Tag: flood

Nigeria secures $134 million loan for agriculture

November 15, 2024

The Nigerian Government has secured a $134 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to strengthen its agricultural sector amid growing food insecurity concerns. ... Read More

Libya offers assistance to Spain after devastating floods in Valencia

November 9, 2024

The Spanish magazine ‘Atalayar’ reported on November 7 that the Libyan Government extended condolences to those affected by recent floods in Spain’s Valencia region, and ... Read More

UN raises $630mil, short of target $1bn, to tackle Ethiopia’s dire humanitarian crisis

April 17, 2024

A United Nations-led donor event held in its headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday (16 April) managed to secure financial pledges only for about two-thirds of ... Read More

Chad declares state of emergency as floods leave millions in despair

October 20, 2022

Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby has declared a state of emergency over flooding that is affecting more than a million people in 636 localities in ... Read More

Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade displace more than 1.4 million, kill 500

October 13, 2022

At least 1.4 million people have been displaced and 500 killed in Nigeria in the worst flooding in a decade, which has affected nearly all ... Read More

Macky Sall blames climate change for torrential rains

September 5, 2022

Senegalese President Macky Sall Saturday chalked the torrential rains that fell on capital Dakar and the entire country on climate change, Sene News reports. “The ... Read More

Climate Summit: Africa between expectations and urgency to act

April 23, 2021

The fight for the climate is at the heart of a two-day international virtual summit organized by U.S. President Joe Biden, on the occasion of ... Read More