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Ebola in DRC, one year on: UK calls on international community to step up The UK is calling on international partners to step up efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to stop the spread of the disease.
The UK is calling on other countries to provide more financial support and to work with the UN, the WHO and the government of the DRC to tackle Ebola in the region, one year after the outbreak began. The UK is at the forefront of responding to the outbreak and has so...
DR Congo health minister resigns in Ebola row
The health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resigned in protest at the handling of the Ebola outbreak in the east of the country. In his resignation letter, Oly Ilunga condemned a decision by President Félix Tshisekedi to replace him as the head of the...
Severe floods kill 5, leave crop damage and thousands homeless, Tanzania
Flooding in Tanzania has killed five people and forced about 2 500 to flee their homes after a week of torrential rain in the country's south. Paddy crops have been destroyed giving rise to fears that food shortages are imminent, local media report. Schools have...
Guinea – 5 Killed by Floods in Conakry
Flash flooding hit Conakry, the capital of Guinea, between 17 and 18 May, leaving at least 5 people dead after flood water caused a wall to collapse in Dabondy neighbourhood in the district of the city. Flash flooding hit Conakry, the capital of Guinea, between...
More than 500,000 at risk in drought-hit Namibia
Namibia is facing a "natural disaster" because of poor rains, President Hage Geingob says. He has declared a state of emergency - the second in three years - over the situation, mobilising all government agencies to respond to the drought. The lack of rain has already...
Deadly heat wave to worsen this week as recovery from Cyclone Fani continues
Areas recovering from destructive Cyclone Fani will have to endure dangerous temperatures this week as a heat wave builds across northern and eastern India. The heat already turned deadly with at least three deaths from sunstroke reported in Andhra Pradesh, according...
Flooding disaster unfolds in the wake of devastating Cyclone Kenneth
The number of known fatalities rose to 38 in Mozambique on Monday as areas slowly began to assess damage from Cyclone Kenneth. As feared by AccuWeather meteorologists, serious flooding has unfolded in recent days despite Kenneth rapidly losing wind intensity...
Mozambique cyclone: Death toll rises as storm blocks aid
The death toll in cyclone-hit northern Mozambique has risen to 38, officials say, as aid workers struggle to reach the worst-affected areas. Cyclone Kenneth struck the southern African nation last week with winds of 220km/h (140mph), flattening villages and damaging...
Mozambique braces for another cyclone
The National Institute of Meteorology of Mozambique (INAM) on Wednesday warned that Tropical Cyclone Kenneth will hit the north of the country and Tanzania by the end of the week. INAM said in a statement that Cyclone Kenneth has strengthened as it approached the...
Brewing tropical cyclone to threaten Mozambique, Tanzania later this week
A new tropical threat in the southern Indian Ocean may bring life-threatening weather to parts of Mozambique and Tanzania later this week. If this threat becomes the next organized tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean, it would be given the name Kenneth....