Latest African Island Nations Natural Disasters News
- New Money to Mitigate Disaster 24 Jul 2008 17:36 GMT
... In an effort to mitigate the negative impact of climate ... risk reduction and community resilience in Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi and the Comoros. A statement released ... million (US$7.8 million) for the four southern African countries. "This is an important step in ...
- SOUTHERN AFRICA: New money to mitigate disaster 24 Jul 2008 17:09 GMT
... One of many, cyclone Ivan tore accross Madagascar in February 24 July 2008 (IRIN) - ... million (US$7.8 million) for the four southern African countries. "This is an important step in ...
- Organization gets a peek into a year in the life of a warship 24 Jul 2008 16:45 GMT
... July 24, 2008 11:32 AM - What a year it's ... crowd through the audio-visual presentation dubbed From Africa to the Arctic - A Year in the Life of a ... seamen even stopped in the Republic of Seychelles to help raise $6,000 through the Terry ...
- Keep the rain gear handy for now 24 Jul 2008 11:37 GMT
... Texas on Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. At 10 p.m., ... lantic several hundred miles west of the Cape Verde Islands. Development of this system is not ...
- Kung Fu Panda 23 Jul 2008 19:29 GMT
... Set up in 1998 - after Pixar had already released Toy ... - and Cars is far from the disaster that some would have it. In contrast, ... a marked improvement on the likes of Madagascar and Over the Hedge as well. The ...
- A leading human rights specialist says the United Nations has scored its first success in efforts to improve conditions for victims of natural disasters. 23 Jul 2008 13:50 GMT
... Muddied tsunami survivors carry items from their destroyed homes ... to improve conditions for victims of natural disasters. Switzerland's Walter Kälin, representative of the UN ... norm in countries like Honduras, Mozambique and Madagascar." However the international community is only partially ...
- Commission provides €5 million for disaster preparedness activities in Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi and the Comoros 23 Jul 2008 13:16 GMT
... Commission provides €5 million for disaster preparedness activities ... million for disaster preparedness activities in Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi and the Comoros The Commission has ... change." This first DIPECHO Action Plan in Africa will provide funds for disaster preparedness in ...
- Protecting rights of natural disaster victims 23 Jul 2008 12:35 GMT
... Muddied tsunami survivors carry items from their destroyed homes ... to improve conditions for victims of natural disasters. Switzerland's Walter Kälin, representative of the UN ... norm in countries like Honduras, Mozambique and Madagascar." However the international community is only partially ...
- Switzerland's Walter Kälin, representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, told swissinfo the aim was to reduce the number of victims by better preparing people living in high-risk 23 Jul 2008 12:17 GMT
... Muddied tsunami survivors carry items from their destroyed homes ... to improve conditions for victims of natural disasters. Switzerland's Walter Kälin, representative of the UN ... norm in countries like Honduras, Mozambique and Madagascar." However the international community is only partially ...
- Upper-level trough should spark storms 23 Jul 2008 10:51 GMT
... Hurricane Dolly should move ashore near the Texas-Mexico ... in the far eastern Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands. Development, if any, should be slow. ...
- Commission provides '¬5 million for disaster preparedness activities in Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi and the Comoros 23 Jul 2008 10:34 GMT
... Commission provides €5 million for disaster preparedness activities ... million for disaster preparedness activities in Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi and the Comoros The Commission has ... change." This first DIPECHO Action Plan in Africa will provide funds for disaster preparedness in ...
- Uplifting the North must be a policy priority 23 Jul 2008 05:49 GMT
... Regional News of Wednesday, 23 July 2008 Uplifting ... are of course not yet Botswana or Mauritius or even Mozambique but we are making ... say Kenya or Ivory Coast or South Africa where those who dominate the private sector ...
- Ahhh summer! Blast-furnace heat, tropical storms 23 Jul 2008 05:32 GMT
... chance of thunderstorms. Meanwhile, out at sea, hurricane forecasters are watching another "early" Cape Verde storm with a good chance of starting ... Cape Verde season, when hurricanes form off Africa, normally runs from mid-August to mid-October. Those ...
- Tropical Storm Dolly strengthens slightly 22 Jul 2008 12:56 GMT
... towards the Texas-Mexico border, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest update. NHC ... the far eastern Atlantic Ocean near the Cape Verde Islands. Although this system will be traversing ...
- Kenya: Disasters May Be Inevitable, But Their Effects Can Be Mitigated 22 Jul 2008 12:16 GMT
... WE ARE REMINDED, INcreasingly these days, of nature's potentially destructive ... that will take years to repair. As catastrophe piles on catastrophe, we could be forgiven ... countries are following suit. Typhoon-prone Philippines and Madagascar have shown that small but prescient investments in ...
- Global warming is one of the most serious challenges facing us today. 22 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
... Global warming is the increase in the average temperature ... Congo basin with small area in West Africa, also eastern Madagascar; (3) Indo-Malaysia, West coast of India (Western ...
- Overseas property 21 Jul 2008 20:12 GMT
... the opportunities that owning a property in Cape Verde would present. The republic named after Cap-Vert ... located off of the west coast of Africa, about 500 kilometers from Senegal. The islands ... Vincente. The harbour was created from a volcanic crater and the city is very cosmopolitan. ...
- Cape Verde An Overseas Property Investors Delight 21 Jul 2008 20:12 GMT
... the opportunities that owning a property in Cape Verde would present. The republic named after Cap-Vert ... located off of the west coast of Africa, about 500 kilometers from Senegal. The islands ... Vincente. The harbour was created from a volcanic crater and the city is very cosmopolitan. ...
- Wave off Africa has storm watchers on alert 21 Jul 2008 19:57 GMT
... > > > > > > Entry | Monday, July 21, 2008, ... “large and well defined tropical wave” off Africa to jangle nerves in the hurricane zone. This wave, technically still over land ...
- Kenya: Disasters May Be Inevitable, But Their Effects Can Be Mitigated [opinion] 21 Jul 2008 11:50 GMT
... WE ARE REMINDED, INcreasingly these days, of nature's potentially destructive ... that will take years to repair. As catastrophe piles on catastrophe, we could be forgiven ... countries are following suit. Typhoon-prone Philippines and Madagascar have shown that small but prescient investments in ...
- Disasters May Be Inevitable, But Their Effects Can Be Mitigated 21 Jul 2008 10:31 GMT
... WE ARE REMINDED, INcreasingly these days, of nature's potentially destructive ... that will take years to repair. As catastrophe piles on catastrophe, we could be forgiven ... countries are following suit. Typhoon-prone Philippines and Madagascar have shown that small but prescient investments in ...
- Is it the beginning of greater commitment to lasting democracy in Africa or the deepening of hypocrisy? 21 Jul 2008 07:15 GMT
... Is it the beginning of greater commitment to lasting democracy in Africa or the deepening of hypocrisy? In a ... Security Council issue. The current President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana settled the electoral dispute in ...
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