Over a third of the world’s natural disaster losses in the first half of 2024 came from Asia Pacific (APAC) and Africa, causing $40b in total losses and only $9b insured. These figures exceed ...

Dozens of people were killed in South Africa, including several children whose school bus was swept away by flash floods, as ...

Baltimore, Maryland — Here's a question: Over the past 40 years, what natural disaster has affected more ... is supporting several amazing projects in Africa, including the Great Green Wall ...

Africa is particularly vulnerable to suffering natural disasters, such as floods, severe storms and droughts. These are not only crippling economies and people's livelihoods but also costing lives ...

Inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa are threatened by natural disasters. This has led to consequences like poverty and disease, according to the World Risk Report 2013. In Senegal, the rainy season ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The death toll in floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province has risen to 86, the police minister said Saturday as rescuers continued to retrieve bodies from the ...

GENEVA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Africa is heating up at a faster rate than the rest of the planet and enduring more severe climate and weather disasters such as droughts, a joint U.N.-African Union ...

This means that people forcibly displaced only by environmental disasters are not entitled to refugee status, although deserving of temporary protection. Within Africa, there's a debate about ...

Relief workers are responding to dual disasters in North Africa. The death toll in the Morocco earthquake has topped 2,900 while Libya counts at least 5,300 killed in catastrophic flooding.

South Africa classified floods and storms that hit three coastal provinces in September and October as national disasters, allowing the government to free up funds to assist with reconstruction. ...

"We can't accept the invisibility of Africa and wait for articles to be ... collected from communities destabilized by climate disasters," said Jeremiah Mushosho, a climate change specialist ...