Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said that the 257 people who went missing when Cyclone Idai struck the country were now considered dead. South African police sniffer ... Read more »
Nearly three weeks since Cyclone Idai struck three of the most vulnerable countries in Southern Africa, needs are rising and humanitarians still don't have a full picture of the ... Read more »
Minister for Agriculture, Christopher Kibanzanga has attributed the looming famine to the delayed rain and drought that has stretched beyond March, resulting in crop failure. He ... Read more »
The number of cholera cases in cyclone-hit Mozambique has risen sharply in communities affected by flooding, with at least 1,428 infected as the Mozambican government and aid ... Read more »
Preventing an expansion of potentially fatal diseases will require not just vigilance by health officials but quick action to curb climate change and limit warming, experts say. Read more »
Although experts have said it was too early to draw specific conclusions from Idai, for a continent already wracked by the effects of climate change, the Tropical Cyclone has been ... Read more »
Ghana plans to replace its buses and formalise waste collection in informal settlements as part of a new plan to help its crowded capital withstand climate change and disasters. Read more »
The first cases of cholera have been reported in the Mozambican city of Beira, complicating an already massive and complex emergency in the southern African country. The ... Read more »
Traffickers often prey on lone children caught up in chaotic scenes such as Cyclone Idai, they said, while parents might marry off their young girls as they struggle to eke out a ... Read more »
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has refuted claims of partisan distribution of food aid to victims of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge - the worst affected areas after the ... Read more »
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