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New Zealand to provide 7.75 million dollars in aid to Africa

Published on: May 26, 2023
00:15

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Wellington, May 26 (Prensa Latina) New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced on Thursday that 7.75 million dollars in aid would be provided to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia to fight severe drought.

Drought forces Panama Canal to lower vessels’ draft

Published on: April 20, 2023
00:30

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Panama, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) on Wednesday announced temporary restrictions in the draft for Neopanamax vessels crossing the inter-oceanic waterway due to the ongoing drought.

Europe faces second-warmest winter on record

Published on: March 31, 2023
17:48

By: Pavel López Lazo

Paris, Mar 31 (Prensa Latina) Most of southern and western Europe was affected by substantial anomalies in soil moisture triggered by killing dry and warm winter, the second-warmest winter on record as climate change continues to intensify, ESA reported Friday.

DR government adopts measures to mitigate effects of drought

Published on: March 29, 2023
14:39

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Santo Domingo, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) Presidency Spokesman Homero Figueroa announced in a press release issued in this capital on Wednesday that the Dominican Government is adopting measures to mitigate the effects of drought in the country.

African organization calls for humanitarian response to drought

Published on: March 27, 2023
12:38

By: Javier Arana Villasusa

Addis Ababa, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) The executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Workneh Gebeyehu, today called for an urgent humanitarian response to the areas affected by drought in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya.

UNESCO calls to prevent water crisis from getting out of control

Published on: March 22, 2023
14:14

By: Alina Ramos Martin

United Nations, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) The director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Audrey Azoulay, warned about the urgency to establish solid international mechanisms to prevent the global water crisis from getting out of control.

Death by thirst hangs over 18,000 Somalis from today to June

Published on: March 20, 2023
13:12

By: Javier Arana Villasusa

Mogadishu, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) From today to next June, eighteen thousand Somalis will die of thirst, victims of the drought that is ravaging this East African country and have killed 43 thousand human beings, during the last year.

Uruguay increases energy imports due to drought

Published on: March 16, 2023
10:19

By: Javier Arana Villasusa

Montevideo, Mar 16 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay increased the import of electric energy in view of the decrease of its water reserves due to the drought that persists here today, a senior officer said.

Cuba’s Matanzas province works to counter drought

Published on: March 15, 2023
00:45

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Matanzas, Cuba, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) The monitoring of undeground waters and the storage volumes in dams are actions on which the Cuban province of Matanzas is working to counter the current drought.

Rains forecast but water runs out in Uruguayan towns

Published on: March 15, 2023
00:15

By: Javier Arana Villasusa

Montevideo, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) Meteorologists forecast rains for this week in Uruguay, but today's water situation is critical in the interior of the country, hit by persistent drought.

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