08/05/2019
Global warming: West Africa warming faster than rest of the world
West Africa has potential, but the challenges facing the region are weighing against efforts at economic and social development. The region is also warming faster than the rest of the world as climate change accelerates. ?West Africa is warming faster than the world, with an additional level of 3.88°C per century against a global average of 2.2°C every 100 years. The year 2018 was the seventh hottest year in West Africa since 1950. The year was also marked by an above average rainfall with devastating floods that affected more than two million people in Côte d#8217;Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Nigeria and Liberia,? says Mr....
