For Africa, the COP29 climate talks are expected to be a critical moment for the future of global climate action, and the so-called “Finance COP” will see the establishment of the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance. The breakaway region of Somaliland in East Africa holds general elections tomorrow. The government of Chad said Tuesday that hundreds of Boko Haram fighters are fleeing the country and crossing into Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, after clashes with Chadian forces over the weekend.