Tag:Emergency Response

Overhauling Nigeria’s emergency response mechanism

The Christmas Eve fire outbreak at a 25-storey building on Lagos Island has once again thrust Nigeria’s emergency response system into the public spotlight. It...

Maiduguri floods: Group calls for better emergency response

Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) has faulted the Borno State Government, the Federal Government and the state’s emergency response team for their failure to protect...

China activates emergency response to flooding

China’s Ministry of Water Resources on Thursday, July 6, 2023, launched a level-four emergency response to flooding, as heavy rains are expected to hit...

NiMet warnings: Gombe orders activation of emergency response

Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has directed relevant ministries and agencies in the state to activate emergency response toward mitigating the impacts of...

African health ministers agree on strategy to improve health security

African health ministers have adopted a new eight-year strategy to transform health security and emergency response on the continent. The Regional Strategy for Health Security...

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...

NEMA sets 20 minutes as maximum target for emergency response

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has set a maximum 20 minutes target, within which to respond to emergencies and disasters across the country. AVM...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming...
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African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts and representatives of civil society, adopted the Addis Ababa Declaration...

How agriculture restored peace between farmers, pastoralists in Plateau

In nearly every community I have worked in across Plateau State, I have heard some version of the same...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into...

African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts...