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Ethiopia’s mega dam has taken 14 years to build: what it means for the Nile’s 11 river states and why it’s so controversial
In April 2011, Ethiopia began construction of Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on...
SADC to host the 31th Southern Africa Climate Outlook Forum, the 31st Climate Experts Meeting and the Multi-Hazard Early Warning System meetings
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Zambia and...
G20 Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction
The G20 DRR Working Group aims to integrate risk reduction measures into public and private sector...
Africa's climate crisis: 2021-2025 marks the deadliest period in 15 years
Africa is facing its deadliest climate crisis in over a decade, with the period between 2021...
West and Central Africa: 2025 Monitoring of the flooding situation - As of 1 July 2025
FLOODING SITUATION OVERVIEW In West and Central Africa, the effects of climate change encompass both slow-onset phenomena,...
Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries
Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious...
The silent killer: We need better risk governance to beat extreme heat | GP 2025
Extreme heat is no longer a seasonal inconvenience. It’s a systemic, cross-cutting threat, silently claiming lives,...
EFF calls for national state of disaster as Eastern Cape flooding claims 78 lives
The EFF has called on Cogta Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa to declare a national state of disaster...
The 8th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Heavy floods in DR Congo’s Kinshasa leave dozens dead, destroy homes
Heavy rains have triggered severe flooding from a key river in the Democratic Republic of the...
Botswana: Floods - Feb 2025
Since 16 February, Botswana has been experiencing widespread floods caused by heavy rainfall which resulted in...
Three people die in mudslides as severe flooding ravages KZN
Three people were buried alive by mudslides after two houses collapsed in KwaMakhutha, south of Durban,...
Southern and Eastern Africa: Cholera Situation Snapshot (As of February 2025)
OVERVIEW In 2024, Southern and Eastern African countries faced the deadliest cholera outbreak of the past decade with more...
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Ethiopia, monitoring agencies say
Feb 14 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Ethiopia on Friday, multiple earthquake monitoring...
Severe weather warning — heavy rain, flooding risk across Gauteng, North West, Free State
The South African Weather Service has issued an orange level 5 warning for heavy rainfall and...
SA’s food poisoning crisis …
The South African government declared a national disaster towards the end of 2024 in response to...
The U.S. and the WHO: An Imperfect but Essential Relationship
On the first day of his second term, President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United...
Ten crises to look out for in 2025
Every year, natural disasters and conflicts dominate the headlines around the world, but many equally devastating...Archives
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