What do Africans think is the biggest threat facing their continent?
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Almost 60% of Africans believe that climate change is the single-most important threat facing the continent. They place this issue above fears about the economy or terrorism, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.
Analysts say the impact, which is already being felt across the continent, will be particularly severe in parts of Africa due to “limited adaptive capacity, exacerbated by widespread poverty and the existing low levels of development.”
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Author: Omar Mohammed is a reporter for Quartz covering East Africa based in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.
Image: A woman fetches drinking water from a well along a dry Chemumvuri river near Gokwe, Zimbabwe. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
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