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Africa: COVID-19 – Africa's Looming Humanitarian and Security Crisis
allAfrica, 24 March 2020
Africa remains by far the most vulnerable continent in terms of viral and bacterial infections. Covid-19 is likely to prove the worst of these. Numbers shift constantly, but by 24… Read more »
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Africa: Climate Disasters Increase Conflict Risk in Large Countries - Report
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 2 April 2020
Extreme weather bring greater risk of conflict in underdeveloped countries with large populations and ethnic tensions Read more »
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West Africa: Food Insecurity Levels in Sahel 'Spiralling Out of Control' - WFP
UN News, 2 April 2020
Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are "spiralling out of control", the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, as it expressed concerns about the potential impact on… Read more »
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Africa: Climate Change Could Further Escalate Violence
IPS, 28 October 2019
Nearly 50 million people in west Africa rely on agriculture and livestock for their livelihood but the land available for pastoral use has been rapidly shrinking. Read more »
Africa's Conflicts & Crises Making COVID-19 More Deadly
Crowded conditions, extreme poverty and compromised immunity, lack of access to water and hygiene and rudimentary health infrastructures are all factors increasing Africa's vulnerability to Coronoavirus, according to an analysis by Dr. Mehari Taddele Maru is a scholar with extensive experience in peacebuilding and in conflict prevention and mediation. Also, a newly released study has confirmed that countries with large populations and low levels of development are most likely to see a rise in armed conflict after extreme weather events. The study cites Mali as an example, where the militant group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb exploited a weak state and people's desperation after a severe drought in 2009 to recruit fighters to expand its area of operation.
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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 ... 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 »
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The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute say three decades of conflict - coupled with increasingly severe droughts - are posing serious challenges to the United Nations ... Read more »
In Burkina Faso, the number of people facing a critical lack of food has increased.
