Around 50 Senegalese women activists took to the streets of Dakar to demand climate justice for developing countries. The march took place ahead of the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29).

The women marched through the historic Medina district carrying banners and signs calling for the protection of Senegal’s resources and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

 “We have been marching for four years now and nothing has changed. They [developed countries] spend billions on their conferences, but they owe us billions in compensation <…> we have seen a lot of flooding this year,” the agency quotes former tourist guide Sheikh Niang Faye as saying.

Campaigners say countries responsible for massive greenhouse gas emissions owe Africa for the suffering caused by the impacts of climate change and the failure to comply with the Paris climate agreement.