Sign Up To The Free Email Newsletter!

Want to get notified whenever we produce the latest content ? Then subscribe now to start receiving hot updates from today.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Killing 65 people and leaving 125 thousand others because of the floods in Niger

On : 1:21:00 PM
In :


Resulted in floods that took place in Niger over the past few weeks, killing about 65 people and the displacement of 125 thousand others.

The director of the organization "Plan International" in Niger Real Drisdaal, that the water level in the river had reached "levels not seen since the twenties of the twentieth century."

The director of the organization in a statement to BBC Radio (BBC) on Sunday, including that the water level in the river did not rise since a very long time, people have resorted to build houses near the river bank, and the rice fields on the riverbank flooded .

For its part, sent the Irish Government and the Organization "Plan International" for the defense of children's rights and the fight against poverty in the world, a plane loaded with aid, after he appealed to the President of Niger international community to send urgent aid to his country.

And pledged to Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou provide 1,400 tons of food and 900 thousand euros for those affected by the floods, but acknowledged that it will not be enough, calling for more international aid.

Noteworthy that the destruction of the right of the capital Niamey when the Niger River flooded, which led to the inundation of water the city's suburbs.

The United Nations said in its latest statistical floods destroyed 14 thousand homes and 7 thousands of a field of grain crops in different parts of the country.

0 التعليقات:

Post a Comment