UN: Climate change wreaks havoc through large parts of Africa

A woman sorts through floodwaters at her damaged home near Abu Hamdan, Sudan, on Aug. 7, 2024. FILE - Children eat porridge prepared at a feeding center in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, on July 2, 2024. In Zimbabwe, an El Nino-induced drought is affecting millions of people, and children are most at risk. FILE - Cracked earth is all that remains of what was the bottom of a cattle watering hole in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, on July 2, 2024. In Zimbabwe and across Southern Africa, an El Nino-induced drought is affecting millions of people.

United Nations aid agencies warn climate change is wreaking havoc throughout large parts of eastern and southern Africa, worsening the plight of millions of people struggling to survive conflict, poverty, hunger and disease.