This article focuses on some recent changes observed in the Tropics with special emphasis on the African monsoon region using high‐resolution gridded precipitation from the Climatic Research Unit (period 1979–2002), outgoing longwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and atmospheric reanalyses from the Climate Prediction Center (NCEP‐DOE2, period 1979–2007). The res...