São Tomé president: ‘The world has forgotten about the climate

São Tomé president: ‘The world has forgotten about the climate crisis’

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São Tomé ‘s President Carlos Vila Nova says six months on from Glasgow's COP26 - hailed as the biggest climate change conference on the planet - the world has forgotten about the climate crisis. Civil society groups in Zambia urge the world’s largest fund manager, BlackRock, to ease the country’s debt repayments. And we discuss Africa’s divided response to the Ukraine war.

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