Tsunami aware tourism in the Seychelles
Tourism in coastal areas is at high risk from tsunamis in the Indian Ocean as was demonstrated by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami which claimed
Category: African News
DiMSUR is back to Addis Ababa
Lideta’s community is drafting its Resilience Framework for Action The local community and stakeholders from the sub-city of Lideta, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), are currently working
Centuries-old African soil technique to combat climate change
The technique known as “African dark earths” transforms nutrient-poor rainforest soil into fertile farmland Via Thomson Reuters Foundation, by Kieran Guilbert Photo: Working in the field, Ghana.
Kenya close to ending drought crises
Droughts regularly decimate herds across Africa, forcing destitute families to abandon their nomadic lifestyle and settle in remote, dusty towns where they fall deeper into
First drought-resilient, high iron beans for Uganda released
Via PreventionWeb. Original from: Thomson Reuters Foundation, Georgia Smith Five new bean varieties bred with high iron and resilience to the impacts of drought have
CityRAP Tool in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Foto: Addis Ababa’s landscape/ Credit: @neiljs/ Flickr DiMSUR is in Ethiopia enabling local people to develop their own resilience and risk management plan Addis Ababa
Innovative water storage helps Kenyans thrive in drought
Innovative water storage helps Kenyans thrive in drought By Isaiah Esipisu Even after the heavy rains that drenched East Africa in April, Makueni County in
Mozambique’s Beira bets on urban renewal
INTERVIEW-Threatened by climate change, Mozambique’s Beira bets on urban renewal By Astrid Zweynert BONN, Germany, July 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Daviz Simango is one
Responding to Madagascar’s ‘silent’ emergency
By Dina Esposito, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Because of its slow onset, Southern Africa’s drought may not be headline
Malawi pioneers peer review for disaster risk reduction in Africa
Lilongwe – Africa has cleared a new milestone in its drive to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The pioneer is Malawi, which
