DISASTER/EMERGENCY

Flooding in Mozambique has isolated the town of Mabote in the southern province of Inhambane, with the Mapinhane-Mabote road, the only land connection to the rest of the province, cut off. Provincial roads official Dady Mendes explained that heavy rains...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said multiple inter-linked challenges are confronting the world with Africa facing major challenges. "I recently addressed the UN General Assembly on the multiple, inter-linked challenges confronting our world - greater than any in...

The South African government has declared a national state of disaster to enable an intensive and coordinated response to the impact of floods in the country. Floods are affecting seven of the country’s nine provinces. The National Disaster Management Centre has...

A municipality in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province has suspended schooling and health services amid heavy floods. The floods have damaged roads and homes, leaving many families in Nkomazi Municipality displaced. It comes as the number of people missing and those believed...

In Mozambique the authorities are still dealing with the effects of the heavy rains that caused floods in the province of Maputo this week. Local sources reported that at least 2,400 families have been affected. The floods affected the Matola neighbourhood and the Boane district near the capital, Maputo. "Our houses are full of water,...

Three people have been confirmed dead after a Nigerien military helicopter crashed on return from a routine training flight.  The country's defence ministry said the helicopter crashed while landing at an airport in the capital Niamey on Monday, December 26, killing three people...

At least 120 people are dead after heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the government. The rainfall caused major flooding and landslides on Tuesday night in parts of Kinshasa, a metropolis of...

By Ankeli Emmanuel, (BAUCHI) The Federal Government of Nigeria has said no fewer than 612 people have been killed while approximately 2,776 others have been injured in various flood incidents across the country in 2022. Speaking at a press conference on...

The Ijaw National Congress (INC), on Tuesday donated relief materials to flood victims in Bayelsa and Delta states, South-South Nigeria, in support of efforts by the governments of both states to reduce the suffering of displaced persons. The items distributed...

More cases of snakebites have been reported across the country as humans and the reptiles clash in dry lands while scurrying away from devastating floods. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited areas prone to snakebites and...