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About 70% of people in Addis Ababa live in informal settlements that are vulnerable to climate change. Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/ Getty ImagesAddis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city, will likely face increased heatwaves, droughts and severe flooding over the next 67 years. These changes will pose risks to public health and infrastructure. They’ll also be felt most acutely by the city’s most vulnerable residents: those living in informal settlements. Addis Ababa is one of the fastest-growing cities in Afr

Climate change is putting pressure on Ethiopia’s largest city, Addis Ababa, and exposing people to disease and natural disasters.

At least 73 people have died and dozens more were injured after a fire tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg which housed “hundreds” of informal settlements.

Gauteng Human Settlements MEC, Lebogang Maile, said there was a rise in informal settlements in Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni since 2016, with over 700 of them across Gauteng.

Millions have been spent on a housing project that has abandoned in UThongathi. 11 houses have been built in six years.