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Rains Bring Relief as Water Again Flows Through Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls

Columbus Mavhunga

   VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - After a long and unsettling dry spell, the
   water at Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls is flowing again, fed by rains
   upstream in Angola and Namibia. But experts say global warming is
   having a huge impact across Africa, and the continent needs to take
   immediate action to help reverse the trend.

   Nkosilathi Nyathi, a 17-year-old environmental activist from the resort
   town of Victoria Falls, says he will not rest until world leaders unite
   to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases that are causing global
   warming.

   "It's now time to act," he said. "Use renewable energy and mitigate
   against climate change. Fifty years from now, what will be my
   environment if I do not mitigate today? It's now time to act. To the
   world leaders I say: It's now time to act. Include the youths in your
   policymaking because those are the people on the ground, the people who
   are feeling effects of climate change."

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