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NEMA seeks adequate funding, equipment for swift response to disasters

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is asking for adequate funding and equipment from stakeholders to enable it to carry out swift intervention and response to...
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Destructive Cyclone Idai rings ‘alarm bell’ on climate change – UN

Cyclone Idai that left 1.85 million people in need of assistance in Mozambique is a catastrophe that UN Chief, Antonio Guterres, said on Tuesday, Monday 26,...
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AU agency prepares mechanism to respond to natural disasters

The African Risk Capacity (ARC), a specialised agency of the Africa Union (AU), has said that it was working on some mechanism to help member countries...
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Cyclone Idai: Hundreds evacuated amid fears of dam burst

Zimbabwean authorities on Sunday, March 24, 2019 began evacuating residents from the cyclone-hit town of Chimanimani after flood waters weakened a dam wall. The area is among...
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China, U.S., EU make donations to stranded Zimbabweans following Cyclone Idai damage

More organisations are coming on board to provide help to victims of Cyclone Idai which battered Zimbabwe between March 15 and March 17, 2019. The Chinese Embassy...
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NEMA to partner NYSC on disaster management

The National Emergency Management Agency has advocated a closer collaboration with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on disaster management in the zone. Mr Fred Anusim, the...
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SEMA sensitises community on fire, flood management in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) with support of an NGO, Christian Aid, on Monday, February 4, 2019 sensitised a community in the state on...
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Extreme weather events affected 60m people in Nigeria, others in 2018

Earthquakes and tsunamis accounted for the majority of the 10,373 lives lost in disasters last year while extreme weather events accounted for most of 61.7 million...
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COP29 deal: Not most ambitious outcome, but provides a base on which to build – Guterres

In his COP29 closing statement, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, says he had hoped for a more ambitious outcome, but...
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