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Roughly a month’s worth of rain in a night destroys homes in Bujumbura

Roughly a month’s worth of rain in a night destroys homes in Bujumbura

At least six people have died in Burundi in a night of torrential rain and flooding that triggered landslides and caused widespread damage. Gaston Sindimwo, the African nation’s vice president, said “torrential rains and strong winds struck several provinces last night. In the northwestern town of Mabayi, a landslide smothered several houses, and rescuers found five […]

Flooding, Mudslides Strike Peru, Leaving 72 Dead and Thousands Without Homes

Flooding, Mudslides Strike Peru, Leaving 72 Dead and Thousands Without Homes

Intense rains have led to flooding and mudslides in northern Peru this week, leaving thousands homeless and dozens of residents dead. According to the Associated Press, at least 72 people lost their lives and thousands are now homeless after a series of storms wreaked havoc on the South American nation. At least 115,000 homes have been […]

Floods, Lightning Claim 78 Lives in Zimbabwe – Minister Saviour Kasukuwere

Floods, Lightning Claim 78 Lives in Zimbabwe – Minister Saviour Kasukuwere

Although the country is looking forward to a bumper harvest this year, nearly 80 lives have been lost lightning and drowning in floods, Local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has revealed. Kasukuwere was responding to a question by Gweru urban legislator Sessel Zvidzai who wanted to know why families of 12 people who lost their lives […]

South Darfur Displaced Lose Homes After Heavy Rain

South Darfur Displaced Lose Homes After Heavy Rain

A downpour has destroyed more than 100 houses in a camp for the displaced near Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, on Sunday. El Salam camp Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabeldiya said that the rains were accompanied by severe winds that lasted for more than four hours. The storm has destroyed houses and left the affected […]

Ghana Residents Not Happy As army Destroys Their Homes

Ghana Residents Not Happy As army Destroys Their Homes

Bulldozers razed hundreds of homes and businesses in the poor Sodom and Gomorrah neighborhood of Ghana’s capital on Saturday so the authorities can start widening a lagoon to prevent a repeat of this month’s deadly floods. Some residents said security forces sprayed them with tear gas after they threw stones to protect their livelihoods from […]

World Bank Approves US$40 Million IDA for Benin

World Bank Approves US$40 Million IDA for Benin

The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new US$40 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit for Benin to improve its infrastructure and minimize the negative impacts of the 2010 floods as well as increase the level of preparedness for any future flooding. In 2010 the heavy rains in Benin created unexpected […]

Ghana Floods – An Ongoing Problem

Ghana Floods – An Ongoing Problem

Years of delays and repeated failures to implement and improve sewage and drainage systems in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has led to increasingly damaging and deadly flooding during the country’s annual rainy season. “[Ghana] hasn’t make any serious arrangements in the event of a flood,” said Franklin Cudjoe, director of the Accra-based IMANI think tank. “It […]

Ghana petrol station inferno salvage operation

Ghana petrol station inferno salvage operation

A salvage operation after a fire at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital that killed 150 people will continue until Sunday, the president has said. John Dramani Mahama said three days of national mourning would then begin for those who died in the inferno and the flooding that has also hit Accra. It is believed […]

Sudan and Madagascar surprising winners of Africa’s food ‘superpowers’

Sudan and Madagascar surprising winners of Africa’s food ‘superpowers’

There are twists and turns in the data: Ethiopia produces more cereals than South Africa, while Nigeria is Africa’s star in oil crop production. THE Food and Agriculture Organisation has released its biannual report on global food markets, providing a mixed picture for Africa. Large supplies and a strong US dollar are keeping food prices […]

Nairobi battles raging floods – informal settlements bear the brunt of it

Nairobi battles raging floods – informal settlements bear the brunt of it

RESIDENTS of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, are grappling with flooded roads, homes and offices in some of the heaviest rains the country has seen in recent times. Lives have been lost, walls collapsed and electricity substations submerged causing outages across the city of over three million. There were also incidences of commuters spending nights in their […]

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