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MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS Global assessments from the National Bureau for Risk and Catastrophe Management (BNGRC) after the Indlala and Jaya (2-4 April) cyclones report 89 people dead, 30 missing and 126...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier this week, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Andrew Passen issued a disaster declaration due to the impact of flooding in Zambia. As a result, the United States Government, through...

LUANDA, Apr 13, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The emergency phase in response to recent disasters in Mozambique such as flooding in the Zambezi valley, and cyclone Favio that hit the southern province...

Major Developments On 5-6 April, a ministerial meeting was held in Chimoio, the capital of Manica province, in order to concretize resettlement plans in the flood affected areas. Participants at the...

GLIDE no. FL-2006-000198-MOZ The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its...

Baltimore, April 12, 2007 - Lutheran World Relief (LWR) today announced it will be providing assistance to families affected by recent flooding in Zambia. This year's rainy season has been...

Slow to start seasonal rains are leading to dry conditions in much of eastern Kenya and adjacent regions where pastoral and marginal agricultural populations have not yet recovered from the severe...

By Anwulika Okafor NEW YORK, USA, 10 April 2007 - The island nation of Madagascar has seen more than its fair share of nature's destructive capacity recently. Since December it has been hit by six...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: TSUNAMI RESPONSE UMCOR partner Action by Churches Together continues to assess the situation in the Solomon Islands to determine the best way to provide immediate and long-term...

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS Intense tropical storm Jaya, which hit Madagascar on the northeastern coast on 3 April, left the country on 4 April after crossing the whole northern tip of Madagascar from east to...

JOHANNESBURG, 5 April 2007 (IRIN) - Following months of erratic weather local authorities and aid agencies warn they are stretched beyond capacity in Southern Africa, where unusually heavy rains, a...

Antananarivo/New York/Zurich, le 4 avril 2007 - A Madagascar, les catastrophes naturelles de ces derniers mois ont plongé 450'000 personnes dans une situation de détresse qui constitue une menace...

An 8.0-magnitude undersea earthquake followed by a deadly tsunami sent huge waves crashing down on the coastline of the western Solomon Islands in the remove Pacific Region. Thousands have been left...

Remnants of Cyclone Jaya will bring locally heavy rainfall to areas of Madagascar and northern coastal Mozambique during the next week. Though portions of The Horn are experiencing slow to start...

JOHANNESBURG, 4 April 2007 (IRIN) - Water levels are still keeping thousands in camps after flooding in Namibia's northern Caprivi region in early March, and aid agencies warn it could take months...

(Johannesburg, 4 April 2007): Cyclones and flooding continue to batter numerous countries in southern Africa, threatening the lives of over a million vulnerable people. Although regional capacity for...

by Eleuterio Fenita & Lucia Rodrigues - World Vision Mozambique Communications The flooding emergency in Mozambique has been upgraded to a Category II Emergency. Severe flooding has left at least 29...

UNICEF URGENTLY NEEDS US$ 3.8 MILLION TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN - 450,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance after five major cyclones - A sixth cyclone, expected on 3 April,...

(New York: 3 April 2007): From getting food, clothing and shelter to flood survivors in Southern Africa and South America, to ensuring security for ongoing operations in Sri Lanka and Somalia, to...

By Tapiwa Gomo, Caprivi Strip Almost three weeks after the mighty Zambezi River displaced over 15 000 in the Caprivi region, there are calls to urgently address the water and sanitation situation to...