Igiri Innocent: A Country in North Africa facing severe dust storms

Igiri Innocent:  A Country in North Africa facing severe dust storms

Sudan a country in Africa, which is home to over 40 million people could become an uninhabitable desert in the next 100 years.

The North African country is facing desertification and severe dust storms.

A report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs found that the poor quality of farmland and lack of access to water has already seen over  1.9 million people facing reduced agricultural and livestock production. And a whopping 3.2 million are found to be facing water shortages.

Sudan's Minister of Environment Hassan Abdel Gadir Hilal in the country's adaptation plan wrote "Climate change is not merely an environmental issue that is defined by precipitation and temperature changes; it represents a serious sustainable development problem that affects everyone in our country,"

Kordofan is home to about Thirty million people; the region is vulnerable to erosion and drought.

Already, a total of 4.6 million people in Sudan are currently facing food insecurity. And that's just very little to what will happen if the effects of climate change continue to ravage the region.

Climate scientist Jos Lelieveld told CNN that "North Africa in general is hot and is strongly increasing in temperature, at some point, part of North Africa region will become uninhabitable,"

Sudan ranks at 98 out of 113 countries on The Economist's Global Food Security Index.

Sudan Academy of Sciences Journal reported that the region's temperature is expected to rise by as much as three degrees Celsius by 2060. According to that report, two thirds of Sudan's population live in rural areas, which are likely to be the hardest hit by any temperature increases.