Abuja’s Flood Crisis: Why Urban Expansion Without Planning Threatens Lives Across Africa

As rapid urbanization sweeps across Africa, Nigeria’s capital city—Abuja—finds itself confronting a recurring and deadly challenge: flooding. This week, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) issued a stern warning to residents of Lokogoma, a flood-prone area in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), to immediately stop building on waterways and drainage paths or risk demolition and […]