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Nairobi, Sep 19 (IANS) The climate crisis that is devastating Africa's economies, ecosystems, and livelihoods could escalate in the light of rapid population growth, a think tank has found. As per a new study by the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) released on Wednesday, stabilising the continent's population could be key to taming the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, Xinhua news agency reported. The research team found that with its population growing at an annual rate of 2.5 per cent, sub-Saharan Africa appears vulnerable to the brunt of climatic shocks despite emitting less than…