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Cameroon: Officials Say Seawater Is Swallowing West Coast Buildings, Villages and Plantations
VOA, 23 August 2023
Encroaching waters from the Atlantic Ocean have destroyed several hundred homes and buildings along parts of Cameroon's 400-kilometer coast on the Atlantic Ocean. Officials in the… Read more »
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Cameroon: Uprooted and Forgotten, Climate Refugees Living in Despair
RFI, 13 August 2023
Aminatou Ibrahim scoops water from the floor of her seven square metre hut at the Dana camp site for internally displaced people in Maroua, in Cameroon's Far North Region. It's… Read more »
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Africa: World's Beaches Are Changing Because of Climate Change - Green Thinking Is Needed to Save Them
The Conversation Africa, 24 August 2023
Coastlines - the interface between land and sea - lie at the frontline in the battle against climate change impacts. Read more »
Parts of Cameroon Hard Hit By Atlantic Ocean Destruction
Water from the Atlantic Ocean has destroyed several hundred homes and buildings along parts of Cameroon's 400-kilometre coast. Officials have temporarily suspended fishing and tourism in the coastal town of Kribi because of the damage and affected civilians are begging for help from the government, writes Moki Edwin Kindzeka for Voice of America.
Moroua, north of the country, is inhabited by the Choa Arab herders and Musgum fishers and farmers. These communities were once peaceful neighbours relying on the Logone and Chari rivers for their grazing, farming and fishing activities. They have since become bitter enemies, as climate change is causing the water bodies to recede. This has led to fish losses and the drowning of cattle in artificial ponds built to breed fish.
