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Africa: How Resource Scarcity Fuels Conflict - Young Activists Tackle Climate Crisis
allAfrica, 25 March 2020
She may not be from central Africa, but 17-year-old Makenna Muigai would like African leaders to rally their political muscle to save the endangered Congo Basin - for a good… Read more »
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Africa: Young Climate Activist - How Locusts, Climate Crisis Threaten Peace
allAfrica, 11 March 2020
Africa's young people are at the forefront by climate change action sweeping the world as climate change activists take charge where global leadership has failed. Makenna Muigai,… Read more »
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Africa: African Voices Needed to Save the Planet - Nakate
East African, 21 March 2020
In January, there was a worldwide uproar when the Associated Press published a picture of four young climate activists--Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer, Isabelle Axelsson and… Read more »
The 'Scramble for Resources' And How it Fuels Conflict
But governments and the public can start by taking the little steps that boost peacebuilding, like weeding out corruption, xenophobia, and promoting environmental protection, said 17-year-old Kenyan Makenna Muigai, who has been a climate activist for over a year.
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Africa: African Youth Activists Warn of 'Great Danger' From Climate Chaos
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 31 January 2020
Swedish teen Greta Thunberg lent her star power to focus attention on "under-reported" African perspectives on climate change Read more »
InFocus
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Levels of poverty, economic opportunities, and unemployment are key factors increasing the likelihood of conflict, and there has been strong agreement that climate change is a ... Read more »
Kenyan climate activist Makenna Muigui at her home in Nairobi (file photo).
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Young Africans see unemployment, corruption and political instability as the most pressing issues facing them, according to the African Youth Survey 2020. But when they were ... Read more »
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The Associated Press news agency's removal of Vanessa Nakate from a photograph taken with Greta Thunberg, Loukina Tille, Luisa Neubauer and Isabelle Axelsson in Davos did not just ... Read more »
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With the ongoing conflicts in Cameroon, Somalia, Nigeria, the Sahel and Mozambique, peace on the continent may seem elusive, but Nigerian-based Joy Ada Onyesoh, president of the ... Read more »
