The Missing Link in Africa’s Climate Plans: Animal Health By Appolinaire Djikeng and Emmanuelle Soubeyran Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/08/the-missing-link-in-africas-climate-plans-animal-health/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latin_Americas_Electric_Mobility_on_Chinas_Path_Africas_LandLinked_Nations_Chart_a_New_Trade_Route_t NAIROBI, Kenya / PARIS, France, Aug 5 2025 (IPS) - One would expect that this year’s wetter than average rainy season in parts of Africa would be viewed with relief, not fear. Yet many areas in the region sits at a knife’s edge—still recovering from years of drought and a historic famine, too much rain leads to flooding and water-borne diseases. Both varieties of extreme weather place enormous stress on livestock systems across the region, on which communities rely for both sustenance and livelihoods. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.