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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Record-breaking heat means ice cubes now cost more than bread and milk in parts of Mali.<\/p>\n

“I’ve come to buy ice because it’s very hot now,” says 15-year-old Fatouma Yattara as she visits her local vendor in the capital, Bamako.<\/p>\n

With no working fridge due to prolonged power cuts, she resorts to using ice cubes to preserve food and keep cool during a heatwave which has seen temperatures soar to 48C.<\/p>\n

It works to an extent, but price hikes are making life even harder. “In some places it’s 100 francs CFA ($0.20; \u00a30.16)” for a small bag, she says, “even 300, 500 – it’s too expensive.”<\/p>\n

This makes ice more expensive than bread – a standard baguette normally costs about 250 CFA.<\/p>\n

It is an even bigger struggle for Nana Konate\u0301 Traore\u0301, who is now forced to cook every day instead of a few times a week.<\/p>\n

“We often go a whole day without power,” she says, “so, the food goes bad, and you have to throw it away”.<\/p>\n

The problems began almost a year ago, with Mali’s state power company failing to match growing demand after accumulating hundreds of millions of dollars in debt in recent years.<\/p>\n

Many Malians do not have back-up generators as it is expensive to refuel them.<\/p>\n

No electricity means no fans at night, forcing many to sleep outside. And it is affecting people’s health.<\/p>\n

“We really suffer,” says Soumai\u0308la Mai\u0308ga, a young man from the Yirimadio district on the outskirts of Bamako.<\/p>\n

“At night it can reach 46C – it’s unbearable because I suffer from dizziness. I have to pour water on myself to cope.”<\/p>\n

Since March, temperatures have soared above 48C in parts of Mali, killing more than 100 people. Most vulnerable are the elderly and the very young.<\/p>\n

“We were seeing about 15 hospitalisations a day,” says Prof Yacouba Toloba, who works at the university hospital in Bamako.<\/p>\n

“Many patients are dehydrated – the main symptoms are coughs and bronchial congestion. Some also have respiratory distress,” he tells the BBC.<\/p>\n

Schools in some areas have closed as a precaution, and people in the Muslim-majority nation were advised not to fast during the Ramadan period which ended recently.<\/p>\n

“We need to plan more for these situations, which will perhaps come back. This time it took us by surprise,” adds Prof Toloba.<\/p>\n

The deadly heatwave is also affecting neighbouring countries such as Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Niger and Chad.<\/p>\n

Human-induced climate change is to blame for these extreme highs, according to scientists at World Weather Attribution (WWA).<\/p>\n

“Extreme 5-day maximum heat as rare as the observed event over Mali\/Burkina Faso would have been 1.5C cooler and 1.4C cooler over the larger Sahel region if humans had not warmed the planet by burning fossil fuels,” their latest report says.<\/p>\n

With temperatures expected to remain above 40C in Bamako over the next few weeks, people are trying to adapt to their new normal.<\/p>\n

As sun sets in the capital, Ms Konate\u0301 Traore\u0301 takes several large mats outside to her yard and lays them down.<\/p>\n

“We have to be outside all the time because of the heat. When it’s hot I get sick,” she says.<\/p>\n

“It’s not easy at all.”<\/p>\n

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