Why The Media Attention On Wildfires In The Amazon When Africa Has Five Times More Wildfires Right Now

This NASA image shows fires raging just as strongly in sub-Saharan Africa as in the Amazon rainforest in South America, where the fires have attracted global attention

Al Jazeera: More fires burning in Angola and Congo than in the Amazon: Maps

Brazil is the third worst-affected region by recent wildfires after two countries in Central Africa.

Blazes burning in the Amazon have put heat on the environmental policies of President Jair Bolsonaro, but Brazil is actually third in the world in wildfires over the last 48 hours, according to MODIS satellite data analyzed by Weather Source.

Weather Source has recorded 6,902 fires in Angola over

the past 48 hours, compared to 3,395 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 2,127 in Brazil. It’s not an uncommon phenomenon for Central Africa.

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More News On The Wildfires In Africa

Amazon fires: Angola and DR Congo 'have more blazes' -- BBC
'The forest is also burning in Africa': President Macron pledges to help fight infernos blazing across hundreds of miles from Angola to Madagascar after world's leaders vowed to tackle blazes in the Amazon -- Daily Mail
African forest fires in spotlight after Amazon outcry -- AFP
Climate crisis: More fires burning across central Africa than Amazon as global deforestation rates approach record high -- The Independent
NASA Images Show Africa Has Five Times More Wildfires Burning Than The Amazon—Here's Why They're Different -- Newsweek

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