The Central African Republic, Somalia and South Sudan are atop the list in the 2019 Index for Risk Management (INFORM), a tool for evaluating the potential for humanitarian crises and disasters to help governments and NGOS better respond. The assessment covers 191 countries and is used by agencies including the…
President of Botswana Ian Khama delivered his final State of the Nation address Monday, as he prepares for the end of his term and the transition to Vice President Mokgweetsi E. K. Masisi’s tenure. In the address, Khama reiterated “Botswana’s strong support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is the…
The United Nations has released a new report on managing disaster risk ahead of the International Day for Disaster Reduction to be marked on Friday. Robert Glasser, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, presented the report this week while noting that in the last two…
Africa’s island nations in the Indian Ocean are increasingly vulnerable to natural disaster and need to urgently make a priority of their community resilience and preparedness, says the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). “The devastating humanitarian and economic impact of natural disasters…
There are 170 million Facebook users on the African continent, including some 70 percent of people who are online, and most of them are familiar with features like “Safety Check” in times of a natural disaster or emergency. That’s true, for example, in the ongoing Western Cape wildfires where Facebook Safety…