Senegal, Cape Verde breathed unsafe air for more than 120 days in 2025 – AfriCAN 2026 Report

The West Africa Centre for Clean Air (WACCA), hosted at KNUST in Kumasi, was established to strengthen regional capacity to tackle air pollution.

For more than four months in 2025, parts of West Africa were breathing air that failed the World Health Organization's daily safety guideline.

West Africa is dealing with both seasonal dust and pollution from everyday activities such as traffic, cooking, waste burning and other sources.