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Simultaneous Indian Ocean cyclones Luban and Titli in 2018 Photo: NOAA

Interview: How Climate Change is Bringing Deadly Cyclones to East Africa

Cyclones Idai and Kenneth are a taste of what's to come, warns Sudanese climate expert Abubakr Salih Babiker.

As the remnants of Cyclone Kenneth continue to hammer northern Mozambique with rain, people in the region are wondering if this is the new normal. And they're right to. Kenneth is the first hurricane-strength storm to hit the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado since record-keeping began and has already impacted hundreds of thousands of people fleeing damage from wind and flooding. But the true scope of its impact won't be known for a long while, as the rain is scheduled to fall through the week.

Kenneth comes on the heels of Cyclone Idai which hit central Mozambique just six weeks earlier, killing more than 600 people and devastating Beira—a city of half a million. To many, the scale of these storms is a clear indication of a global slide toward climate catastrophe—a situation where centuries of industrial-scale polluting by the global north comes back as devastation for people living near the equator.

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Watch Ilhan Omar on Stephen Colbert: 'I'm as American as Everyone Else Is'

The first-term American congresswomen from Minnesota talks about the xenophobic attacks against her

Many knew Ilhan Omar would face unique challenges as a new congresswoman on the national stage. Being a Black, Muslim woman in American politics is a lightning rod for right wing fury and having a progressive platform invites even more plutocratic ire. So the combined response was bound to be grotesque. But the latest baseless attempts by right wing media to try and make her look sympathetic to the 9/11 attackers feels like an increasingly desperate attempt to incite to violence.

In the midst of all this, she appeared on Stephen Colbert to talk politics. See the extended interview above and read some more of our coverage of the Somali-American congresswoman below.

READ: In Defense of the Black Boogeyman: What the disciplining of Ilhan Omar tells us about anti-semitism and black dissent in America

READ: The 'Ilhan Omar Effect': How a Somali-American Muslim Woman Candidate is Mobilizing Millennial Voters in Minnesota

READ: Ilhan Omar is One of OkayAfrica's "100 Women"

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Kofi Kingston Is the First African-Born Wrestler to Win a WWE Championship

Ghana's own has made history at WrestleMania 35 and people are admitting to crying.

Kenyans Are Furious at the New York Times for Posting Photos of Terrorist Victims

After the the deadly attack on Tuesday, many are accusing the American newspaper of having a double standard on which dead bodies they allow into the paper

Kenyans Rally Online As Nairobi Hit By Violent Attack

Kenyans are focused on a terrorist attack in Nairobi's upscale Westlands area that recalls the deadly 2013 Westgate Mall Siege

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South Africa Legalizes Marijuana—Smokers Rejoice​

The country's constitutional court announced today that dagga AKA ganja AKA weed AKA canibus can now be legally consumed in private places in South Africa.