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Portal:Climate change

Category:Environment of Africa

Category:Climate change in Africa

Climate change and infectious diseases § Malaria

Effects of climate change on human health

Effects of climate change on agriculture § Africa

Water in Africa

Climate change in Africa

Climate change in the Middle East and North Africa

Climate change in South Africa § Greenhouse gas emissions

Climate change in Kenya § Greenhouse gas emissions

Recognised states

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The following 54 fully recognised states are all members of the United Nations[1] and the African Union.[2][3][4][5]

Flag Map English short, formal names, and ISO
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Capital
[8][10][11]
Population 2021
[12][13]
Climate Section on Country page Separate Climate article Separate Climate Change article
Flag of Algeria
Algeria

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

DZA
Algiers

Arabic: الجزائر
(Al Jazā’ir)
44,177,969 wikidata.org = Q262 Algeria#Climate and hydrology Climate of Algeria Climate change in Algeria
Angola

Republic of Angola

AGO
Luanda

Portuguese: Luanda
34,503,774 wikidata.org = Q916 Angola#Climate Climate of Angola
Benin

Republic of Benin

BEN
Porto-Novo

French: Porto-Novo
12,996,895 wikidata.org = Q962 Climate of Benin
Botswana

Republic of Botswana

BWA
Gaborone

English: Gaborone

Tswana: Gaborone
2,588,423 wikidata.org = Q963 Botswana#Geography Climate of Botswana
Burkina Faso

BFA
Ouagadougou

French: Ouagadougou
22,100,683 wikidata.org = Q965 Burkina Faso#ClimateBurkina Faso#Food insecurity Climate of Burkina Faso
Burundi

Republic of Burundi

BDI
Gitega

French: Gitega

Kirundi: Gitega

12,551,213 wikidata.org = Q967 Burundi#Geography(no climate section) Geography of Burundi#Environment
Cameroon

Republic of Cameroon

CMR
Yaoundé

English: Yaoundé

French: Yaoundé
27,198,628 wikidata.org = Q1009 Cameroon#Geography Geography of Cameroon#Climate
Cape Verde

Republic of Cabo Verde

CPV
Praia

Portuguese: Praia
587,925 wikidata.org = Q1011 Cape Verde#Climate Geography of Cape Verde#ClimateCape Verde#Geography and climateGeography of Cape Verde#Threats and protection Climate change in Cape Verde
Central African Republic

CAF
Bangui

French: Bangui
5,457,154 wikidata.org = Q929 Central African Republic#Climate Climate of the Central African Republic
Chad

Republic of Chad

TCD
N'Djamena

Arabic: نجامينا (Nijāmīnā)

French: Ndjamena
17,179,740 wikidata.org = Q657 Chad#Geography Geography of Chad#ClimateChad#ClimateGeography of Chad#Environmental issues
Comoros

Union of the Comoros

COM
Moroni

Arabic: موروني (Mūrūnī)

French: Moroni
821,625 wikidata.org = Q970 Comoros#Climate Geography of the Comoros#Climate
Democratic Republic of the Congo[n 1]

COD
Kinshasa

French: Kinshasa
95,894,118 wikidata.org = Q974 Democratic Republic of the Congo#Geography Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo#Climate Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo#Environment
Republic of the Congo[n 2]

COG
Brazzaville

French: Brazzaville
5,835,806 wikidata.org = Q971 Republic of the Congo#Geography Geography of the Republic of the Congo#Climate Geography of the Republic of the Congo#Environmental issues
Djibouti

Republic of Djibouti

DJI
Djibouti

Arabic: مدينة جيبوتي (Jibūti Madīna)

French: Ville de Djibouti
1,105,557 wikidata.org = Q977 Djibouti#Climate
Egypt

Arab Republic of Egypt[n 3]

EGY
Cairo

Arabic: القاهرة (al Qāhirah)
109,262,178 wikidata.org = Q79 Egypt#Climate Climate of Egypt
Equatorial Guinea

Republic of Equatorial Guinea

GNQ
Malabo[n 4]

Spanish: Malabo

French: Malabo

Portuguese: Malabo

1,634,466 wikidata.org = Q983 Equatorial Guinea#Climate Geography of Equatorial Guinea#Climate
Eritrea

State of Eritrea

ERI
Asmara

Arabic: أسمرة (ʾAsmara)

Tigrinya: ኣስመራ
(Asmera)
3,620,312 wikidata.org = Q986 Eritrea#Climate Geography of Eritrea#Climate
Eswatini

Kingdom of Eswatini

SWZ
Lobamba (royal and legislative)
Mbabane (administrative)

English: Lobamba, Mbabane

Swazi: Lobamba, ÉMbábáne
1,192,271 wikidata.org = Q1050 Eswatini#Climate Geography of Eswatini#ClimateGeography of Eswatini#Environment
Ethiopia

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

ETH
Addis Ababa

Amharic: አዲስ አበባ (Addis Abäba)
120,283,026 wikidata.org =Q115 Ethiopia#Climate Climate of Ethiopia Climate change in Ethiopia
Gabon

Gabonese Republic

GAB
Libreville

French: Libreville
2,341,179 wikidata.org =
The Gambia

Republic of the Gambia

GMB
Banjul

English: Banjul
2,639,916 wikidata.org = Climate change in the Gambia
Ghana

Republic of Ghana

GHA
Accra

English: Accra
32,833,031 wikidata.org = Climate change in Ghana
Guinea[n 5]

Republic of Guinea

GIN
Conakry

French: Conakry
13,531,906 wikidata.org = Climate change in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

GNB
Bissau

Portuguese: Bissau
2,060,721 wikidata.org =
Ivory Coast

Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

CIV
Yamoussoukro

French: Yamoussoukro
27,478,249 wikidata.org =
Kenya

Republic of Kenya

KEN
Nairobi

English: Nairobi

Swahili: Nairobi
53,005,614 wikidata.org =
Lesotho

Kingdom of Lesotho

LSO
Maseru

English: Maseru

Sotho: Maseru
2,281,454 wikidata.org =
Liberia

Republic of Liberia

LBR
Monrovia

English: Monrovia
5,193,416 wikidata.org =
Libya

State of Libya

LBY
Tripoli

Arabic: طرابلس (Ṭarābulus)

Berber: ⵟⵔⴰⴱⵍⴻⵙ (Ṭrables)
6,735,277 wikidata.org =
Madagascar

Republic of Madagascar

MDG
Antananarivo

French: Antananarivo

Malagasy: Antananarivo
28,915,653 wikidata.org = Climate change in Madagascar
Malawi

Republic of Malawi

MWI
Lilongwe

Chichewa: Lilongwe

English: Lilongwe
19,889,742 wikidata.org =
Mali

Republic of Mali

MLI
Bamako

French: Bamako
21,904,983 wikidata.org =
Mauritania

Islamic Republic of Mauritania

MRT
Nouakchott

Arabic: نواكشوط (Nuwākshūṭ)
4,614,974 wikidata.org =
Mauritius

Republic of Mauritius

MUS
Port Louis

English: Port Louis

French: Port-Louis

Mauritian Creole: Porlwi
1,298,915 wikidata.org =
Morocco

Kingdom of Morocco

MAR
Rabat

Arabic: الرباط (ar-Ribaaṭ)

Berber: ⴰⵕⴱⴰⵟ (Aṛbaṭ)
37,076,584 wikidata.org = Climate change in Morocco
Mozambique

Republic of Mozambique

MOZ
Maputo

Portuguese: Maputo
32,077,072 wikidata.org =
Namibia

Republic of Namibia

NAM
Windhoek

English: Windhoek
2,530,151 wikidata.org = Q1030
Niger

Republic of the Niger

NER
Niamey

French: Niamey
25,252,722 wikidata.org =
Nigeria

Federal Republic of Nigeria

NGA
Abuja

English: Abuja
213,401,323 wikidata.org = Climate change in Nigeria

Climate change in Nigeria § Greenhouse gas emissions

Natural disasters in Nigeria

Rwanda

Republic of Rwanda

RWA
Kigali

English: Kigali

French: Kigali

Kinyarwanda Kigali
13,461,888 wikidata.org =
São Tomé and Príncipe

Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

STP
São Tomé

Portuguese: São Tomé
223,107 wikidata.org = Climate change in São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal

Republic of Senegal

SEN
Dakar

French: Dakar
16,876,720 wikidata.org = Climate change in Senegal
Seychelles

Republic of Seychelles

SYC
Victoria

English: Victoria

French: Victoria

Seychellois Creole: Victoria
106,471 wikidata.org = Climate change in Seychelles
Sierra Leone

Republic of Sierra Leone

SLE
Freetown

English: Freetown
8,420,641 wikidata.org =
Somalia

Federal Republic of Somalia

SOM
Mogadishu

Somali: Muqdisho

Arabic: مقديشو (Maqadīshū)
17,065,581 wikidata.org =
South Africa

Republic of South Africa

ZAF
Bloemfontein (judicial),
Cape Town (legislative),
and Pretoria (executive)
59,392,255 wikidata.org = Q258 South Africa#Climate Climate of South Africa#Climate change Climate change in South Africa
South Sudan

Republic of South Sudan

SSD
Juba

English: Juba
10,748,272 wikidata.org =
Sudan

Republic of the Sudan

SDN
Khartoum

Arabic: الخرطوم (Al Kharṭūm)
45,657,202 wikidata.org =
Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

TZA
Dodoma (official)
Dar es Salaam (seat of government)

English: Dodoma

Swahili: Dodoma
63,588,334 wikidata.org = Climate change in Tanzania
Togo

Togolese Republic

TGO
Lomé

French: Lomé
8,644,829 wikidata.org =
Tunisia

Tunisian Republic

TUN
Tunis

Arabic: تونس (Tūnis)</
12,262,946 wikidata.org =
Uganda

Republic of Uganda

UGA
Kampala

English: Kampala

Swahili: Kampala
45,853,778 wikidata.org = Climate change in Uganda
Zambia

Republic of Zambia

ZMB
Lusaka

English: Lusaka
19,473,125 wikidata.org =
Zimbabwe

Republic of Zimbabwe

ZWE
Harare

English: Harare
15,993,524 wikidata.org = Q954

Wiki Loves Women Event Toolkit

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100wikidays Challenge

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  1. Sindiwe Magona
  2. Louise Angless
  3. Beattie Hofmeyer
  4. Gertrude Fester
  5. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
  6. Leymah Gbowee
  7. Tawakkul Karman
  8. Waris Dirie
  9. Kahena: a Berber queen, religious and military leader.
  10. Tin Hinan: Tuareg Queen of the Hoggar
  11. Lalla Fatma N'Soumer: was an important figure of the Algerian resistance movement
  12. Yamina Mechakra: Algerian writer
  13. Houria Aïchi: Algerian Berber singer of chaoui music.
  14. Ziza Massika: Women fron the Algerian revolution
  15. Assia Djebar: an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
  16. Soraya Haddad: is an Algerian judoka.
  17. Hassiba Boulmerka: is a former Algerian middle distance athlete.
  18. Meg Coates Palgrave is the author the best tree book ever written in the history of humanity
  19. Elsie Owusu of Ghana is the architect who designed the beautiful modern extension of the Green Park tube station
  20. Fundza
  21. Naseemah Mohamed Ogunnaike co founder of Writivism Cace and educator
  22. Colleen Higgs
  23. Esther Madudu a rural Ugandan midwife, inspirational, as there's a campaign to nominate her for the 2015 Nobel peace prize.
  24. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Director General of UN Women
  25. Heide Hackmann Executive Director of the International Council for Science
  26. Alice Nkom Cameroonian lawyer and gay rights campaigner
  27. Efua Dorkenoo MBE, campaigner against female genital mutilation
  28. Malouma of Mauritaniapolitical singer,
  29. Gerardine Mukeshimana, Minister of Agriculture in Rwanda
  30. Mariama Hima, Niger
  31. Safi Faye, Senegal
  32. Edwina Spicer, Zimbabwe
  33. Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Zimbabwe
  34. Ellah Wakatama Allfrey OBE, Zimbabwe
  35. Dr Maty Ba Dia
  36. Doreen Sibanda National Gallery of Zimbabwe
  37. Hannah Cudjoe or “Convention Hannah” mobilized a mammoth gathering of Ghanaians from all walks of life. She then led them to petition the colonial masters for the release of the “Big Six”. Hannah is credited as the founder of the All African Women’s league in 1960. http://www.threesixtygh.com/people/the-forgotten-sheroes-of-ghanas-independence/
  38. Mabel Dove Danquah the first female member of the legislative Assembly in 1954 in Gold Coast.
  39. Ama Nkrumah is our next s’hero’ and a strong pillar when it comes to matters of Ghana’s independence struggle. Ama is no way related to Osagyefo Doctor Kwame Nkrumah, in fact, her real name is unknown but she adopted this name during the colonial era.
  40. Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem Queen of Ashanti Kingdom and mother of Ashanti King
  41. Mary Grant Dr a pioneer medical doctor and politician
  42. Sylvia Boys Dr Mrs first female Registrar of the West African Examination Council
  43. Mary Chinnery Hesse first female director of ILO and United Nations
  44. Peace Ayisi Otchere first female director of the African Development Bank
  45. Lella Manoubia - is a Tunisian holy woman
  46. Aziza Othmana - Tunisian Princess
  47. Tawhida Ben Cheikh - the first woman in North Africa to become a physician.
  48. Hanaa Ben Abdesslem - Tunisian model.
  49. Nadia Khiari - a Tunisian painter.
  50. Baya - Algerian painter
  51. Ahlam Mosteghanemi - Algerian writer
  52. Khadija Benguenna - Algerian journalist.
  53. Mériem Bouatoura -
  54. Majida Khattari - Moroccan designers
  55. Touria Chaoui - the first Moroccan woman to have been a pilot.
  56. Bako Dagnon - Malian griot singer
  57. Aoua Kéita - Malian independence activist
  58. Aminata Dramane Traoré - Malian author, politician, and political activist.
  59. Helena of Egypt - Egyptian painter
  60. Samia Gamal - Egyptian belly dancer and film actress.
  61. Israa Abdel Fattah - Egyptian internet activist and blogger.
  62. Farida of Egypt - queen of Egypt
  63. Narriman Sadek - queen of Egypt
  64. Out-el-Kouloub - Egyptian woman of letters.
  65. Ana Clara Guerra Marques - Angolan professional dancer.
  66. Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares - Angolan poetess.
  67. Maria Mambo Café - Angolan politician.
  68. Whitney Shikongo - Angolan model.
  69. Sophie Oboshie Doku Ghanian independence struggle activist
  70. Sussana Al-Hassan Ghanian independence struggle activist.
  71. Reda Kerbouche
  72. Funmilayo Ransome Kuti – The Woman Activist
  73. Yaa Asantewa – The Commander in Chief
  74. Winnie Mandela
  75. Margaret Ekpo – Nigeria
  76. Queen Nzinga or Queen Jinga – The reformist
  77. Ruth Williams, Lady Khama

South Africa's notable events and organisations

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  1. Federation of South African Women
  2. Defiance Campaign in 1952
  3. A Women’s Charter 1952
  4. Women's March 9 August 1956
  5. Garment Workers Union
  6. The Black Sash is formed in 1955.
  7. History of women's rights in South Africa

South Africa's notable women

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  1. Wendy Appelbaum
  2. Wendy Ackerman
  3. Francis Baard is a member of the committee that produces the draft copy of the Freedom Charter.
  4. Santie Botha
  5. Elisabeth Bradley
  6. Sonia Bunting is one of the keynote speakers at the Congress of the People in Kliptown in 1955
  7. Salukazi Dakile-Hlongwane
  8. Patricia De Lille
  9. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
  10. Natalie du Toit
  11. Pam Golding
  12. Zainunnisa ‘Cissie’ Gool founds the National Liberation League in 1936. She represents District Six in 1938 on the Cape Town City Council, the first coloured woman in on this all-white council, retaining the position until 1951. She is also elected president of the Non-European United Front (NEUF) in 1940. She features prominently in Cape Town’s political landscape for most of her life.
  13. Ferial Haffajee
  14. Patricia Jobodwana the youngest black woman to enrol at a university – at Fort Hare, aged 14, for a degree in medicine
  15. Gail Kelly
  16. Basetsana Kumalo
  17. Leleti Khumalo
  18. Wendy Luhabe
  19. Graça Machel
  20. Thuli Madonsela
  21. Miriam Makeba
  22. Phuti Malabie
  23. Mary Malahlela-Xakana the first female black doctor in South Africa in 1947
  24. Gill Marcus
  25. Masingita Masunga
  26. Charlotte Maxeke - founder of Bantu Women's League of the South African Native National Congress in 1918, and in 1905 the first black woman in the country to earn her Bachelor’s degree
  27. Fatima Meer in 1949 establishes the Durban Districts Women’s League, 1954 founder and chief architect of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW). It unites women from the ANC,the South African Indian Congress, trade unions and self-help groups, and will be instrumental in women’s fight against the degrading pass book laws of the National Party.
  28. Michelle Meyjes
  29. Precious Moloi-Motsepe
  30. Futhi Mtoba
  31. Ida Mtwana - first president of ANC Women's League and Treason Trial defendant
  32. Nthati Moshesh
  33. Nicky Newton-King
  34. Wendy Ngoma
  35. Lillian Ngoyi joins the ANC in 1952 and is arrested in the same year for her involvement in the Defiance Campaign. She is elected president of the ANCWL in 1953. Lillian becomes the first woman elected to the ANC National Executive Committee in 1956?.
  36. Nonkuleleko Nyembezi-Heita
  37. Naledi Pandor
  38. Bridgette Radebe
  39. Christine Ramon
  40. Maria Ramos
  41. Mamphela Ramphele
  42. Jane Raphaely
  43. Helen Suzman represents the United Party in Parliament in 1953. When the Progressive Party is formed in 1959, Helen is once again its sole representative on Parliament’s benches. Her lone crusade in a mostly male environment will earn her the respect and love of most South Africans.
  44. Adelaide Tambo
  45. Terry Volkwyn
  46. Esmaré Weideman
  47. Helen Zille
  48. Professor Shirley Zinn
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