DISASTER MANAGEMENT - AFRICA DAILY

Is this the end of civilisation as we know it?

Apr 08, 2020 (AFP)

For many it has shown how fragile our civilisation is. The crisis has come as a new movement called "collapsology" -- which warns of the possible collapse of ou...

In Asia, bucking the global lockdown trend

Apr 08, 2020 (AFP)

At first glance Taiwan looks like an ideal candidate for the coronavirus. The island of 23 million lies just 180 kilometres (110 miles) off mainland China. Yet ...

Japan declares state of emergency over coronavirus

Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)

The government has come under mounting pressure to tackle an outbreak that remains small by global standards but has raised concerns among Japanese medical expe...

Air Force Reservists deploy to NYC to fight COVID-19 outbreak

Apr 06, 2020 (UPI)

Over 40 doctors, 70 nurses and 13 respiratory technicians left their home stations for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., outside New York City. After proc...

Ukraine denies radioactive spike from Chernobyl forest fire

Apr 06, 2020 (AFP)

Firefighters are still battling a blaze that broke out at the weekend in the wooded zone around the ruined Chernobyl reactor that exploded in 1986 in the world'...

Radiation spike as forest fire hits Chernobyl nuclear zone

Apr 05, 2020 (AFP)

"There is bad news -- radiation is above normal in the fire's centre," Yegor Firsov, head of Ukraine's state ecological inspection service, said on Facebook. Th...

Politics aside, US relies on China supplies to fight virus

Apr 03, 2020 (AFP)

China before the crisis produced nearly half of the face masks imported into the United States -- which in normal times cost less than a dollar but have disappe...

Climate disasters increase risks of armed conflicts: New evidence

Apr 03, 2020 (SPX)

"Climate disasters can fuel some smoldering conflicts - this is a worrying insight since such disasters are on the rise," says Jonathan Donges at the Potsdam In...

SLSCO receives $61.4M for border wall construction

Apr 03, 2020 (UPI)

This deal amends an earlier contract, awarded in April 2019, for work on the wall near Santa Teresa, N.M., or what the new contract announcement describes as th...

Hong Kongers embrace confined space workouts during pandemic

Apr 02, 2020 (AFP)

"Alright guys, we'll get started with just a 10 minute body workout that you can do at home in a small space," she says at the start of a video which will later...

Israeli military base churns out masks in virus battle

Apr 02, 2020 (AFP)

Tal Ashomer is where Israeli Merkava tanks, traditionally used to combat conventional forces of neighbouring Arab states, are manufactured. But as Israel battle...

Coronavirus worst crisis since WWII, UN boss says as deaths surge

Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)

The warning came as Donald Trump told Americans to brace for a "very painful" few weeks after the United States registered its deadliest 24 hours of the crisis....

Police site crashes as Kiwis turn into shutdown snitches

Mar 31, 2020 (SPX)

The South Pacific nation is in the midst of a four-week COVID-19 lockdown, with residents under orders to stay at home or remain at least two metres (6.5 feet) ...

French brotherhood braves pandemic to bury the destitute

Mar 31, 2020 (SPX)

Founded eight centuries ago during a plague outbreak that devastated this region of northern France, the charity is continuing its mission to give homeless peop...

Indigenous leaders issue plea for COVID pandemic protection

Mar 30, 2020 (AFP)

With billions confined to their homes as the world tries to slow its unprecedented spread, tribes in the Amazon and Chaco regions are urging governments to ensu...

Space missions support whole-of-government approach during COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 27, 2020 (AFNS)

"I'm confident we've taken the measures that we need to protect our capabilities," Raymond said during a news conference at the Pentagon. He emphasized that the...

Surviving quarantine: five tips from a Russian cosmonaut

Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)

But being quarantined can be "a good thing" and something "to enjoy," says veteran Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin. The 61-year-old, who has made five fligh...

Aussie troops to help enforce mandatory quarantine

Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)

With some two-thirds of Australia's 3,000 COVID-19 cases still linked to overseas travel, Scott Morrison said 14-day home quarantines would now be actively poli...

Belgium's homeless struggling under virus lockdown

Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)

In Brussels, local support group Samusocial is trying to help them and has set up a crisis centre for those tested positive with COVID-19. "Ah yes hold on, I fo...

North Macedonia joins NATO, adopts alliance's COVID-19 response tool

Mar 27, 2020 (UPI)

"North Macedonia is now part of the NATO family, a family of thirty nations and almost one billion people. A family based on the certainty that, no matter what ...