Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/28/2024 11:27:00 PM
The humanitarian disaster in Gaza may be forging new political realities, but it is unlikely to spare Rafah from an Israeli offensive.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
3/20/2024 7:08:46 PM
After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for lack of action.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/12/2024 9:35:46 PM
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell criticized the lack of aid entering Gaza as a "manmade" disaster on Tuesday, telling the UN Security Council that hunger was being used as a "war arm."
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World
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Region
3/5/2024 11:26:41 PM
The sinking of a bulk carrier off Yemen after a Houthi missile attack poses grave environmental risks as thousands of tonnes of fertilizer threaten to spill into the Red Sea, officials and experts warn.
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World
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Africa
2/29/2024 8:15:54 PM
Zambia declared drought a national disaster on Thursday with President Hakainde Hichilema saying the lack of rain has devastated the agricultural sector, affecting more than one million families.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
2/20/2024 11:26:45 PM
In recent weeks, Israel’s closest allies have finally started to make relatively reasonable statements in light of the undeniable horror of the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/13/2024 4:52:41 PM
China urged Israel on Tuesday to stop its military operation in the Gazan city of Rafah "as soon as possible", warning of a "serious humanitarian disaster" there if fighting did not stop.
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World
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Africa
1/24/2024 3:57:51 PM
More than 70 people have been killed after a tunnel collapsed at a Malian gold mining site last week, local sources told AFP Wednesday, the latest disaster in a region prone to mining accidents.
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World
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International
1/23/2024 1:55:10 PM
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, killing three people and causing extensive damage in freezing cold weather, officials said. It was the latest in a series of temblors and natural disasters to hit the country's west.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/17/2024 5:10:32 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned that a "full-fledged confrontation" between Israel and Lebanon would be a "total disaster" as fears of a wider regional confrontation mount amid Israel's siege and war on Gaza.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
12/19/2023 1:00:00 PM
With the rise in the number of climate-related disasters and extreme weather-related events, it is essential that the relevant actors come together to prepare for and mitigate their effects, writes Emad El-Din Adly
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World
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Region
11/30/2023 3:03:53 PM
The UN's COP28 climate conference formally launched on Thursday a "loss and damage" fund long sought by vulnerable nations devastated by natural disasters linked to global warming.
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Egypt
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Civil Society
11/25/2023 4:51:19 PM
Representatives from 19 Arab countries convened in Egypt at the 9th Arab Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Partnership Meeting to discuss key initiatives, including the Early Warning for All initiative and the Arab Prioritized Action Plan 2021-2024.
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World
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Africa
11/8/2023 4:53:44 PM
At least 29 people have been killed and more than 850,000 displaced due to flooding triggered by heavy rains in Somalia, according to the country's disaster management authorities.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/27/2023 11:50:00 PM
The UNRWA continued to sound the alarm that 2.3 million Palestinians in the under-bombardment Gaza Strip are facing an impending humanitarian disaster as Israel continues its airstrikes and blockade against the strip for the 21st day.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/27/2023 8:12:22 PM
"Leave the World Behind," an acclaimed novel about ordinary people struggling to cope as a slow and mysterious disaster shuts down the world, felt topical when it was published during the unfurling pandemic of 2020.
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World
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Region
10/9/2023 7:58:09 PM
The secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, an international aid organization, warns that the Israeli government's vow to besiege and blockade the Gaza Strip would spell “utter disaster” for the more than 2 million Palestinians living in the small territory.
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World
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Region
10/3/2023 3:38:35 PM
More than three weeks after Libya's deadly flood disaster, the divided country's two rival administrations remain bitterly at odds on how to manage the massive aid and reconstruction effort.
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World
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Region
9/28/2023 6:21:53 PM
Survivors of a fire that tore through an Iraqi wedding and those mourning the at least 100 lives lost filled the pews for a Christian mass Thursday, two days after the disaster.
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World
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Region
9/25/2023 12:20:24 PM
Libya's prosecutor general on Monday ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster which killed thousands, his office said.
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