Africa's humanitarian crisis risks escalating amid civil strife, climate change: IRC


NAIROBI, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The humanitarian crisis affecting several African countries is unlikely to subside amid climate disasters and armed conflicts that have escalated in the continent, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), an international charity, said Thursday.

George Readings, director of the global crisis at IRC, said Africa remains an epicenter of the climate crisis and civil strife that have worsened the fragility of nation-states, destroying livelihoods of civilians and worsening poverty.

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