AT A GLANCECountry: Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesRisks: Tropical storms, hurricanes, storm surges, floods, rising sea levelsGFDRR Areas of Engagement: Deepening engagements in resilience to clim…
COUNTRY OVERVIEWThe Arab Republic of Egypt is located in the north-eastern corner of Africa. Egypt’s northern border is the Mediterranean Sea, with Sudan to the south, the Red Sea, Palestine, and Israel to the east, and Libya to the west. The country h…
A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international air travel due to COVID-19, of around 60 per cent over the course of last year, to levels last seen in 2003.The International Civil Aviation Orga…
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted all forms of human mobility through the closing of national borders and halting of travel worldwide, according to a newly released United Nations report.Preliminary estimates from the International Migration 2020 Hig…
A call for the management of the Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera Frugiperda) in South Africa during the 2020/21 crop production seasonThe Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development hereby makes a clarion call to all maize and related host c…