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Urban Resilience Researcher needed for ActionAid

Building resilience of poor communities to disasters, conflict and climate change is one of ActionAid’s key...

PeriPeri U Academic Programmes

ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES OFFERED BY PERIPERI U PARTNERS IN 2015    Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia Department of Disaster Risk Management...

New PeriPeri U website Comes Online

New PeriPeri U website Comes Online Today we are proud to launch the new version of the...

African universities reach out to local disaster managers

A leading academic has called on universities to engage more with vulnerable communities and to empower...

Improved planning can reduce disaster risks in African cities – SU professor

Urban risk management in African must improve to make cities on the continent less vulnerable against...