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<p>Nigeria's bishops urged the federal government to come up with a plan to fight flooding that affects Nigerians each year.</p> <p>In a Nov. 1 pastoral letter, the president of the bishops' conference, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji of Owerri, said that often in Nigeria when tragic events occurred, people expressed sorrow, then moved on as if nothing had happened.</p>
<p>One early morning in September, a flood surge gushed into Endurance Kiki's home in Kpakiama in southern Nigeria. More than a foot of filthy water bubbled into her apartment, forcing her, her husband and five children to relocate to a temporary site for shelter.</p>
This season, a La Niña weather pattern caused above-average rainfall in parts of the region — while contributing to East Africa’s worst drought in 40 years
DAKAR — Unusually intense seasonal rains have drenched swathes of West and Central Africa since June, unleashing deadly floods that have affected millions and…
By Alessandra Prentice DAKAR (Reuters) - Unusually intense seasonal rains have drenched swathes of West and Central Africa since June, unleashing dead...