Africa Must Raise Taxes to Better Fight Climate Change
NOVANEWS
Africa is now the most vulnerable region to climate change, although it has only marginally contributed to it
by: Léonce Ndikumana
Mozambique is on its knees. Hit by what is considered the worst cyclone in the southern hemisphere, it saw its fourth city, Beira, practically wiped off the map. (Photo: by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)
Let us begin by welcoming international solidarity. Whether it was the United Nations, its field agencies or major NGOs, the mobilization was not long in coming to the aid of Zimbabwe, Malawi, and, especially Mozambique, devastated by Cyclone Idai last March. But as another tropical cyclone, Kenneth, has landed on the East African coast with even greater intensity, we cannot help but detect accents of guilt in this solidar...