by admin (ACDM) | Aug 5, 2019 | News
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...
by admin (ACDM) | Jul 30, 2019 | News
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...
by admin (ACDM) | May 28, 2019 | News
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...
by admin (ACDM) | May 28, 2019 | News
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...
by admin (ACDM) | May 16, 2019 | News
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...
by admin (ACDM) | May 8, 2019 | News
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...
