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At least 47 people have been killed and over 56,000 displaced by flooding triggered by recent heavy rains in Niger, ...
Public and private entities need to work together to plan for disasters and to implement measures to mitigate the effect of ...
The government of Cape Verde has declared a state of emergency after a tropical storm devastated parts of the African ...
The committee, chaired by Deputy President Paul Mashatile, meets once every two weeks to discuss and identify possible disasters.
National coordinator of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), Nigeria, Prof Michael Madukwe, has said intensifying climate threats, extreme ...
South Africa is considering a new kind of flood insurance for its high-risk cities, which could mean faster payouts when disasters happen.
Elegu is Uganda’s third-largest informal trade gateway. It is located about 500 metres south of the South Sudanese town of ...
For nine years, in Khar Yalla, authorities have effectively abandoned Senegalese families internally displaced from the Langue de Barbarie peninsula by coastal floods, violating their rights to an ...
Minister of Human Settlements Thembi Simelane, alongside KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Human Settlements and Transport Siboniso Duma ...
The eThekwini Municipality has set aside R120 million to repair and upgrade sewer networks and pump stations in Prospecton, ...
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has confirmed that over 113 new houses will be built within the next four months to ...