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African environmental problems are problems caused by the direct and indirect human impacts on the natural environment and affect humans and nearly all forms of life in Africa. Issues include deforestation, soil degradation, air pollution, water pollution, coastal erosion, garbage pollution, climate change, Oil spills, Biodiversity loss, and ...
Climate change in Africa. Graph showing temperature change in Africa between 1901 and 2021, with red colour being warmer and blue being colder than average (The average temperature during 1971–2000 is taken as the reference point for these changes.) Climate change in Africa is an increasingly serious threat as Africa is among the most ...
South Africa's energy crisis or load shedding is an ongoing period of widespread national blackouts of electricity supply. It began in the later months of 2007 towards the end of Thabo Mbeki 's second term as president, and continues to the present. [1][2] The South African government-owned national power utility, and primary power generator ...
“The majority of Africa’s population — about 78% or more than one billion people — remain unable to afford a […] The post Africa faces “unprecedented food crisis” as 3 in 4 can’t ...
The main causes of water scarcity in Africa are physical and economic water scarcity, rapid population growth, and the effects of climate change on the water cycle. Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. [1] The rainfall in sub-Saharan Africa is highly seasonal and unevenly distributed, leading to ...
The 2020–present Horn of Africa drought is an ongoing drought that hit the countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The rainy season of 2022 was recorded to be the driest in over 40 years, [3][4] with an estimated 43,000 in Somalia dying in 2022. [5][6] As of 2023, the region is now in its 5th failed rainy season [7] and a 6th failed season ...
A segment of Africa's population receive low wages or do not have stable employment. Real wages increased from 2006 to 2017, but the continent's average real wages has since been declining. [24] As many as 85% of people in Africa subsist on less than $5.50 per day. [25] Two-thirds of the labor force are men and one-third are women. [24]
Scramble for Africa Africa in the years 1880 and 1913, just before the First World War. The "Scramble for Africa" between 1870 and 1914 was a significant period of European imperialism in Africa that ended with almost all of Africa, and its natural resources, claimed as colonies by European powers, who raced to secure as much land as possible while avoiding conflict amongst themselves.