Overseas Development Aid

Environment 

Floods destroy homes, trap families in cyclone-hit Mozambique

April 29, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Comoros, CYCLONE, Disasters / Accidents, Electric Utilities (TRBC), Emerging Market Countries, Floods, General News, Government / Politics, Governmental Organizations, Graphics, Major News, Malawi, Mozambique, Non, Overseas Development Aid, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, South Africa, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes, Zimbabwe

PEMBA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Rescuers raced to help people caught in rising floodwaters in cyclone-hit northern Mozambique on Sunday as

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Environment 

U.N. to help raise $50 billion for Lake Chad revival project

April 24, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Cameroon, CHAD, Droughts, Environment, Government / Politics, International / National Security, LAKECHAD, Niger, NIGERIA, Overseas Development Aid, United Nations, US, Water

FILE PHOTO: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in

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Environment 

IMF gives Mozambique $118 million for Cyclone Idai rebuilding

April 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Agricultural Markets, Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, CYCLONE, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Droughts, Emerging Market Countries, Europe, General News, Government / Politics, Governmental Organizations, Health / Medicine, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Loans, Major News, Malawi, Middle East, Mozambique, Non, Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing (TRBC), Overseas Development Aid, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Public Health, South Africa, Transportation (TRBC), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes, Zimbabwe

FILE PHOTO: Flooded fields are seen from the air near Beira, Mozambique, in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, March 23,

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Environment 

Rescue teams race to save hundreds trapped by Mozambique cyclone

March 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, CYCLONE, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Europe, General News, Government / Politics, Governmental Organizations, Health / Medicine, Major News, Malawi, Middle East, Mozambique, Non, Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing (TRBC), Overseas Development Aid, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Public Health, South Africa, Transportation (TRBC), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes, Zimbabwe

BEIRA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Aid workers rushed to save people trapped by floods around the Mozambican port city of Beira

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Entertainment 

Julia Roberts backs London store selling presents for refugees

November 26, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Asylum / Immigration / Refugees, Celebrities, CHRISTMAS, England, Europe, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Living / Lifestyle, New York, Overseas Development Aid, Picture available, Pictures, PRESENTS, REFUGEE, SEASON, United Kingdom, United States, US, Video, Western Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – A pop-up charity shop backed by Julia Roberts has opened in London, letting shoppers buy food, clothing

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Environment 

Frustration, despair grow in Indonesia quake city over planned new homes

October 10, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Earthquakes, Environment, Government / Politics, Governmental Organizations, Graphics, INDONESIA, Major News, Non, Overseas Development Aid, Pictures, QUAKE, Tsunami, US, Video

PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) – Survivors of Indonesia’s double disaster looked to their future with frustration and despair on Wednesday as

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Environment 

French volunteers in Indonesia search for bodies in jumbled mire

October 6, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Asia / Pacific, Disasters / Accidents, Earthquakes, Emerging Market Countries, Europe, France, Graphics, INDONESIA, Major News, Overseas Development Aid, Pictures, QUAKE, US, Video

PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) – A team of French rescue experts began hunting through a huge expanse of debris on the

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Environment 

Foreign aid picks up for Indonesia’s desperate quake survivors

October 4, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Earthquakes, Environment, Government / Politics, Graphics, INDONESIA, Major News, Overseas Development Aid, Pictures, QUAKE, Tsunami, United Nations, United States, US, Video, Western Europe

PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) – International efforts to help survivors of Indonesia’s devastating earthquake and tsunami gathered pace on Thursday as

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Environment 

Indonesia’s Widodo makes second visit to quake city as aid effort gears up

October 3, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Asia / Pacific, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Earthquakes, Government / Politics, Graphics, INDONESIA, Major News, Overseas Development Aid, Picture available, Pictures, QUAKE, Tsunami, US, Video

PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo made a second visit to earthquake-devastated Sulawesi island on Wednesday, saying efforts

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Environment 

Explainer: What is liquefaction? | Reuters

October 2, 2018 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Earthquakes, Europe, EXPLAINER, Government / Politics, Graphics, INDONESIA, Japan, LIQUEFACTION, Major News, New Zealand, Overseas Development Aid, Pictures, QUAKE, Science, Tsunami, US, Video, Western Europe

(Reuters) – Liquefied soil caused numerous buildings to collapse in the Indonesian city of Palu after Friday’s magnitude 7.5 earthquake,

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