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UGANDA: Eastern districts still cut off as rains ease

IRIN

Friday, October 12, 2007

The rains that have pounded several districts in eastern Uganda have eased slightly but parts of the region remain cut off and inundated by floods,...

ZIMBABWE: Parched city braces for disease outbreak

IRIN

Friday, September 21, 2007

Desperate measures being taken by residents of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city, to cushion the effects of acute water shortages are aggravating the...

BENIN: Tens of thousands displaced by floods

IRIN

Thursday, September 20, 2007

At least 50 villages in Benin have been destroyed by floods, an aid group there says. "Hundreds of homes, crops, granaries, livestock and...

RWANDA: Heavy rains wreak havoc in northwest

IRIN

Monday, September 17, 2007

Torrential rainfall in northwestern Rwandan has left at least 15 people dead and damaged homes in three villages, leaving hundreds of people...

MAURITANIA: Flood damage intensifies with more rains

IRIN

Thursday, September 06, 2007

As Mauritania tries to recover from floods that totally submerged the southeastern town of Tintane in early August, more recent rains have caused...

CHAD: Floods hit refugees and displaced in east

IRIN

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Heavy rains in eastern Chad have caused rivers to overflow, washing out several camps for Chadians displaced by inter-ethnic fighting and refugees...

WEST AFRICA: Floods prompt greater focus on risk reduction

IRIN

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

After the floods that have this season affected over 130,000 people in nine West African countries, according to the latest UN figures, humanitarian...

Salifu K. Jaiteh Grants Relief Package to 300 Flood Victims in CRR

The Point

Friday, August 17, 2007

Salifu K. Jaiteh, a Gambian businessman, has donated six bales of second hand clothing worth about D40,000.00 to the victims of torrential rains in...