decades of deforestation have also led to increased dust storms that roll through the desert now and swallow entire villages and farmlands.
These are the African cities most vulnerable to climate change
Flooded. (Reuters/Hani Amara)
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June 02, 2017 Quartz Africa
US president Donald Trump announced on Thursday (June 1) that he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement—weakening international efforts to reduce fossil-fuel emissions and mitigate global warming.
The deal, signed by 195 countries, is crucial for Africa, given the far-ranging impact of harmful greenhouse gases. The continent emits a paltry amount of harmful gasses, yet is particularly vulnerable to global warming and its effects. At 3.8%, Africa accounts for the smallest share of global greenhouse gas emissions, in contrast to 23% in China, 19% in the US, and 13% in the European Union.
Climate change in Africa is manifest in rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, and changes in rainfall patterns leading to floods or severe droughts. Since 1970, Africa has experienced more than 2,000 natural disasters, with just under half taking place in the last decade. Africa also contains 7 out of the 10 countries that are considered the most threatened by climate change globally, according to the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings Institution. The extreme weather events are also taking a toll on African cities—which are growing rapidly—and is threatening the livelihoods of millions of people across the continent.
Abidjan, Côte D’Ivore
Global warming is a critical problem facing the Ivorian commercial capital, Abidjan. With its location on the coast of the Atlantic, experts have long warned that the city could be flooded over several decades from now. The Intergovernmental panel on climate change has also reported high erosion rates in the areas off the Abidjan harbor. The loss of mangrove forests has also increased the vulnerability of coastal areas to damages from coastal storm surges.
As the world’s top cocoa grower, heavy rains are threatening the mid-crop marketing season on one end, while farmers in other parts of the country are reporting patchy rainfalls and sunny spells.
Cape Town & Durban, South Africa
The two big South African coastal cities are among Africa’s top tourist destinations, attracting millions of people from all over the world. Yet, rising sea levels, sand movement along the coast, increasing urbanization, and the significant loss and extinction of important biodiversity underscore the challenges of climate change.
In early March, Cape Town was declared a disaster area after officials noted that the city had barely 100 days of water left due to a biting drought. The risk of catastrophic fires has also increased, with more wildfires raging in the Western Cape province. Climate change is also affecting agricultural production and is contributing to food insecurity, environmental degradation, and unemployment.
Cape Town’s popular tourist beaches are vulnerable to climate change’s impact. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Lagos, Nigeria
Given its low-lying position next to the Atlantic Ocean, Africa’s most-populous city is susceptible to the negative impacts of climate change. Lagos consists of a mainland and a series of islands with an estimated population of 21 million—some of whom live on waterfront slums with no proper drainage or water systems. With heavy rainfalls and rising sea levels, these slum residents, and many middle to upper middle income neighborhoods, are vulnerable to flooding.
People walk along flooded streets after a heavy downpour in Lagos (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
The megacity has been trying to avert this, with innovators building a solar-powered, naturally ventilated, triangular-shaped school as a sustainable model. The Eko Atlantic Island is also being built as a new financial hub by dredging up millions of tons of sand from the Atlantic and filing it in 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) worth of land. The Great Wall of Lagos, an 8-kilometer wall is being built to protect the peninsula and its residents from the sea. Researchers have however noted that the wall could prove problematic for other waterfront dwellers, and are calling its exclusivity to certain elites as “climate apartheid.”
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tanzania is the most flood-affected country in east Africa, according to the World Bank. The country’s largest city, Dar es Salaam, is growing so fast—85% by 2025—that it cannot preserve the city’s natural environment at the same time. The coastal city’s flat nature also makes it prone to floods, which are expected to come with increased rainfalls and storm surges. The slums located along the floodplains of the Msimbazi river are also vulnerable to floods, with annual structure losses expected to be $47.3 million.
Just last month, the country experienced heavy downpours that destroyed critical infrastructure, large swathes of rice farms, and led to the closure of schools. Dar es Salaam recorded 54 millimeters of rain in a day—nearly a third of the total average monthly May rainfall of 188mm.
People walk through a flooded area in Dar es Salaam. (Reuters/Radu Sigheti)
Coastal cities of North Africa
Researchers have found that climate change could make sections of north Africa so warm as to be uninhabitable in the future. Today, major North African coastal cities like Alexandria, Casablanca, Tripoli and Tunis are all vulnerable to long term impacts of climate change.
One northern Africa country that is facing a disastrous prospect is Sudan, where average temperatures by 2060 are expected to rise between 1.5 and 3 degrees Celsius. Haphazard rains, increasing desertification, intense droughts, and erratic rains have also contributed to ruining harvests and livestock. Decades of deforestation have also led to increased dust storms that roll through the desert now and swallow entire villages and farmlands.
Any updates on Burkina Faso since the overthrow of their dictator?
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These are the African cities most vulnerable to climate change
Flooded. (Reuters/Hani Amara)
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June 02, 2017 Quartz Africa
US president Donald Trump announced on Thursday (June 1) that he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement—weakening international efforts to reduce fossil-fuel emissions and mitigate global warming.
The deal, signed by 195 countries, is crucial for Africa, given the far-ranging impact of harmful greenhouse gases. The continent emits a paltry amount of harmful gasses, yet is particularly vulnerable to global warming and its effects. At 3.8%, Africa accounts for the smallest share of global greenhouse gas emissions, in contrast to 23% in China, 19% in the US, and 13% in the European Union.
Climate change in Africa is manifest in rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, and changes in rainfall patterns leading to floods or severe droughts. Since 1970, Africa has experienced more than 2,000 natural disasters, with just under half taking place in the last decade. Africa also contains 7 out of the 10 countries that are considered the most threatened by climate change globally, according to the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings Institution. The extreme weather events are also taking a toll on African cities—which are growing rapidly—and is threatening the livelihoods of millions of people across the continent.
Abidjan, Côte D’Ivore
Global warming is a critical problem facing the Ivorian commercial capital, Abidjan. With its location on the coast of the Atlantic, experts have long warned that the city could be flooded over several decades from now. The Intergovernmental panel on climate change has also reported high erosion rates in the areas off the Abidjan harbor. The loss of mangrove forests has also increased the vulnerability of coastal areas to damages from coastal storm surges.
As the world’s top cocoa grower, heavy rains are threatening the mid-crop marketing season on one end, while farmers in other parts of the country are reporting patchy rainfalls and sunny spells.
Cape Town & Durban, South Africa
The two big South African coastal cities are among Africa’s top tourist destinations, attracting millions of people from all over the world. Yet, rising sea levels, sand movement along the coast, increasing urbanization, and the significant loss and extinction of important biodiversity underscore the challenges of climate change.
In early March, Cape Town was declared a disaster area after officials noted that the city had barely 100 days of water left due to a biting drought. The risk of catastrophic fires has also increased, with more wildfires raging in the Western Cape province. Climate change is also affecting agricultural production and is contributing to food insecurity, environmental degradation, and unemployment.
Cape Town’s popular tourist beaches are vulnerable to climate change’s impact. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Lagos, Nigeria
Given its low-lying position next to the Atlantic Ocean, Africa’s most-populous city is susceptible to the negative impacts of climate change. Lagos consists of a mainland and a series of islands with an estimated population of 21 million—some of whom live on waterfront slums with no proper drainage or water systems. With heavy rainfalls and rising sea levels, these slum residents, and many middle to upper middle income neighborhoods, are vulnerable to flooding.
People walk along flooded streets after a heavy downpour in Lagos (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
The megacity has been trying to avert this, with innovators building a solar-powered, naturally ventilated, triangular-shaped school as a sustainable model. The Eko Atlantic Island is also being built as a new financial hub by dredging up millions of tons of sand from the Atlantic and filing it in 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) worth of land. The Great Wall of Lagos, an 8-kilometer wall is being built to protect the peninsula and its residents from the sea. Researchers have however noted that the wall could prove problematic for other waterfront dwellers, and are calling its exclusivity to certain elites as “climate apartheid.”
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tanzania is the most flood-affected country in east Africa, according to the World Bank. The country’s largest city, Dar es Salaam, is growing so fast—85% by 2025—that it cannot preserve the city’s natural environment at the same time. The coastal city’s flat nature also makes it prone to floods, which are expected to come with increased rainfalls and storm surges. The slums located along the floodplains of the Msimbazi river are also vulnerable to floods, with annual structure losses expected to be $47.3 million.
Just last month, the country experienced heavy downpours that destroyed critical infrastructure, large swathes of rice farms, and led to the closure of schools. Dar es Salaam recorded 54 millimeters of rain in a day—nearly a third of the total average monthly May rainfall of 188mm.
People walk through a flooded area in Dar es Salaam. (Reuters/Radu Sigheti)
Coastal cities of North Africa
Researchers have found that climate change could make sections of north Africa so warm as to be uninhabitable in the future. Today, major North African coastal cities like Alexandria, Casablanca, Tripoli and Tunis are all vulnerable to long term impacts of climate change.
One northern Africa country that is facing a disastrous prospect is Sudan, where average temperatures by 2060 are expected to rise between 1.5 and 3 degrees Celsius. Haphazard rains, increasing desertification, intense droughts, and erratic rains have also contributed to ruining harvests and livestock. Decades of deforestation have also led to increased dust storms that roll through the desert now and swallow entire villages and farmlands.
Lagos is in peril.
The Nigerian gov't is funny. They saw issues regarding urbanization in Lagos, providing social services and public utilities like pipe-borne water and said, "Haba, Tunde! Idris. Fetch my 'Ghana Must Go'. We are taking over Gwari land and creating Abuja!"
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West Africa keeps taking Ls.
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West Africa keeps taking Ls.
What do you think accounts for the disparity between West Africa and the other regions? Poor governance and terrorism? But North Africa also suffers considerably from the latter.
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They've had an elected government in power since 2016. No major news since the attempted coup by the old guard in 2015 is good news.
Incompetent leaders, leaders are not even visionaries like those in East Africa(at least EA dictators are visionaries), very bad geographic location, corruption, too many coups, too many terrorist insurgency, among many other errors.