FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE – Climate change is taking a severe toll on Africa, with persistent droughts and deadly floods affecting millions, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report.
The agency highlighted that temperatures in North Africa last year were 1.28 degrees Celsius above the long-term average, marking one of the sharpest regional increases.
In Southern Africa, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe experienced their worst drought in at least two decades, cutting cereal harvests by up to half.
Meanwhile, torrential rains in West Africa affected four million people as rising waters inundated communities.
The climate crisis has also hit Northeast Africa, where recent flooding in South Sudan has displaced thousands of herders, depriving them of livestock crucial to their livelihoods and cultural traditions.
The WMO called for urgent global action to protect those most at risk as extreme weather events continue to intensify across the continent.