A major international conference on disaster risk reduction will take place under the shadow of Cyclone Idai – a disaster that underscored how little investment the international community makes in ...

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies photo Millions of people across Africa have been affected in one of the worst weather-related disasters recorded in the southern ...

In Malawi, rainy season floods had already prompted the president to declare a state of disaste r earlier this month. In response, UNFPA prepositioned emergency supplies to support flood-affected ...

When Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique a year ago, fisherman Jose Martinho fled to higher ground. He saved his life, but lost everything he owned. The government resettled him and his family inland, but ...

For brother and sister Onayi and Tatenda, the death of their parents in March 2019 at a time when they were still young could not have come at a worse time. Onayi, now a second-year Pharmaceutical ...