Natural disaster

Nigeria oil giant Shell taken to Court

Nigeria oil giant Shell taken to Court

Nigerian oil giant shell has been taken in a Dutch court to face charges of destroying livelihoods in Nigerian villages in the Niger Delta...
African countries faced with food Insecurity

African countries faced with food Insecurity

According to analysis published on Wednesday three-quarters of African countries and other Arab nations are at an extreme risk of a food crisis. On a...
Burundi: Lightning and torrential rains kill several children

Burundi: Lightning and torrential rains kill several children

Several school going children have been killed after lightning struck the provinces of Karuzi and Bubanza in Burundi. Torrential rains and lightning incidents have...
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia brace for more floods

Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia brace for more floods

Flood alerts have been issued across the Southern Africa region as heavy rains continue to pound the region. The rains have claimed more than...
Haiti’s invincible progress a year after disaster

Haiti’s invincible progress a year after disaster

In the year since a powerful earthquake struck Haiti, an unprecedented international effort has mobilized to bring relief to the country while confronting obstacles...
The Deepwater Horizon Spill and its aftermath

The Deepwater Horizon Spill and its aftermath

A seemingly endless flow of oil from under the sea is ominously approaching the American coastlines from Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana to Pensacola, Florida --...
South Africa rocked by series of earthquakes

South Africa rocked by series of earthquakes

Four earthquakes hit South Africa on Thursday but no huge damages were recorded, the country’s seismology unit has said. Areas affected include Gauteng, the North...
Uganda: Landslide hit schools relocated to market-place

Uganda: Landslide hit schools relocated to market-place

Over 1000 students who had stopped going to school, due to deadly landslides that hit three eastern Uganda villages, have today resumed classes in a market...
Madagascar: Death toll rises after tropical cyclone

Madagascar: Death toll rises after tropical cyclone

Tropical cyclone Hubert, which struck Madagascar last week, killed at least 36 and injured more than 85 000 people according to latest estimates. The...
Half a million Ugandans at risk of landslides

Half a million Ugandans at risk of landslides

500,000 people in Uganda are at a risk of being hit by landslides and floods, the government has said today. "So far 300,000 people in...
Uganda: 60 school children feared dead

Uganda: 60 school children feared dead

Some 60 school children in Uganda are feared to be among those who perished in a landslide accident which occurred on Monday night in...
Caribbean: Honing tsunami warning system

Caribbean: Honing tsunami warning system

Frequent Caribbean earthquakes and concern about tsunamis prompted the island nations, the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and neighbors, including the United States, to...
Africans reach out in solidarity with Haiti

Africans reach out in solidarity with Haiti

In the broad international mobilization to help the stricken people of Haiti, Africa is not lagging behind. Government officials, religious leaders, students, artists and...
Haiti: SOS via SMS

Haiti: SOS via SMS

Another earthquake shook Haiti Wednesday morning after the disastrous January 12 earthquake that has left at least 75 000 people dead. This comes in...
Haiti: Congo joins Senegal in rare poor-help-poor diplomacy

Haiti: Congo joins Senegal in rare poor-help-poor diplomacy

A row has ensued over the kind gesture of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the victims of Haiti’s earthquake devastation. While many...
Tools to better understand earthquakes

Tools to better understand earthquakes

Today, only the generosity of nations can help the tragic victims of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 12. But...
Haiti: United States to meet UN request for assistance

Haiti: United States to meet UN request for assistance

A sum of $562 million is required to help over three million desolate Haitians survive for the next six months, the United Nations humanitarian...
East African crisis: Cold feet from the West and an unrelenting weather

East African crisis: Cold feet from the West and an unrelenting weather

Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti ... East Africa is currently experiencing a severe drought that is threatening, according to the UN...
Ghana and West Africa to brace for mega drought

Ghana and West Africa to brace for mega drought

Results of studies carried out on Lake Bosumtwi in southern Ghana are far from comforting. The West African nation has been advised to...
Namibia and Zambia get disaster warnings

Namibia and Zambia get disaster warnings

As the water level in the upper Zambezi River continues to climb past its highest levels ever, destroying crops and road networks, disaster officials...
Mozambique: Many killed as rains threaten population

Mozambique: Many killed as rains threaten population

Mozambique has witnessed a season's amount of rain in a week which has caused flooding, killed 26 people and left thousands of others homeless....
Mudslides surprise Kenyans killing several

Mudslides surprise Kenyans killing several

No fewer than 14 people died in massive landslides in West Pokot District of western Kenya as rains pounded central and western parts of...
Several killed and hundreds buried in Cairo rockslide

Several killed and hundreds buried in Cairo rockslide

Families on the outskirts of Cairo were in tears on Saturday after massive rocks from the towering Muqattam hills fell upon their homes, leaving...
Ethiopian Farmers cooking farm seeds out of hunger

Ethiopian Farmers cooking farm seeds out of hunger

Martne Harja had prepared her three-quarter hectare piece of land at Galcha Seke village in Wolayita zone of Ethiopia’s Southern Region for the planting...
City sinks as gov’t officials fight

City sinks as gov’t officials fight

Hundreds of damaged homes as well as businesses including hotels and farm lands is the unfortunate scene in Cotonou, the capital of the west...
Ethiopian crisis : United Nations and African Union join forces

Ethiopian crisis : United Nations and African Union join forces

A three-day visit to Ethiopia by a top United Nations humanitarian official has begun. The official is scheduled to hold talks with the Ethiopian...
West African coasts and coastal cities slowly submerging

West African coasts and coastal cities slowly submerging

Swathes of West Africa’s coastline extending from the orange dunes in Mauritania to the dense tropical forests in Cameroon will be underwater by the...
East African drought to continue or not : Researchers expose findings

East African drought to continue or not : Researchers expose findings

A study co-funded by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has linked less eastern and southern African rainfall wit h a warming...
Liberia under water

Liberia under water

Intense and heavy rainfall in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 20 July caused the worst floods on record in Monrovia and forced nearly 1,000...
Nigerian specialists find solution to climate change

Nigerian specialists find solution to climate change

Agriculture and environmental experts from across Nigeria at a seminar have outlined major ways by which countries can mitigate the effect of global climate...