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2021 Floods: NEMA calls for stakeholders’ effective response

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called on stakeholders to work together to strengthen community resilience and response to floods in the country. Mr...

Michael Simire - August 26, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

Earthquake: UN, partners launch $187m support for Haiti

The UN and partners on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 launched a $187.3 million appeal to support half a million people affected by the deadly...

Michael Simire - August 25, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

Govt should fund NEMA for research-based disaster management – Don

A lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Christian Madu, has called for proper funding of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)...

Michael Simire - August 13, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

Disaster prevention: FEMA urges AEDC to develop emergency response plan

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has urged the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to develop an emergency response plan to ensure...

Michael Simire - August 11, 2021

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Thousands flee in Greece as wildfires sweep through Mediterranean

Thousands of people fled their homes on the outskirts of Athens on Friday, August 6, 2021 as Greece faced a fourth day of wildfires...

Michael Simire - August 6, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

Environmentalist urges states emergency agencies to identify flood prone communities

An environmentalist, Ms Gloria Bulus, has urged states emergency management agencies to identify communities that will be worst hit by the predicted floods to...

Michael Simire - August 6, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

Greece battles wildfires for third day, site of ancient Olympics saved

Greek authorities ordered more evacuations on an island near Athens on Thursday, August 5, 2021 and battled a blaze near the site of the...

Michael Simire - August 5, 2021

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Dozens feared dead in eastern Afghanistan village after heavy flooding

Dozens are feared dead after a flash flood hit a village in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nuristan, officials said on Thursday, July 29, 2021. According...

Michael Simire - July 29, 2021

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