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Climate Change and Conflict - How Mali Can Grow More Resilient
2016-05-31 00:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
allAfrica: Wrapped in a purple boubou (robe), Salou Moussa Maga, 60, sits with his hands clasped between his knees and explains how climate change has fuelled violent conflict in Ansongo, Mali. As the president of a farming cooperative, he knows the cost of drought all too well. 'The rain period has decreased considerably from years ago ... we don't have grass anymore,' he told ISS Today. 'Everything is naked.' Devastating drought combined with unpredictably heavy rains has wiped out agricultural livelihoods,...
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