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afrol News, 24 August - Ministers from ten African countries met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on today to thrash out a common position on compensation for climate change being wrought on the continent.

The ministers who were meeting at the African Union headquarters were to agree on what demands to set on the table at the United Nations' climate-change summit in Copenhagen in December.

According to reports, they were expected to demand billions of dollars in compensation from developed nations and also demand stringent cuts in emissions.

Studies have shown that Africa is bearing the brunt of climate change despite the continent itself being responsible for only a fraction of worldwide emissions.

Africa is expected to be hit hard by rising sea levels, drought and floods if global warming is not checked, according studies.

Already campaigners are pointing to a long drought that is threatening millions with hunger in the Horn of Africa as evidence that climate changes is having a negative impact.

Next December's meeting in Copenhagen is part of a process aimed at negotiating a new climate change deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

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