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SIPRI: Climate change hinders peacebuilding in Mali
Research group SIPRI has identified a link between climate change and extremism in the West African country. As the region reels from the sudden death of Western-backed strongman Idriss Deby, instability is rife.
Many Malians have been forced to flee their lands as climate change and insecurity take their toll
A new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has detailed how environmental changes, including limited land, freshwater and other natural resources, are at least partly driving the growth of extremist groups operating in Mali. The effects of climate change make peacebuilding more difficult, Farah Hegazi from SIPRI s Climate Change and Risk Program told DW. When climate change has a negative impact on agriculture, for instance, it means people s income goes down.
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Los Angeles is poised to pay nearly $1.6 million to settle three lawsuits involving alleged wrongdoing by the Los Angeles Police Department, including a $1.15-million payout over the shooting of a man from an LAPD helicopter.
The City Council voted 12-1 on Wednesday to approve the payouts, with Councilman Joe Buscaino casting the sole dissenting vote.
The LAPD and the Los Angeles city attorney’s office declined to comment on the settlements, which allow the city to resolve the claims without admitting liability.
The cases represent part of a larger phenomenon: Over roughly the past 5½ years, Los Angeles paid out more than $245 million to resolve legal claims involving the Police Department more than a third of the total amount of liability payouts for the city during that period, according to a Times analysis of city records.