Tuktuks navigate floodwater on KM4 street in Mogadishu, Somalia, following a heavy downpour [File: Feisal Omar/Reuters]
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The African Youth Water Forum (AYWF) has called on African governments, development partners and communities to urgently invest in climate-resilient water and sanitation systems, warning that recurring floods across West Africa are rapidly evolving into a major public health and water security crisis.
Communities still recovering from flooding, drought and funding cuts now face a new wave of extreme weather unless early action reaches them before disaster strikes.
Authorities say rainy season getting deadlier, with Ghana reporting 13 dead and floods hitting Benin, Togo and Nigeria
At least 24 people have died after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in the capital cities of Ghana and Ivory Coast, authorities said