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Executive Director of the Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI), Dr. Olumide Abimbola
21 May 2024
The Executive Director of the Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI), Dr. Olumide Abimbola, has revealed that Nigeria has spent over $31 billion to mitigate the impact of floods and droughts on its citizens. Abimbola disclosed this in Abuja during a high-level stakeholder event, organised by APRI and the Enzi Ijayo Africa Initiative, to discuss how…
6 May 2024
Authorities in southern Brazil scrambled Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides in what has become the region's largest ever climate catastrophe, with at least 78 dead and 115,000 forced from their homes.
3 May 2024
The death toll from flood-related incidents in Kenya has crossed 200 since March, the interior ministry said Friday, as a cyclone barrelled towards the Tanzanian coast.
29 Apr 2024
Kenya said Monday that it would postpone the reopening of schools by one week due to "ongoing heavy rains" that have triggered deadly floods in the East African nation.
19 Apr 2024
Akwa Ibom State Government has indicated readiness to commence aggressive desilting of gutters and flood channels across the state.
25 Mar 2024
Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil's mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains left at least 25 people dead in two states.

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