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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Chad appeals for aid as dozens killed in floods linked to climate change

Residents trying to salvage items from houses submerged by floods in N'Djamena, Chad, in 2022. Floods have again devastated the northeast of the country in 2024. © Denis Sassou Gueipeur / AFP

Floods in Chad’s northeastern province of Tibesti have claimed the lives of at least 54 people, authorities have said. The heavy rains are also causing devastation in neighbouring Niger and Sudan, with more rainfall expected across central Africa due to climate change.

Most of those dead and missing in Chad are believed to be foreign informal gold miners working in the province, said Brahim Edji Mahamat, head of a local association.

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