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After a long wait, Portland man welcomes his family following their escape from Sudan
29 Mar 2024 08:15 GMT
For nearly a year, El-Fadel Arbab kept an apartment in Portland waiting for his wife and two sons, who fled the ongoing violent conflict in Sudan last May and were holed up in a hotel in Saudi Arabia.
A community activist and educator, Arbab, 40, worked …
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World News in Brief: Russia vetoes DPR Korea sanctions resolution, children under fire in Sudan, drought plagues Malawi
28 Mar 2024 21:26 GMT
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Sudan’s 24 million children have … since war broke out in Sudan between rival militias, UN … supplies are available in Port Sudan, the key challenge is … respond to a severe drought in the African nation which has prompted …
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45 Million Children in Southern and Eastern Africa to be victims of El-Nino
28 Mar 2024 20:09 GMT
A total of over 45million children in Southern and Eastern Africa are at risk due to climate change effects worsened by the prolonged El Nino-induced heat wave, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed.
The agency said the children are …
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Kenyans build sand dams to ensure water availability
28 Mar 2024 17:17 GMT
MAKUENI, Kenya — On a dry riverbed one recent sunny morning, residents of Kasengela village toiled away mixing cement and sand to make concrete. The sound of their shovels resonated through the valley while other residents, working in pairs, carried rocks …
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South Sudan schools to reopen from April 2nd as heatwave subsides
28 Mar 2024 11:39 GMT
South Sudan's government on Tuesday (Mar. 26) said schools will reopen from April 2nd following a two-week closure due to extreme heat across the country.
The health and education ministries said temperatures were expected to steadily drop with the …
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Drought, floods show the urgency of improved water security in Africa
27 Mar 2024 20:31 GMT
… swept across much of East Africa, bringing devastating floods just … drought in the region.
Vast areas of farmland in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia … with implementing partner, Nature Kenya.
When it comes … water governance.
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Opening Remarks Of CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson: The South African Reserve Bank Fintech Summit
27 Mar 2024 13:45 GMT
… Head- FinTech of the South African Reserve Bank. The remarks that … with the agricultural communities in Kenya to discuss the state of … of the Central Bank of Kenya, I listened to the … #47;opajohnson9a.
[46] Peter Eavis, Drought Saps the Panama Canal, Disrupting …
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Tanzania’s ‘mountain of millipedes’ yields six new species
26 Mar 2024 22:47 GMT
… to science as Ucaria africana, and to the … things like elephants, or drought or even people coming … spirostreptids of the Udzungwa mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). … A rare palaeotropical trial. African Journal of Ecology, 55( …
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Conflict Drives Displacement Amidst Rising Climate Shocks: New Africa Migration Report
26 Mar 2024 17:37 GMT
… in the report. Prolonged drought in the Horn of … Southern, and East Africa predominantly reside in neighboring African nations, highlighting … the right narrative on African migration while informing policy … such as the African Continental Free Trade Area …
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Horn of Africa to experience heavy rains until June: IGAD weather service
26 Mar 2024 17:34 GMT
NAIROBI, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The larger part of the Horn of Africa region is expected to be wetter than usual between April and June, said the Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a …