Rapports

The ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) on the ground in Nigeria has been working with Rotary in the flood stricken country, whilst awaiting the arrival of the first consignment of boxes. SRT members, Mike Greenslade (AU) and Derek…

The Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, on October 24, and the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo, on November 1, launched the Urban Water and Sanitation Improvement Project – with an African…

The ECOWAS Commission has presented a cheque for US$382,000 to the Government of Nigeria to help mitigate the effects of the recent flood disaster which claimed several lives and caused substantial damage to property in parts…

Heavy rainfall between July and September has caused severe flooding across Nigeria, leaving more than 2 million people homeless and killing 363, according to news reports. CRS, in collaboration with Caritas Nigeria, is planning an emergency…

(Abuja, Nigeria, 12 November 2012): The National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA) and the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have launched the Nigerian Humanitarian Forum on Flood response to support planning…

ABUJA — The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders estimates that 1,500 children are suffering from lead poisoning in a northern Nigerian village, and can not be treated until the lead is cleaned up. The organization…

As widespread flooding in Nigeria raised the risk of disease outbreaks and food shortages among more than 7.7 million affected people, the United Nations humanitarian arm today issued an urgent appeal for $38 million to respond…

Flood waters recede but millions remain displaced BAYELSA/WARRI/DAKAR, 9 November 2012 (IRIN) - Efforts to repair infrastructure and restore livelihoods destroyed by Nigeria's recent flooding - the worst in five decades - require urgent funding and will…

On November 8, the Government of Japan decided to provide emergency relief goods worth 52 million yen (tent, blanket, and water purifier) to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in…

Nigeria is the world's epicenter for polio. It's the only place where cases are ticking up, and it's been the source of outbreaks in other countries since 2003. Read the full report on NPR.