The continent of Africa is facing a future in which climate change will kill more people than traditional causes such as malaria and HIV, according to a Ugandan environmental expert. Dr Rose Mwebaza warned Anglican bishops from Africa in Entebbe that lakes across the continent are shrinking and drying up, crops are failing, deforestation is leading to terrible flooding and, as a result, people are fighting and killing each other over resources. \u201cAfrica is facing several [environmental] challenges,\u201d\u009d said Dr Mwebaza, a senior legal advisor on environmental security at Nairobi\u2019s Institute of Security Studies. These include increased droughts and reduced availability of water; desertification – one factor in major flooding – and increased incidents of diseases in previously unaffected areas. \u201cLake Chad in 1973 covered several countries,\u201d\u009d she said. \u201cIt is reduced to a shadow of its former self. It is vanishing from the continent right in front of our eyes.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n