DISASTER MANAGEMENT - AFRICA DAILY

UN envoy on migrants criticises 'blindness' of EU on Libya

Jul 04, 2019 (AFP)

'This is a tragic event' This is a tragic event which could have been avoided (as) we had passed on to all parties the GPS coordinates of all the detention camp...

Conditions in Syria's al-Hol camp 'apocalyptic': Red Cross

Jul 04, 2019 (AFP)

The International Committee of the Red Cross warned of the extreme difficulties facing those left behind after the last vestige of the Islamic State's self-proc...

Elites' preference for maize led to the collapse of the Maya civilization

Jul 04, 2019 (UPI)

To better understand the relationship between diet and the collapse of the Maya civilization, researchers analyzed the remains of 50 Maya people from burial sit...

Collapsed wall kills 22 in Mumbai monsoon chaos

Jul 02, 2019 (AFP)

Scores more were injured when the structure came down at nighttime in a slum, said Tanaji Kamble, a disaster management spokesman for Mumbai's local authority. ...

A dose of inner strength to survive and recover from potentially lethal health threats

Jun 28, 2019 (SPX)

DARPA has now selected five teams to develop a range of new medical interventions that temporarily and reversibly modulate the expression of protective genes to...

House panel approves bill to pay Coast Guard members during government shutdowns

Jun 28, 2019 (UPI)

The voice vote came on Wednesday as the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2019. The Coast Guard ...

Fallout particle offers insight into Fukushima nuclear accident

Jun 26, 2019 (UPI)

Researchers successfully isolated a sub-millimeter particle from an environmental sample collected near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Using the pow...

Seven people, including Chinese, charged over Cambodia building collapse

Jun 25, 2019 (AFP)

The collapse of a seven-storey, under-construction Chinese building in the resort town of Sihanoukville on Saturday is the deadliest industrial accident in rece...

Crumbling roads, grids cost poor nations billions due to storms: World Bank

Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)

The lender said power and water cuts and traffic disruptions caused by inclement weather and worsened by poor management and maintenance of bridges, roads and e...

Pence: U.S. Navy hospital ship to help displaced Venezuelans

Jun 18, 2019 (UPI)

The ship, departing Tuesday from Miami, has a five-month medical assistance mission with scheduled stops including Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecu...

Google pledges $1 bn for housing crisis in Bay Area

Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)

Chief executive Sundar Pichai announced the initiative, saying the internet colossus wants to be "a good neighbor" in the area bursting with technology companie...

Dogs trained to offer support to troubled US veterans

Jun 16, 2019 (AFP)

Harry Stolberg -- a 42-year-old former Marine who served in Bosnia, Liberia and Nigeria -- has a chocolate Labrador named Rocky who wakes him up from his troubl...

Rio's far-right governor would use 'a missile' against criminals

Jun 15, 2019 (AFP)

Witzel, who presided over a record number of police killings in the first three months of his term, said Friday that Rio residents were living in a "state of te...

'I'm no hero' says Chernobyl diver portrayed in hit TV series

Jun 14, 2019 (AFP)

Now living in a modest one-bedroom apartment on the outskirts of Kiev, Ananenko insisted that what he did was not heroic. "I never felt like a hero. I was doing...

War, depression, suicide: American veterans are finding help

Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)

Once home, he faced a new set of problems in his return to civilian life on New York's Long Island, including a suffocating sense of anxiety and difficulty bein...

Elephants take more direct paths through dangerous territory

Jun 13, 2019 (UPI)

A growing body of research suggests the threat of poachers has a significant effect on the behavior of elephants in Africa. Previous studies have shown elephant...

Colombian ex-Marxist guerrilla takes Congress oath

Jun 11, 2019 (AFP)

Jesus Santrich, 52, hailed it as "a new step in the fight and defense of peace for Colombia," in comments to reporters after taking the oath of office. He assum...

Hospital ship USNS Comfort sails Friday to help refugees from Venezuela

Jun 10, 2019 (UPI)

A Command statement noted that the ship will "provide medical assistance in support of regional partners and in response to the regional impacts of the Venezuel...

Chernobyl TV series reaps praise, criticism in Russia

Jun 07, 2019 (AFP)

Entitled simply "Chernobyl", the hard-hitting five-part HBO and Sky series received the thumbs-up from critics when it was broadcast in the United States and Br...

Collision sparks fresh debate over cruise ships in Venice

Jun 02, 2019 (AFP)

Footage posted to social media showed people on the harbour fleeing as the 13-deck MSC Opera, which suffered an engine failure, scraped along the dockside befor...