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A man prepares dead bodies to be carried by an ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital morgue during a joint search and rescue operation to recover victims of the mudslide at Manje informal settlement on the slopes of Soche Hill in Blantyre, Malawi, on March 17, 2023, during Cyclone Freddy. (Amos Gumulira/AFP)
AFRICA CLIMATE CRISIS

Photojournalism: The price of bearing witness

Photographers bring the plight of the voiceless into focus, helping them get aid — often at great personal cost

  • Patience Ukama
5 min read
Effects of climate change: Guludo on Ibo Island in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai struck in 2019. The country subsequently took out a $118 million loan from the IMF. (Zinyange Auntony/AFP)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Cyclone Idai: A case study for climate financing

The devastation caused by the 2019 cyclone goes beyond the destruction of infrastructure and this needs to be included during COP29 in Azerbaijan, in November

  • Patience Ukama
8 min read