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Ethiopia – Heavy Rain Triggers Deadly Landslide in South
At least 10 people died in a landslide caused by heavy rainfall in southern Ethiopia. The landslide occurred early on 28 May in the Gamo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR). The landslide buried a two-story house killing at least...
LEARNING FROM THE COVID – 19 PANDEMIC TO SAVE LIVES AND HELP COMMUNITIES RECOVER
A deadly pandemic releasing distressing and gloomy pictures each day. By February 01, the COVID – 19 could still be regarded in Europe as a distant viral outbreak only circumscribed in China where it originated. Two weeks later, with the rising infections swiftly...
Lagos lockdown over coronavirus: ‘How will my children survive?’
As more than 25 million people are placed on a two-week lockdown in parts of Nigeria in a bid to curtail the spread of coronavirus, poor people in congested neighbourhoods are worried about how they will cope, writes the BBC's Nduka Orjinmo from the commercial capital...
Overview -Coronavirus (COVID-19)
COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It's caused by a virus called coronavirus. Symptoms of coronavirus The symptoms of coronavirus are: a cough a high temperature shortness of breath But these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the...
South Sudan hit by desert locust swarm as plague spreads.
Swarms of locusts ravaging crops and grazing land across East Africa have reached South Sudan, already reeling from widespread hunger and years of civil war, the country's agriculture minister has said. The locusts crossed into southern Magwi county, on the border...
Coronavirus: Are African countries ready?
Egypt has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus - heralding its entry into Africa, a continent with increasingly close ties to China where the virus originated. The World Health Organization (WHO) has already declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health...
Building the capacity in emergency planning and response for Lomé Container Terminal (LCT).
In the month of September last year, our organization ACDM provided a capacity building training for a team of 50 participants in the field of management of major emergency incidents targeting ports or threatening to bring ports’ core operations to a standstill. The...
How prepared is Africa for an outbreak of deadly coronavirus?
No confirmed case on the continent yet but fears grow the deadly disease will reach countries with weak health systems. Countries across Africa are ramping up measures to prevent an outbreak of a new coronavirus that has killed more than 250 in China and spread to...
Tanzania – Floods Leave 13 Dead, Thousands Displaced
According to a report from the Red Cross, at least 13 people have now died in flooding in Lindi region, Tanzania, that first began in late January. Furthermore, 5 people are missing, 1,746 houses have been completely destroyed and 1,074 latrines collapsed. Media,...
Rwanda – at Least 13 Killed in Floods and Landslides
The Ministry of Emergency Management in Rwanda reports that heavy rainfall has caused severe material damages and loss of life. Stormy weather from 02 to 03 February 2020 brought lightning strikes and heavy rain which triggered flooding and landslides in the capital,...