African Development Bank to invest billions for securing African economies

The Vice President of the African Development Bank says the institution is mobilising 25 billion dollars to help African economies adapt to the effects of climate change.

Also in the programme: Authorities in Ethiopia's Amhara region say more than 4500 individuals have been arrested; An elephant summit kicks off in Zimbabwe; An Eswatini writer won for the first time the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa.

(The President of the AfDB speaks at the African Development Banks Annual meeting in Accra, Ghana. Credit: NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)