West Africa is reeling from severe flooding following heavy rain. Hundreds of people are known to have died. Worst affected is the tiny nation of Benin, where the receding waters are revealing the true extent of the damage. Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull has our exclusive report.
Instead of increased global militarism we should be marshaling the world to deal with our real coming crisis - climate change.
Yet, the role of global warming in events like this goes unmentioned in most corporate media outlets.
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