Headlines
  • Early on Thursday, 73 students were injured and at least 16 students killed at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya.
  • The vital Strait of Hormuz, according to US President Donald Trump, "must be open to everyone" and "no one can control it."
  • A major portions of southern Lebanon has been declared a "combat zone" by the Israeli military.
  • Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that American bombings in the country's southern Hormozgan region broke the ceasefire.
  • The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health claims that Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Tuesday left at least 31 persons dead and 40 injured.
  • Due to the Ebola outbreak, Ugandan authorities announced on Wednesday that the country's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been closed.

Tag: Cyclone Idai

August 27, 2020

What is a Hurricane?

What is a hurricane and where does it come from? Here are the answers

March 19, 2020

Zimbabwe Cyclone Idai Anniversary

A year after eastern Zimbabwe was hit by Cyclone Idai, one of the worst tropical storms for Africa on record, some survivors are still recovering. The cyclone killed hundreds of people in Zimbabwe and left thousands homeless. Authorities have been rebuilding but many are still living in temporary housing

July 22, 2019

Food Insecurity in Mozambique

In Bairro Unidade Resettlement Area, the WFP is distributing food to displaced people who lost their homes in Cyclone Idai. Around 300 cyclone displaced families currently live in the camp. They are given small plots to grow food and many have restarted their businesses and trade

May 31, 2019

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited...

Orlando Bloom visited the Mutua resettlement area in Beira, currently home to around 1,500 people affected by the cyclones, nearly half of whom are children. Bloom danced and sang with young children and spoke to them about their hopes and dreams for the future

April 27, 2019

Aid Groups Scramble to Assess Mozambique...

The U.N. labeled Idai as “one of the deadliest storms on record in the southern hemisphere.” This is the first time in recorded history that Mozambique was hit by two cyclones in one season, further raising concerns about climate change

April 25, 2019

VOA60 Africa – E. Africa, Recovering...

E. Africa, Recovering From Cyclone Idai, Braces for New Storm and other stories around the World

April 20, 2019

Long Road to Recovery for Children...

The U.N. children’s fund says the emergency phase of its response in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe is winding down. But the road to recovery will remain very long, especially for children, who are the most vulnerable

April 11, 2019

Mobile Clinics Deployed in Malawi for...

In Malawi, the cyclone’s floodwaters swamped medical facilities, forcing people to either walk long distances for healthcare or go without. The United Nations Children’s Fund has deployed mobile clinics to evacuation camps to meet those medical needs

April 10, 2019

Mozambique Port City Struggles to Rebuild...

Life is still far from normal in the port city of Beira following last month’s devastating cyclone. Most businesses remain closed and the city’s residents are hungry as they struggle to rebuild their lives

Surge of Rapid Response Teams Strive...

International relief organizations have converged on the city of Biera, Mozambique to provide emergency help to people affected the Cyclone Idai, which devastated parts of southeast Africa in March

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