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Collapse in gold mine leaves eight dead in DRC

Published on: March 18, 2022
11:03

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Kinshasa, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) The collapse in a tunnel in the gold mine of Milimba (east) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) caused the death of eight workers, this country´s authorities confirmed.

Explosions in gold mine cause 58 deaths in Burkina Faso

Published on: February 22, 2022
09:23

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Ougadougou, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) The explosions in a chemical products warehouse in the gold mine of Gblombora city (southwest) caused 59 deaths, according to press media in this city, capital of Burkina Faso.

Warning of threatening terrible humanitarian disaster in Ukraine

Published on: February 12, 2022
11:54

By: Erich Tellez Corrales

Washington, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) A conventional armed conflict in Ukraine would be a terrible humanitarian disaster, said today the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ira Helfand, in an analysis published in The Nation magazine.

China: 792 dead and over 94 million affected by natural disasters

Published on: October 10, 2021
10:14

By: Prensa Latina

Beijing, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) A total of 792 people died and over 94 million were affected by a chain of natural disasters in China.

Cuba to implement project for disaster risk reduction

Published on: September 14, 2021
16:05

By: Prensa Latina

Havana Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) The European Union's Euroclimate program and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed today an agreement for the implementation in Cuba of a project to reduce risks from natural disasters.

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister issues dramatic appeal

Published on: July 6, 2021
11:21

By: Prensa Latina

Beirut, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Tuesday issued an appeal to the international community to help prevent an announced disaster in this country.

Floods and mudslides claim 38 lives in Nepal

Published on: July 4, 2021
08:57

By: Prensa Latina

Kathmandu, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Flash floods and landslides caused by torrential rains in Nepal added another 38 deaths, including seven children, and fifty injured after the last three weeks.

Democratic Republic of Congo to create agency to deal with disasters

Published on: June 14, 2021
10:13

By: Prensa Latina

Kinshasa, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will create a specialized agency for state management of natural disasters, Radio Okapi quoted President Felix Tshisekedi as saying.

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