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Floods affect 28,000 in central regions

DAR ES SALAAM, 21 January 2010 (IRIN) – At least 28,000 people are dependent on emergency food and other relief supplies in the central Tanzanian regions of Dodoma and Morogoro following floods, which also damaged transport infrastructure, according to officials.

Humanitarian stockpile takes shape on paper

BAMAKO, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) – When a storm hits in Togo, disaster relief items must be flown in from Brindisi, Italy, but that is just too far, according to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which is formalizing the region’s first government-operated humanitarian stockpile in Mali’s capital [...]

Dorcas Pirosis, “This is the worst year of my life”

DOL-DOL, 5 October 2009 (IRIN) – Traditionally, life for women in pastoralist communities in the central Kenya region of Laikipia revolves around taking care of their children, leaving the men to provide for the family. However, a prolonged drought in the area, which has resulted in significant livestock deaths, has seen these roles [...]

Orders to demolish makeshift fuel stations

The government of the Republic of Congo has ordered the demolition of all unauthorized makeshift petrol stations located in residential areas in a move to prevent risks posed by the unsafe storage of fuel.

“We have decided to close these informal fuel stations to preserve life,” Charles Alain [...]