Show entries for: February 2025

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Ethiopia, monitoring agencies say

Feb 14 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Ethiopia on Friday, multiple earthquake monitoring...

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Ethiopia, monitoring agencies say

Feb 14 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Ethiopia on Friday, multiple earthquake monitoring...

SA’s food poisoning crisis …

The South African government declared a national disaster towards the end of 2024 in response to...

Severe weather warning — heavy rain, flooding risk across Gauteng, North West, Free State

The South African Weather Service has issued an orange level 5 warning for heavy rainfall and...

Southern and Eastern Africa: Cholera Situation Snapshot (As of February 2025)

OVERVIEW In 2024, Southern and Eastern African countries faced the deadliest cholera outbreak of the past decade with more...

Ten crises to look out for in 2025

Every year, natural disasters and conflicts dominate the headlines around the world, but many equally devastating...

The U.S. and the WHO: An Imperfect but Essential Relationship

On the first day of his second term, President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United...

Three people die in mudslides as severe flooding ravages KZN

Three people were buried alive by mudslides after two houses collapsed in KwaMakhutha, south of Durban,...