and nigerians celebrated visual arts as general joulwan and the captains on his canvases. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along. today will be this hour in new york for a summit on the climate crisis leaders from 8 african countries which includes nigeria congo and ethiopia are among the dozens that have been specially invited to talk about what concrete steps they're taking to them it's global warming now you may know this africa isn't a big source of all the greenhouse gases that cause global warming but according to the united nations it's the most vulnerable to the impacts off global warming and they screamed with events such as flooding and drought that come with climate change. we'll talk about how africa as a continent is tackling the climate crisis in just a moment but 1st let's visit one region that's been particularly hit by a lack of rain in ethiopia the so madi region in the country's ways has been experiencing the destructive effects of climate extremes with several years of growing drops. it's been almost 6 months sinc