Flooding caused by heavy rains lashing Niger since June has killed 53 people and impacted 18,000, as the west African country grapples with the effects of climate change, a UN agency announced on July 17. An earlier interior ministry toll published on June 20 recorded 21 deaths and nearly 6,000 people affected nationwide. As of...

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