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Nigeria: Minister of Foreign Affairs Alhaji Jibril Maigari announced that the Nigerian government would provide an unspecified amount of financial aid towards the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. [260] On 20 January 2010, the Nigerian House of Representatives passed a resolution to contribute NGN7.2 million to support relief efforts.
UN peacekeeping in Africa has its origins in humanitarian ideology. Humanitarianism in Africa refers to the intentions and actions of people, nations, and organizations to alleviate human suffering in Africa. Humanitarian policies have focused on improving problems in Africa such as poverty, poor-health, corruption, and ethnic/inter-state conflict.
The 2009 Angola, Namibia and Zambia floods was a natural disaster which began in early March 2009 and resulted in the deaths of at least 131 people and otherwise affected around 445,000 people. The floods affected seven regions of Namibia , three provinces of Zambia , two regions of Angola and part of Botswana .
Natural disasters in Africa by country (28 C) A. Disasters in Algeria (7 C) Disasters in Angola (6 C, 1 P) B. Disasters in Benin (6 C) Disasters in Botswana (3 C)
Landslides in Africa (10 P) S. Sinkholes of Africa (6 P) V. ... Pages in category "Natural disasters in Africa" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 ...
Tropical cyclones in Africa by country (10 C) * Floods in Africa by country (7 C) A. Natural disasters in Algeria (3 C, 2 P) B. ... Natural disasters in South Africa ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...
Historically, disaster management in Ghana has been largely reactive, focusing on response and relief efforts. However, in recent years, there has been a shift towards prevention and mitigation, with efforts to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into development planning. [1]