Category: Environment

Death toll rises to 13 after Mount Merapi eruption

MONITORING (SW) – Thirteen climbers have been declared dead since the Mount Merapi volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday.

63 dead in Tanzania reels from flooding, landslides

MONITORING (SW) – 63 people have died in floods following torrential rains in northern Tanzania, officials have said.

11 dead, 12 missing after Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupts

MONITORING (SW) – Eleven climbers have been killed and 12 others are missing after the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, local officials have said.

UNAMA calls for non-political collaboration on climate change for Afghanistan

KABUL (SW) – Roza Otunbayeva, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says that all parties shall work in a “non-political and constructive” manner in the field of climate change for the benefit of the Afghan citizens.

COP28, no representative from Afghanistan invited

KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate authorities condemned the decision not to invite its representatives to the UN climate conference, as the talks opened in Dubai.

Four development projects launched in Samangan

SAMANGAN (SW) – The local officials in Samangan have launched on four development projects in this province worth more than six million afghanis. Akhtar Mohammad

19 children lose lives in a month

KABUL (SW) – Officials at Indira Gandhi Children’s Health Hospital say that in the past month, more than 700 children suffering from seasonal diseases have been

Recurring earthquakes worsen Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis

KABUL (SW) – The World Food Program says that the back to back earthquakes in western Afghanistan have worsened the humanitarian situation. Officials of the

Lack of water dispalces communities in Samangan

SAMANGAN (SW) – A number of locals in Samangan have been leaving their homes due to absolute dearth of clean drinking water. The village of

Afghanistan worst affected by climate change, says Hanafi

KABUL (SW) – With the arrival of the global week of climate change, the caretaker government officials say that Afghanistan is the sixth country affected

Industries in Kabul in losses due to power shortages

KABUL (SW) – Lack of electricity in Kabul has caused industrial factories to face serious problems causing delay in productions, loss of orders and revenue. Concerned