Lisa Schlein October 22, 2015 10:32 AM GENEVA— The World Health Organization is stepping up efforts to control multiple cholera outbreaks in Africa and the Middle East to prevent the disease from […]
WHO: Cholera Outbreaks Threaten Africa, Mideast
Ethiopia’s agriculture boom yields a bare harvest for poor as El Niño bites
Ethiopia may be portrayed as an emerging African powerhouse, but prolonged drought has left 8.2 million people facing a major food security crisis William Davison in Mieso district Monday 26 October 2015 […]
El-nino: health issues directives to districts
Publish Date: Oct 26, 2015 By Joyce Namutebi THE ministry of health has announced mitigation measures to curb disease outbreaks that El- nino rains are likely to cause in various parts […]
Zimbabwe braces for poor rains
Tabitha Mutenga 3 Sep 2015 ZIMBABWE should brace for yet another drought in 2016 as climatic predictions by the Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF) of normal to below normal rainfall […]
Tough times for Nairobi as El Nino rains start
Xinhua, October 19, 2015 East African nation capital has experienced unusually heavy rains in the capital Nairobi in the last two days, signaling the start of the much-anticipated rain. “Most parts of […]
East Africa: Worst El Nino in 60 Years on Way – Experts
By John Muchangi One of the strongest and wettest El Ninos will soon pummel East Africa, bringing heavy rains, floods and malaria. The prospect of a record-breaking El Nino is worrying since […]
El Nino to cause 80 percent rise in East Africans needing aid: UN
PHYS.org October 23, 2015 Heavy floods and drought sparked by the El Nino weather phenomenon in East Africa in coming weeks could see the number of people needing aid soar by over […]
