{
  "id": 9570878,
  "title": "Nigeria faces world’s highest heat death toll as El Nino bears down on Sahel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/nigeria-faces-worlds-highest-heat-death-toll-as-el-nino-bears-down-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T14:45:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260924-nigeria-faces-world-s-highest-heat-toll-as-el-nino-bears-down-on-sahel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Extreme heat generated by this year's El Nino is projected to cause up to 67,000 additional deaths across the Sahel over the next six months, with Nigeria facing the highest death toll of any country in the world.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}