DISASTER MANAGEMENT - AFRICA DAILY

Victims lament real-world violence fueled by social media

Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)

The events turned violent when an extreme right militia group called the Kenosha Guard called on Facebook followers to "protect" the city, and a 17-year-old mem...

Lake ice destabilized by climate change linked to increase in youth drownings

Nov 18, 2020 (UPI)

For the study, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One, researchers compared temperature and precipitation patterns with the timing of 4,000 drownings in 10...

Climate change bigger threat than Covid: Red Cross

Nov 17, 2020 (AFP)

Even as the pandemic rages, climate change is not taking a break from wreaking havoc, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (IFRC...

NORAD to track Santa on Christmas with smaller crew due to COVID-19

Nov 16, 2020 (UPI)

The "NORAD Tracks Santa" program that traditionally follows a simulated track of Santa Clause from the North Pole around the world on Christmas Eve will happen ...

Winter rains in Beirut finish off blast-ravaged homes

Nov 08, 2020 (AFP)

The abandoned home with its popular ground-floor ice cream shop had been severely damaged in the colossal August 4 explosion at the nearby Beirut port. Now, hea...

Delhi battling dual crises of pollution and coronavirus

Nov 05, 2020 (AFP)

With fears growing about rising infections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also banned firecrackers from being used this month during Diwali, the biggest festiv...

Turkey ends quake rescue mission

Nov 04, 2020 (AFP)

The 7.0-magnitude quake struck on Friday off the Turkish town of Seferihisar, becoming the deadliest disaster in Turkey in nearly 10 years. The Turkish disaster...

Young girl rescued 91 hours after Turkey quake

Nov 03, 2020 (AFP)

Rescuers and families have been riding waves of emotion, from profound grief to elated relief, depending on whether bodies or survivors were extracted from the ...

'Miracle' girl rescued 91 hours after Turkey quake

Nov 03, 2020 (AFP)

But only hours after Ayda Gezgin was miraculously recovered in the hard-hit town of Bayrakli, rescuers found the body of her mother Fidan, 38, in the same room ...

UN chief deplores persistent lack of women in peace efforts

Oct 29, 2020 (AFP)

Guterres said there had been "important changes" since the 2000 adoption of Resolution 1325, which had encouraged all stakeholders to prioritize the role and in...

International Charter for disasters 20 years on

Oct 23, 2020 (ESA)

When disaster strikes, clear timely information is of the essence to saving lives and property. Providing images from space, satellites can be vital for those r...

DLR robotic vehicles will support deliveries in difficult areas for the World Food Program

Oct 22, 2020 (SPX)

Robot-controlled vehicles are to be used on routes that pose a great risk to human drivers, such as the impassable and flood-prone areas of South Sudan. They wi...

Landslide kills 11 miners in Indonesia

Oct 22, 2020 (AFP)

The victims were about 20 metres (65 feet) underground at an unlicensed coal mine near a village in South Sumatra province when the accident happened on Wednesd...

11 soldiers dead, 11 missing in Vietnam after second big landslide in days

Oct 18, 2020 (AFP)

Heavy rain has pounded the region for more than a week and at least 64 people have been killed in floods and landslides, according to Vietnam's disaster managem...

5 soldiers dead, 17 missing in Vietnam after second big landslide in days

Oct 18, 2020 (AFP)

Heavy rain has pounded the region for more than a week and at least 64 people have been killed in floods and landslides, according to Vietnam's disaster managem...

Cyber warriors sound warning on working from home

Oct 14, 2020 (AFP)

The Baltic state of Estonia hosts two cyber facilities for the Western military alliance -- set up following a series of cyber attacks from neighbour Russia mor...

G20 to extend debt relief for poor countries by six months

Oct 14, 2020 (AFP)

The 20 most industrialised nations had pledged in April to suspend debt service from the world's most vulnerable countries through the end of the year as they f...

Climate change spurs doubling of disasters since 2000: UN

Oct 12, 2020 (AFP)

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said 7,348 major disaster events had occurred between 2000 and 2019, claiming 1.23 lives, affecting 4.2 billion people...

God's work, or man's? Storm-battered Louisianans are unsure

Oct 11, 2020 (AFP)

But he still does not believe in climate change. "I'm on the other side. I'm with Trump," the 58-year-old carpenter said only hours after Delta had rumbled dest...

Peace and ending hunger 'go hand in hand', WFP says after Nobel win

Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)

"This is a powerful reminder to the world that peace and #ZeroHunger go hand-in-hand," the Rome-based WFP said on Twitter. Spokesman Tomson Phiri, who had been ...