Ethiopia: Flash Floods Kill at least 50, Displace Thousands
About 50 people have been killed in flooding and landslide caused by heavy rains in Ethiopia, officials said on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of people […]
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Rwanda: Landslides Kill Scores, Destroy Infrastructures
Rwandan government on Monday said landslides caused by heavy rains have killed at least 49 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in the country over […]
Kenya’s Economy Grew by 5.6% in 2015
Kenya’s economy grew by 5.6 percent in 2015 up from 5.3 recorded in 2014, the statistics office said on Tuesday. Agriculture, which contributes nearly a […]
Mozambique Ailing Economy Gets Support from AfDB
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday said it will disburse $1.7 billion to assist Mozambique, hard hit by the slump in commodity prices. The […]
Southern Madagascar Suffers from Severe Drought
Southern Madagascar has been suffering from a severe drought for almost a year that severely impacted agricultural activities. The government of the Indian Ocean Island […]
WFP Needs $220 mln to Assist Drought-Hit Zimbabwe
The United Nations’ food agency on Wednesday said it needed $220 million in funding to provide assistance to drought-hit Zimbabwe until March 2017. A regional […]
Some 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa, WFP
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Monday said it is increasingly concerned about food security for an estimated 14 million people in southern […]
South Africa to import 5 mln tonnes of maize in 2016
South Africa Agriculture Minister, Senzeni Zokwana on Monday said his country may start importing white and yellow maize from the United States through the AGOA […]