DISASTER MANAGEMENT - AFRICA DAILY

Decade after Fukushima, Japan's nuclear industry stalled

Mar 04, 2021 (AFP)

The government still hopes to revitalise the sector, in part to reduce the country's dependence on energy imports as well as help it meet a goal of carbon neutr...

Two Trump Pentagon officials blamed for poor reaction to Capitol attack

Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)

Witnesses told the hearing that a nearly three-and-a-half hour delay in deploying the national guard against the attack by Trump supporters was because deployme...

Covid, unrest: Iraqis tackle obstacles to host pope

Mar 02, 2021 (AFP)

"We're very happy about this historic visit -- but it does come at a pretty difficult time," confided an official from Iraq's presidency. Benedict XVI, who resi...

Assessing risks more accurately

Mar 02, 2021 (SPX)

These chain reactions can compound a disaster and quickly overwhelm victims and rescue workers. Information systems can help planners and emergency services to ...

UN rights chief hails US shift from Trump migration policies

Feb 26, 2021 (AFP)

In her annual global overview of the human rights situation around the world, Michelle Bachelet voiced deep concern over violations committed in a wide range of...

Biden tours Texas storm relief efforts

Feb 26, 2021 (AFP)

"Hell of an operation here. It's probably the best one in the country," Biden told staff at the Emergency Operations Center in Houston. "You're saving people's ...

DHS expects troops to assist with border enforcement for 3 to 5 more years

Feb 25, 2021 (UPI)

The GAO's report examines the military's role in security operations at the U.S.-Mexico border, which the Department of Defense has provided on and off for the ...

In gritty Paris suburb, virus sparks 'social tsunami'

Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)

Like towns all over the world, residents of Grigny, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) south of the French capital, are struggling after losing jobs in the pandemic...

Greek govt under fire as power outages persist

Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)

The state power distribution network operator said it was still working to restore power to some 3,500 households in several northern Athens suburbs. Some of th...

Quake-hit Christchurch regains its mojo, 10 years on

Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)

Trapped in a fifth-floor office after the 6.3-magnitude shake that would claim 185 lives in the South Island city, Cullen exited in dramatic style, dangling a f...

Senator's Mexico trip draws ire as Texas hit by winter storm

Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)

As political rivals called for his resignation, Cruz justified the flight by saying that his one-night stay in Cancun was to drop his children off before he fle...

New highly radioactive particles found in Fukushima

Feb 18, 2021 (SPX)

Particles containing radioactive cesium (134+137Cs) were released from the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) during the 2011...

Power outages, water shortages as Texas shivers

Feb 18, 2021 (AFP)

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a winter storm warning for a swathe of the country ranging from east Texas to the East Coast state of Maryland. The NW...

First bodies recovered from Indian flood disaster tunnel

Feb 14, 2021 (AFP)

Scores were killed in Uttarakhand state when the deluge -- thought to have been triggered by a chunk of glacier sliding down a mountainside or a glacial lake br...

Myanmar's conflict-scarred Rohingya on edge with return of generals

Feb 13, 2021 (AFP)

Much of the long-persecuted Muslim minority have spent years in cramped displacement camps, with no freedom of movement or access to healthcare, living in what ...

Coast Guard searches for 16 missing people off Florida coast

Feb 13, 2021 (UPI)

One boat capsized and one went missing this week, officials said. On Friday a man was rescued by a good Samaritan 23 miles off the coast of Fort Pierce, USCG So...

ITU to advance AI capabilities to contend with natural disasters

Feb 12, 2021 (SPX)

In close collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the ITU Focus Group on 'AI for natu...

In New York's Chinatown, pandemic and stigma dulls New Year cheer

Feb 12, 2021 (AFP)

No annual parade or large family gatherings greeted the Lunar New Year. Just relief at the passing of the Year of Rat and hope that the Year of the Ox will brin...

Humanitarian aid with uncrewed aircraft and artificial intelligence

Feb 12, 2021 (SPX)

With these demands in mind, researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) are developing and testing new artific...

'Very inconvenient': Chinese migrants torn over staying put for Lunar New Year

Feb 11, 2021 (AFP)

Normally, the festival period starts with the world's biggest annual human migration as hundreds of millions of China's workers undertake a pilgrimage back home...