In Africa, climate change is igniting armed conflict

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Blaise Eyong in Bogo, Cameroon

Climate change has displaced large numbers of people in Cameroon's far north. Fighting over water supplies in 2021 forced thousands of people to leave their homes, and many people have not been able to return since.

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