WB provides $600m for quake-hit areas in Turkey
The World Bank Board has approved $600 million in financing to aid the recovery of microenterprises devastated by…
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$95bln insurance losses from natural disasters in ’23
Natural disasters, including earthquakes in Turkey and Syria and storms in the United States, resulted in an…
2023 global climate alarm: countries pledge net zero at COP28
In 2023, record-breaking temperatures and shocking natural disasters like floods, droughts, and storms marked many…
Iceland volcano erupts after weeks of quake activity
A volcano in southwest Iceland erupted on Monday, resulting in a broad spread of lava and smoke. This followed…
Developing countries left behind in climate crisis finance
The poorest and most vulnerable countries do not benefit enough from pre-arranged financing to cope with natural…
UAE initiates digital response platform to aid catastrophe-affected countries
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch a new digital response platform that will support disaster-affected…
Egyptian mosques to hold absentee funeral prayer for Morocco, Libya
Mosques in Egypt will hold absentee funeral prayers on Friday, September 15th, for the victims of the natural…
Egyptian mobile operators offer free calls to Morocco
Egyptian mobile operators are offering free calls and text messages to Morocco amid the earthquake that hit the…
Egypt’s NRIAG: no threat of Moroccan earthquake
Egypt is not at risk of the Moroccan earthquake Gad El-Qady, President of the National Research institute of…
Wildfires kill 34 in Algeria due to heatwave
Wildfires in Algeria killed 34 people on Monday, including ten soldiers, according to Reuters, citing the interior…
