Horn of Africa
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Spain doubles aid for Horn of Africa
afrol News, 19 November - The World Food Programme (WFP) has today received a boost for its emergency relief efforts feeding millions of hungry people in the Horn of Africa, with the announcement of a $112 million donation from Spain. Read more
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Africa
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Africa told to enhance actions to reduce disaster risk
afrol News, 23 October - Climate change will lead to ever greater numbers of people being uprooted in Africa, the top United Nations humanitarian official said yesterday, calling for enhanced and swift actions to reduce disaster risk and step up mitigation. Read more
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Indian Ocean nations to test tsunami warning system
afrol News, 6 October - Eighteen countries around the Indian Ocean Rim will participate in a United Nations-backed tsunami exercise on 14 October to coincide with World Disaster Reduction Day, the first time that the warning system set up following the devastating disaster that struck the region in 2004 will be tested. Read more
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» 23.09.2009 - UN steps up work in W/Africa and flashes urgent appeal for Ethiopia
» 21.09.2009 - Horn of Africa facing severe food insecurity, FAO
» 21.09.2009 - Rescuers abandon search for survivors
» 17.09.2009 - Toxic wastes caused deaths, illnesses in Côte d’Ivoire - UN expert
» 16.09.2009 - WHO warns of possible after floods health disaster in W/Africa
» 11.09.2009 - Search for bodies continues off Sierra Leone coast
» 11.09.2009 - Kenya preparing for impact of possible torrential rains
» 08.09.2009 - More people affected by West African floods
» 08.09.2009 - Diarrhoea threatens to wreaks havoc in Ethiopia
» 04.09.2009 - UN disaster team in Burkina Faso
» 02.09.2009 - East Africa forces hold 1st ever joint field training exercise
» 27.07.2009 - Madagascar’s humanitarian appeal revised down
» 23.07.2009 - Côte d'Ivoire fined $47,000 after stampede
» 21.07.2009 - Miners killed after a shaft collapse
» 20.07.2009 - Rare gorillas flee to DRC
» 15.07.2009 - Benin flood victims visited by ECOWAS
» 17.06.2009 - South Africa and Egypt lead the traffic accidents in Africa
» 02.06.2009 - Over 60 illegal miners die in abandoned SA shaft
» 27.05.2009 - Military chopper crashes near Somalia
» 18.05.2009 - Over 11 million people displaced in central and east Africa
» 08.05.2009 - DRC in the face of another volcanic eruption
» 30.04.2009 - SADC issues regional warning for travelers amidst swine flu outbreak
» 30.04.2009 - Climate change increases Zambia cholera numbers
» 07.04.2009 - AfDB approves $2 million for drought and floods relief
» 07.04.2009 - UN launches humanitarian aid appeal for Madagascar
» 02.04.2009 - Libya search called off
» 01.04.2009 - Libya says more than 230 could be dead
» 31.03.2009 - Operation to rescue mineworkers in Tanzania continues
» 31.03.2009 - 15 dead in Burkina Faso's canoe accident
» 30.03.2009 - Soccer stampede kills 22
» 24.03.2009 - Kenya deploys security officers to help fight wild fires
» 23.03.2009 - Wild fire forces animals to flee Kenya forest
» 09.03.2009 - Friday crash was an accident – Tsvangirai
» 09.03.2009 - Cargo plane plunges into Lake Victoria - 11 feared dead
» 27.02.2009 - 6 killed in a building collapse
» 20.02.2009 - Plane crash kills 5 in Egypt
» 19.02.2009 - Angola vaccinates animals as rabies takes toll
» 13.02.2009 - Southern Africa Cholera linked to Zimbabwe
» 11.02.2009 - UN launches fundraising campaign for Kenya famine
» 10.02.2009 - Zimbabwe receives $11 million in humanitarian aid
» 06.02.2009 - Children escape death in hospital
» 05.02.2009 - Six die in snow roof collapse
» 30.01.2009 - 13 bodies recovered after Wednesday supermarket blaze
» 27.01.2009 - Kenya scrapes maize import duties
» 26.01.2009 - Kenya govt dissolves cereal board
» 26.01.2009 - Thousands could face hunger in Liberia
» 26.01.2009 - 8 killed after heavy storms in Algeria
» 23.01.2009 - Uganda bans social gatherings as meningitis toll rises
» 21.01.2009 - Caterpillars invade Liberia's villages
» 20.01.2009 - What prayers would save the Zim situation?
» 19.01.2009 - $5 million boost for cholera fight in Zim
» 19.01.2009 - Helicopter crash kills 7 in Gabon
» 16.01.2009 - Kibaki appeals for $400 million in food aid
» 13.01.2009 - Landslide kills 6 in Algeria
» 09.01.2009 - Kenya under famine threat
» 22.12.2008 - Zim and DRC named in 'Top Ten' worst crises states
» 19.12.2008 - Mugabe torment citizens to tighten his grip on power
» 26.11.2008 - Explosion kills more than 20 in Ghana
» 26.11.2008 - Teething concoction kills 25 children in Nigeria
» 06.11.2008 - Morocco secures $100 million to combat effects of natural disasters
» 31.10.2008 - Six tourists killed in road accident
» 27.10.2008 - SA Mining giants warned of deteriorating safety
» 24.10.2008 - Another small plane crash in South Africa
» 22.10.2008 - Somali children given first priority in crisis food distribution
» 21.10.2008 - Six perish in SA aircrash
» 21.10.2008 - Thousands displaced by Kenya flash floods
» 17.10.2008 - South African gold mines resume operations
» 16.10.2008 - 15 million euro food aid for east Africa
» 16.10.2008 - South Africa shuts two of continent largest gold mines
» 14.10.2008 - Ethiopia makes global aid appeal
» 13.10.2008 - Confusing and competing figures could starve Ethiopians
» 10.10.2008 - Africa’s response to emergencies to be boosted
» 09.10.2008 - Major food appeal for Zimbabwe flighted
» 06.10.2008 - Togo schools open after flood delays
» 02.10.2008 - Algerian floods kill 29
» 02.10.2008 - 19 die in Tanzania disco stampede
» 29.09.2008 - Fuel tanker explosion kills 15 in Central African Republic
» 26.09.2008 - Senegal issues warrant for French judge
» 25.09.2008 - 21 Refugees feared drowned in eastern
» 23.09.2008 - US$460 million required to feed starving Ethiopians
» 23.09.2008 - Herbal concoction kills 13 in SA
» 23.09.2008 - UK announces £42 million for Horn of Africa
» 17.09.2008 - H5N1 strain confirmed in Togo
» 16.09.2008 - Football riots kill 13 in Congo
» 15.09.2008 - 12 die in Egypt's coach crash
» 12.09.2008 - Scores left homeless in Sierra Leon floods
» 09.09.2008 - Ethiopia food shortages alarming - UN
» 08.09.2008 - Cairo rock fall death toll up to 47
» 05.09.2008 - Scores die in Mozambican veld fires
» 05.09.2008 - DR Congo plane crash bodies found
» 04.09.2008 - Villagers attack UN convoy
» 04.09.2008 - Relief efforts increased in west Africa
» 04.09.2008 - 13 immigrants die aboard fishing boat off Canary Islands
» 03.09.2008 - SA wild fires death toll rises to 40
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