The African Union is mobilising resources to help members implement the Paris Agreement, but funding challenges abound. Land erosion, drought and desertification, flooding, the Sahara Desert expanding southward at a rate of 48 km a year, change in the distribution of rainfall, rivers and freshwater resources’ drying-up, among others. This is what Africa’s environment looks like right now. Experts say climate change has already had a devastating impact on food and agriculture, livelihoods, human health and ecosystems. Climate change has generated deadly inter-ethnic conflicts over land and water resources, especially in the Sahel region, and is also said to be…
Issa Sikiti da Silva
Issa Sikiti da Silva
Kinshasa-born Issa Sikiti da Silva is an award-winning freelance journalist, having won the SADC Media 2010 Awards in print category. He is also a published author, his novel “Bloodshed on the Streets of South Africa” was released in September 2025. He has travelled extensively across Africa, living in South Africa for 18 years, where he worked for 10 years as a journalist. In 2012, he left for West Africa, and later to East Africa, to work as a foreign correspondent. He is currently based in Dakar, Senegal.
