Tag Archives: Disasters

Opinion by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (port louis, mauritius) Monday, January 29, 2024 Inter Press Service PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Jan 29 (IPS) – Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, PhD, Former President of the Republic of MauritiusThe Republic of Mauritius, an island nation, experienced its latest flash floods since the last bad one in 2013. These floods …

At risk of flooding are 372 out of the country’s 744 local government areas. Opinion by Leon Usigbe (abuja, nigeria) Tuesday, January 02, 2024 Inter Press Service Climate disasters are happening at frightening rates in Nigeria, and the administration now says it will prioritize efforts to counter the effects of climate …

The train crash that killed at least 288 people, and injured hundreds more, in India is remarkable even in a country with a long history of train deaths. In 2021 alone, there were more than 16,000 train-related deaths in India, according to the country’s National Crime Records Bureau, a figure …

Credit: UN Women Opinion by Magdalena Sepulveda (geneva, switzerland) Monday, March 06, 2023 Inter Press Service The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. GENEVA, Switzerland, Mar 06 (IPS) – Gender inequality exacerbates the impact of natural disasters, and the consequences of natural disasters …

As some Nigerians clamour for the cancellation of the 2023 presidential elections and accuse INEC of allowing electoral malpractice, Datti Baba-AHmed who is the running mate of the Labour party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said that a human disaster is anyone who works towards destroying the future of millions. …

Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (toronto, canada) Friday, December 23, 2022 Inter Press Service TORONTO, Canada, Dec 23 (IPS) – A year that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is ending with famine in Africa, while still spreading death and misery through an enduring pandemic and a deteriorating climate crisis …