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Asia was the most disaster-affected region in 2023

Asia remains the world's most disaster-affected region in 2023 due to weather, climate, and water-related hazards. According to UN News, storms and floods have hit the hardest, a new report published by the World Meteorological Organisation revealed on Tuesday.

24 April, 2024

Oshiwambo

Efundja lakungululapo obus yali molweendo no va twaalelwa moKenya.

Efundja linene okwa lopotwa la kungululapo obesa omo mwali ova twaalelwa monooli yoshilongo Kenya. Olopota yoshikundaneki sho BBC nena oyati, o bus oya iwa nayo komeva pefimbo ya hangwa molweendo ya humbata ova twaalelwa vefike lunga po 50 ya hangwa yayuka koshilando pangelo Nairobi, oku dja moshitopolwa shonooli yoshilongo sha Wajir. Obus oya iwa nayo komeva pefimbo omushingi ali take ndabala oku tauluka odjila ili koshi yomeva. Ovanambelewa voku yandja […]

9 April, 2024

Environment

El Niño disasters: governments know what’s coming, but are unprepared – what must change

By Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Drought disasters in southern Africa are mainly attributed to a lack of preparedness, inadequate response and mitigation and poor risk reduction measures. With little to no preparation for drought disasters, such as the failure of the staple maize crop, the only option after the disaster hits is delayed relief action. Because of climate change, the El Niño-induced impacts […]

2 April, 2024

Africa

School’s out: how climate change is already badly affecting children’s education

The education of students in countries like Sudan is already being negatively affected by the extremes of climate change. Richard Juilliart/Shutterstock By Caitlin M Prentice, University of Oslo; Francis Vergunst, University of Oslo; Helen Louise Berry, Macquarie University, and Kelton Minor, Columbia University Schools across South Sudan have been ordered to close as a heat wave of 45°C sweeps across the country. In recent years, severe flooding has […]

22 March, 2024

Africa

Africa’s horticultural exports surge on

By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency An upsurge in demand for horticultural products across global markets, particularly in Europe, spurred a significant increase in agricultural export revenues for several African countries last year. Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz), reported via his blog that South Africa's agricultural exports surged to a record US$13.2 billion in 2023, a 3% increase from […]

12 March, 2024

Africa

East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during the short rainy season – new study

By David MacLeod, Cardiff University; Erik W. Kolstad, Uni Research; Katerina Michaelides, University of Bristol, and Michael Singer, Cardiff University East Africa has recently had an unprecedented series of failed rains. But some rainy seasons are bringing the opposite: huge amounts of rainfall. In the last few months of 2023, the rainy season known as the “short rains” was much wetter than normal. It brought severe flooding to […]

11 March, 2024

Africa

Heavy rains cause devastating floods in Dar es Salaam

Floods have damaged houses and roads and killed an unspecified number of people after heavy rains pounded Tanzania's commercial city of Dar es Salaam for two days. According to the BBC, many houses near rivers were seen collapsed and roads and bridges destroyed, making it difficult to navigate through the city. The Tanzania Meteorological Agency has warned of heavy rains for the rest of this month.

22 January, 2024

Environment

Why are floods in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal so devastating? Urban planning expert explains

By Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu, University of KwaZulu-Natal The devastation caused by the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa demonstrates again that the country is not moving fast enough to adopt appropriate urban planning. It should be integrating risk assessment and management in the design and development of cities. This is becoming more urgent as the frequency of floods increases. Most South African cities were built a long time ago, before […]

22 January, 2024

Oshiwambo

Omafundja geetitha eyonagulo mo Kwazul Natal

Aantu ya thika 11 oya hulitha sha landula omvula nomafundja mo Kwazul Natal mo South Africa mehulilo shiwike. O BBC oya lopota kutya oonkalo dhoombepo oombwinayi odheetitha wo eyonagulo enene,mwa kwatelwa okuyonagula omaliko nomakwatathano,okutetako olusheno,oku tululula aantu oyendji,omanga yalwe kwali ya kakatela momagumbo nomiiyenditho. Omalelo oga pata uundombe oundji wokuyoga omeya nominkulofuta mo Durban onga omikalo keelelo. Oshikondo shetengeneko lyonkalo yombepo osha tengeneke oomvula oondhigu moshiwike ashihe,unene metitatu nometine. […]

15 January, 2024