Southern Africa: Cyclone Favio - Feb 2007 Updates

KEY INFORMATION Mozambique is one of Africa’s most vulnerable countries to climate change. Mozambique ranks 154 out of 181 countries in the ND-GAIN index (2016) that measures vulnerability to climate...

The study found that, contrary to perceptions that southern Africa has a homogeneous and ‘low-risk’ profile, the region is exposed to a range of environmental and social pressures.

Download the whole document Web resolution version (17 MB - recommended) High resolution / for printers (130MB - slow download) Forwarded In this third annual Shelter Projects publication, containing...

As world leaders meet in Copenhagen, an example of how planning can reduce the impact of climate change When floods struck Mozambique two years ago, followed by a cyclone, over 100,000 people were...

Kampala, Uganda, 22 October 2009 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Colleagues, The AU Convention on Protection and Assistance for Internally Displaced Persons in Africa is a ground breaking...

I. INTRODUCTORY NOTE This Review of the Economic and Social Plan for 2007 is an evaluation of the implementation of the Five-Year Government Programme for 2005-2009, in its third year of execution...

By Charles Mangwiro MAPUTO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Around 350,000 people in Mozambique need food aid because of poor harvests, but the U.N. World Food Programme is running short of funds, a WFP official...

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 millions of volunteers are...

By Walter Kälin, Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and Co-Director, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal DisplacementChairperson, Excellencies, ...

This report covers the period of 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2007 of a two-year planning and appeal process. In brief Programme summary: Mozambique Red Cross (1) (CVM) prioritized response to emergencies in...

Beginning in December 2007, heavy rains in central Mozambique, compounded by severe rainfall in the neighboring countries of Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, led to flooding along the Zambezi River...

Essential Information: Total WFP Caseload: 471,000 ongoing relief (2007 floods, cyclone and drought recovery) *See note in Target populations/beneficiaries Total food distributed: 25,600 metric tons...

SG/SM/11383 IHA/1258 Vous trouverez ci-après le texte intégral des observations du Secrétaire général de l'ONU, M. Ban Ki-moon, à l'occasion de l'Appel humanitaire consolidé pour 2008, à Genève le 23...

SG/SM/11383 IHA/1258 Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks to the launch of the Consolidated Appeal in Geneva today, 23 January: It is a privilege to participate in the...

This year, three key developments have influenced WHO's emergency work: 1) the increasing demands from Member States to strengthen WHO's emergency response operations; 2) the implementation of the...

JOHANNESBURG, 4 January 2008 (IRIN) - As water levels continue to rise in Mozambique's main river systems, aid workers have expressed fears of a repeat of the 2007 flooding, the worst the country had...

Executive Summary The Annual Tropical Cyclone Report is prepared by the staff of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), a combined Air Force/Navy organization operating under the command of the...

Medair Serves the Most Vulnerable -- In the second part of this feature article, we examine the disasters and other crises that contribute to the vulnerability of our beneficiaries. Disasters In the...

This appeal seeks CHF 2,361,000 (USD 2,112,000 or EUR 1,431,000) to fund programmes to be implemented in 2008 and 2009. In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing...

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