Kick-starting Chad’s development, the country consistently ranks among the bottom five of the United Nations Human Development Index — with poor life expectancy, education, and living standards A Sudanese journalist flees the country’s fighting with his pregnant wife, he tells us about their harrowing escape to Kenya. And, scientists say the recent worldwide heatwave attributed to climate change is the hottest on record — we’ll have a report. All this and much more coming up on today’s Africa 54.