Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)
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Climate change: ‘Children’s rights in sub-Saharan Africa undermined’
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Climate change is a reality and it is affecting planet Earth in different ways. Children, who are the future, are suffering severely from the disasters that result.
The non-governmental organisation Save the Children (based on an analysis of data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) warned in its report released Monday that: “At least 1.85 million children in sub-Saharan Africa were displaced within their countries due to climate shocks” in 2022.
Forced movements almost doubled last year – in 2021 there were one million – a record number. Most were still in refugee camps with their families or in other temporary locations at the end of 2022.
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