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The Nigerian government has launched an automated web-based Early Warning System (EWS), which could be used in dealing with the destructive effects of persistent flooding in the country. This is an effort to combat the adverse effect of climate change for sustainable development, food security, and the well being of the people. The system was developed by the Federal Ministry ...

Last week, a declared candidate for the October presidential election in Cameroon came out openly to agree that the election be postponed, though political parties and civil society organizations have been saying it for months. Anicet Ekane, the candidate for one of the splinter groups formed from Cameroon’s oldest political party, UPC, suggested that the election be pushed back by ...

By Kevin Rudd - A lot of people, when they look at pictures on the television about the unfolding famine in Somalia, say “we’ve seen it all before. What’s different about this one? And why haven’t they fixed it up by now?” I understand some of the cynicism but if you have been to this region as I have just ...

In West Darfur, two buildings full of Sudanese soldiers collapsed due to heavy rainstorm, killing 20 people and injuring another 30 according to the United Nations peacekeeping mission on Wednesday. The peacekeeping force, UNAMID, said the accident happened on Tuesday in El Geneina in West Darfur. The mission immediately sent all the help it could, including heavy lifting equipment to ...