DISASTER MANAGEMENT - AFRICA DAILY

Pentagon authorizes $1 bn for Trump's border wall

Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)

The Department of Homeland Security asked the Pentagon to build 57 miles (92 kilometers) of 18-foot (5.5-meter) fencing, construct and improve roads, and instal...

Japan to lift evacuation order in town hosting Fukushima plant

Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)

The government plans to lift the order for part of Okuma town on April 10, cabinet office official Yohei Ogino told AFP. It will be the first time the governmen...

Saudi sisters free after six months stranded in Hong Kong

Mar 25, 2019 (AFP)

The siblings -- the latest example of Saudi women escaping the ultra-conservative kingdom only to find themselves stranded in foreign cities -- said they were "...

Parkland, Sandy Hook suicides put focus on mental health, grief

Mar 25, 2019 (AFP)

As Parkland was mourning, the authorities said the father of a child killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, had ap...

China chemical blast toll reaches 78 as inspections ordered

Mar 25, 2019 (AFP)

Thursday's explosion in Yancheng city, eastern Jiangsu province razed an industrial park and blew out the windows of surrounding homes. The State Council, China...

China factory blast death toll jumps to 64, man rescued after 40 hours

Mar 23, 2019 (AFP)

Thursday's explosion in the eastern city of Yancheng injured hundreds and flattened an industrial park. The local fire brigade pulled a man in his 40s from the ...

Iraq PM asks MPs to fire governor over deadly ferry capsize

Mar 23, 2019 (AFP)

Most of those killed in Thursday's sinking on the Tigris River were women and children headed out of Iraq's second city Mosul for a Mother's Day picnic on the K...

Anger, grief sweep Iraq's Mosul as ferry disaster toll hits 100

Mar 22, 2019 (AFP)

Residents of Iraq's second city, scarred by years of jihadist rule, demanded justice as Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi decreed three days of national mourning ...

China probes factory blast as death toll rises to 47

Mar 22, 2019 (AFP)

Thursday's explosion in the eastern city of Yancheng, Jiangsu province was one of the worst industrial disasters to hit China, with Xi acknowledging that the co...

Dozens dead as Tigris ferry on spring holiday trip sinks in Iraq

Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)

There was an outpouring of grief among residents who only this year resumed the annual festivities on the banks of the Tigris after the northern city's recaptur...

Death toll in China chemical plant blast rises to 12

Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)

The blaze "has been controlled" by firefighters hours after Thursday's blast left an industrial park burning into the night in Yancheng in Jiangsu province, acc...

French plan for army backup in 'yellow vest' protests draws fire

Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)

Under pressure to prevent a repeat of last weekend's rioting and looting on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, the government on Wednesday announced plans to redeploy...

Marines commandant protests US border deployments, wall

Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)

In memos addressed to acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan and Navy secretary Richard Spencer, General Robert Neller wrote that he had been forced to cancel o...

Dozens dead as ferry sinks in north Iraq

Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)

There was an outpouring of grief among residents who only recently resumed festivities on the banks of the Tigris after the northern city's recapture from the I...

French soldiers on duty for next 'yellow vest' protest

Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)

It was announced separately that Prime Minister Edouard Philippe had decided to put off a planned overseas trip to French Guiana at the weekend to be on hand at...

Italy's Senate blocks Salvini migrant trial

Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)

Senators voted 237 to 61 in favour of the immunity commission's recommendation that Salvini, who heads the anti-immigrant League party, should not face trial. T...

Senators ask US to sanction Myanmar army chief

Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)

In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the four senators said Myanmar has shown "no credible signs of progress" de...

Landslide in northern China kills 10

Mar 17, 2019 (AFP)

Seven people were found dead at the scene and another three died in hospital, according to official news agency Xinhua. The landslide occurred Friday in norther...

Venezuela's hidden damage: mental stress as desperation grows

Mar 16, 2019 (AFP)

A nationwide blackout, unprecedented in scale and length, only worsened the psychological descent for Venezuelans as they watched cash machines and water pipes ...

Court rules gunmaker Remington can be sued over US massacre

Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)

The attack just before Christmas left 20 school children and six staffers dead. The 4-3 ruling by the state court raised hopes among the victims' families of pu...