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The French newspaper Le Monde said that 130 million people on the African continent need assistance, and international aid last year was unable to cover more than a third of their needs. And in 2024, after 3 years of record drought, experts are concerned about the consequences of a return El Nino phenomenon Climate change in the Horn of Africa, where major floods have already been observed.
The newspaper started – in a report written by Lawrence Carmel – from a case Burundi Its per capita income is the lowest in the world, and it does not receive much media attention, even though it frequently faces extreme weather events with the resulting needs for assistance, as heavy rains and floods in 2023, and a flood Lake Tanganyika It displaced tens of thousands of people and reduced the livelihood of more than 10% of the population, the vast majority of whom are in rural areas.
The report said that – however – Prince Harry’s book received 54 times more coverage on online news sites than Burundi, according to statistics published by the non-governmental organization CARE International Relief in a report on the ten least widespread humanitarian crises in 2023, all of which are in… Africa.
130 million are in a humanitarian emergency
At a time when humanitarian needs have reached historically high levels at the global level due to the proliferation of conflicts and the consequences of climate change, the lack of media coverage has direct consequences for supporting international solidarity – as the newspaper says – in Burundi, for example, only a quarter of the needs were covered.
The newspaper pointed out that the war in Ukraine And the war you wage Israel on GazaThey cast a shadow over the tragedies witnessed on the African continent, where 14 countries out of 26 requested United nations It has raised $46.4 billion, with 130 million people in a humanitarian emergency out of 300 million worldwide.
The origin of these crises is often due – according to the newspaper – to a group of reasons, such as the war that broke out in… Sudan In April 2023 between the armed forces andRapid Support Forcesleading to millions of civilians fleeing the fighting being thrown onto the roads.
Conflicts and climate shocks
However, the International Rescue Committee, an American non-governmental organization, in its analysis of the countries to watch in 2024, points out that exposure to climate change is one of the factors leading to the emergence of crises, and says, “They are increasingly appearing in the same regions at the same time, and more than Half of the conflicts that have erupted since 1995 have occurred in countries most vulnerable to global warming and least able to adapt to it.
Of the 20 countries in which the non-governmental organization fears the humanitarian situation will deteriorate in 2024, there are 14 countries in candidate status, including 11 African countries, noting that experts are concerned about the consequences of the return of the El Nino climate phenomenon in Horn of AfricaBut the International Rescue Committee also does not forget to point out the proliferation of coups d’état and the very low levels of governance in countries suffering from serious humanitarian crises.
