The response to Cyclone Idai on a state level shows the impact of poverty on states’ abilities to prevent death as a result of disasters and create emergency response infrastructure. Cyclone Idai is a recent event that impacted the coastal African country of Mozambique, reaching so far inland with such devastating force that it even managed to impact the neighboring,… Read more »
A car bomb exploded on Thursday near a hotel and restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people, rescue services said, in a strike on a busy area that has been targeted by Islamist militants in the past. The explosion sent a huge cloud of smoke into the sky and destroyed two restaurants and cars parked in… Read more »
Cholera cases in Mozambique among survivors of a devastating cyclone have shot up to at least 139, officials said Friday, as nearly 1 million vaccine doses were rushed to the region and health workers desperately tried to improvise treatment space for victims. Cholera causes acute diarrhea, is spread by contaminated food and water and can kill within hours if not… Read more »
Tens of thousands of protesters in Algeria turned out Friday to demonstrate against the government’s latest attempt to pull the country out of its political impasse, clearly signaling popular rejection of a compromise offer by the Army this week. The demonstration, the sixth in a row, appeared to reinforce the deadlock: protesters have dismissed the proposal from the country’s most… Read more »
Algeria’s ailing president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, agreed Monday to step down by the end of the month, yielding to weeks of mass demonstrations demanding his ouster. The initial reaction in Algeria was muted, and it was unclear whether the announcement would quell the protests, which have been calling for not only Mr. Bouteflika’s resignation but the end of “the system” he led. With… Read more »