Pós-desastres e pós-conflitos

West African Floods Bring Back the Same Old Problems

Published in Thursday September 13th, 2012 In In the media

September 12, 2012 This story was written under the auspices of the TRF/NORAD Journalism Training project. Amid the commotion in the flooded Saga district of Niger’s capital Niamey, on the left bank of the Niger river, Issa Ali and his two wives are scrambling about in the water. With their four children already safe from […]

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Red Cross and Red Crescent resolution on disaster laws

Published in Thursday September 13th, 2012

In 2011, Members States to the Geneva Conventions gave a clear mandate to the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent to work on regulatory barriers to disaster response. In this context, the 31st Conference of the IFRC was held, addressing disaster laws and adopting a resolution on the topic.

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‘Floods Kill 137 Since July’ in Nigeria

Published in Tuesday September 11th, 2012 In In the media

September 10, 2012 Floods across Nigeria have killed 137 people and displaced more than 30,000 since the beginning of July, the Red Cross said yesterday. Nigeria, which has a rainy season from May to September, suffers from seasonal flash floods, which are sometimes lethal, especially in rural areas or overcrowded slums where drainage is poor […]

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Fresh Floods Render Thousands Homeless and Destroy Crops in Taraba, Nigeria

Published in Tuesday September 11th, 2012 In In the media

September 10, 2012 More floods have hit Northern and Central Taraba, ravaging communities on the banks of River Benue. The Chairman of Ardo-Kola Local Government,Dr Jalo Buba, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Sunkani on Monday. He said more than 3,000 hectares of crops, mainly rice, had been destroyed by the floods in 13 […]

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Nicaragua eruption forces 3,000 to evacuate

Published in Monday September 10th, 2012 In In the media

September 09, 2012 The San Cristobal volcano in Nicaragua rumbled to life Saturday with three explosions, forcing the evacuation of 3,000 residents, authorities said. Television footage showed a column of smoke and ash rising from the cone of the volcano, Nicaragua’s tallest at 1,745 meters (5,725 feet), in the northeast. The civil defense agency said […]

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In Kenya, floods displace thousands of people

Published in Wednesday September 5th, 2012 In In the media

September 5, 2012 Thousands of people have been displaced in parts of Kenya’s Rift Valley Province as floodwaters continue to submerge houses and schools and destroy crops. They are among more than 240,000 people throughout eastern Africa are estimated to be affected by seasonal flooding. An estimated 642 households have been affected by flooding in […]

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In Sudan, rains destroy 300 homes

Published in Wednesday September 5th, 2012 In In the media

September 4, 2012 A resident from Abu Shouk camp in El-Fasher, North Darfur, told Radio Dabanga that heavy rains destroyed more than 300 homes on Sunday, 2 September. He said one child drowned in a deep-water pond. A camp’s activist informed Radio Dabanga that dozens of families are now living in open areas and that […]

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Post-Katrina Reforms in New Orleans Continue to Disenfranchise African-Americans, Poor

Published in Friday August 31st, 2012 In Opinion

August 29, 2012 Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a laboratory for government reforms. But the processes through which those experiments have been carried out have rarely been transparent or democratic, and they have often been divisive, pitting new residents against those who grew up here, rich against poor, and white against […]

Hurricane Isaac soaks Gulf Coast and tests New Orleans levees

Published in Wednesday August 29th, 2012 In In the media

Hurricane Isaac drove water over the top of a levee on the outskirts of New Orleans on Wednesday, but the multibillion-dollar barriers built to protect the city itself after the 2005 Katrina disaster were not breached, officials said. Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said about 2,000 residents of the area had been ordered to evacuate but only about half were confirmed to have gotten out before Isaac made landfall late on Tuesday.

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Villages Destroyed By Rains in South Darfur, Sudan

Published in Wednesday August 29th, 2012 In In the media

August 28, 2012 Jacob Mursal, the Commissioner of Bilel locality, South Darfur, told Radio Dabanga that heavy rains and floods swept several villages in the locality on Tuesday, August 28. He added that more than 20 families are now living in open areas. The Commissioner said that a cemetery in Bilel was washed away and […]

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