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As world leaders participate in a global summit aimed at reducing climate change on World Earth Day, Ugandan plastic pollution activist Nirere Sadrach tells Focus on Africa about what he鈥檇 like them to agree on. Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly affected by climate change, even though the region is one of the lowest contributors to its causes.

Plus, Ethiopia鈥檚 state-run human rights commission says local government officials had to flee Sedal in the western state of Benishangul-Gumuz, and that an armed group is now in near total control of the area.

And we hear from Adulphina Imuede, one of a new generation of visual artists in Nigeria who are using social media platforms to promote their work.

(Photo: A sewer clogged with plastic waste in Kireka, Uganda; Credit: Getty Images)