by admin (ACDM) | Feb 19, 2020 | News
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...
by admin (ACDM) | Feb 19, 2020 | News
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...
by admin (ACDM) | Feb 11, 2020 | News
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...
by admin (ACDM) | Feb 4, 2020 | News
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...
by admin (ACDM) | Feb 4, 2020 | News
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,...
by admin (ACDM) | Feb 4, 2020 | News
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,...
