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Disaster prevention or control?

Monday, August 25, 2008

Last Tuesday, the national Disaster Relief Committee, under the auspices of the vice-president, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, presented relief money of...

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WEST AFRICA: Flood relief efforts continue

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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Disaster relief teams have fanned out across West Africa to assess how badly the region was hit during the past month of heavy rains. Tens of...

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Action Aid Kundang Office Gives Humanitarian Gesture to Disaster Victims

africa » gambia

Monday, August 11, 2008

Action Aid Kudang office recently donated 50 bags of rice to the victims of the windstorm at Sotokoi, Mamut Fana and Bamba Kolong in Niamina East...

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SOUTHERN AFRICA: New money to mitigate disaster

africa » south africa » johannesburg

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

In an effort to mitigate the negative impact of climate change, new funding by European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) will help...

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13 missing from ship off coast of Madagascar; two rescued

africa » madagascar » antananarivo

WIKI NEWS http://en.wikinews.org

Monday, July 14, 2008

Thirteen people are missing from a boat believed to have sunk off Madagascar's Sainte Marie island on Thursday. Several Chinese people were on board,...

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Ivory Coast: Heavy rain kills six

africa » ivory coast » abidjan

IRIN NEWS

Friday, July 04, 2008

eavy rains in Abidjan have displaced 450 families and killed six people. “Itrained all day on Sunday. At one point, the water level started to...

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Windstorm killed two

africa » gambia » farafenni

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Unimpeachable sources infromed the Daily Observer that two people have reportedly been confirmed dead and many injured in Farafenni, in the wake of...

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55 people died in a Casablanca mattress factory fire

africa » morocco » casablanca

WKI NEWS http://en.wikinews.org

Monday, April 28, 2008

55 people were killed today after a mattress factory in Casablanca, Morocco was swept by fire. The fire initiated on the ground floor this morning...

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Inferno in Panchang

africa » gambia

Thursday, April 24, 2008

A fire disaster recently engulfed one compound in the village of Panchang in the Upper Salaam District. The compound is said to belong to Mr....

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GHANA: Government prepares to battle the “oil curse”

africa » ghana » accra

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Two oil exploration companiesrecently said the discovery of an estimated three billion barrels of oil is setto propel the country into the league of...

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