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How Deforestation, Landslide And Wildfire Are Affecting Farmers In Cross River Communities
THE devastating effect of deforestation, landslide and wildfire is affecting the harvest of farmers in Cross River State in the southern part of Nigeria. Kehinde Ogunyale takes a look at this with special emphasis on women farmers. At 7 am, Regina Aboh is out of the house, with her cutlass and hoe, a big basket…
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“Fire immediately spreads”: Extreme Wildfires Become New Threat In This African Village
Climate Tracker visited the Olum community in South-South Nigeria to report how extreme wildfires are changing indigenous villages, forcing them to enact a law to control the flames. For Martins Abang (37) growing up in Olum village, an indigenous town located in Southern Nigeria’s Cross-River State, during the 1980s was a happy upbringing, surrounded by…
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Wildfires In Algeria Linked To Brutal Lynching Of A Villager
Authorities in Algeria have linked last week’s outbreak to a brutal mob killing and burning of a man in a town in Algeria’s Kabyle region. A man identified as Djamel Ben Ismail, 38, was lynched and burnt to death outside a police station on the main square in the town of Larbaa Nath Irathen, a village…
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22 Suspected Arsonists Arrested Over Deadly Fires In Algeria
The East African country has arrested 22 people suspected of being behind the most devastating wildfires in the country’s history that killed 69 people, injured over 1000 and displaced 600. Forest fires have hit mountainous areas in northern Algeria since Monday, mainly in Tizi Ouzou of the Kabylie region east of the country’s capital, Algiers. Algeria’s President,…
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600 Families Displaced By Wildfires In Algeria
At least 600 families have lost their homes to wildfires near Algeria’s capital, according to a representative of the Algerian Red Crescent. Mountain forests and villages of Tizi-Ouzou, capital of Kabyle, has been in the grip of ravaging wildfires since Monday. The outbreak has claimed not less than 69 lives — 41 civilians and 28…