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General News of Friday, March 22, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-03-22
Former President John Dramani Mahama
John Mahama calls on President Nana Akufo-Addo to take the initiative to lead other African countries to mobilize help for the victims of Hurricane Idai in southern Africa .
He said that in the past, the country has shown leadership in supporting emergency efforts in disasters in other African countries, but that does not seem to be the case right now.
In an article posted on Facebook, John Mahama spoke of his government's efforts in 2014 to help countries affected by the deadly Ebola outbreak, stressing that it would be "a great sense of pride" if the Akufo-Addo's president was following the same line to help mitigate the challenges the cyclone-affected countries Idai are traversing.
Read John Mahama's message below:
It has been almost a week since Cyclone Idai hit southern Africa. Looking at the evolution of the humanitarian crisis after the pbadage of this Category 2 cyclone, this shows that our continent is absolutely unprepared for the extremes badociated with climate change that are manifesting around our planet.
Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi all declared emergencies and appealed for humanitarian aid. African countries must quickly take the lead in mobilizing a humanitarian response for our brothers and sisters.
With nearly 1,000 confirmed dead, razed buildings and survivors struggling to find hard surfaces, I ask our continental organization, the African Union (AU), to conduct an emergency response to help to save the lives of those affected in our region. country brothers.
In the past, Ghana has shown leadership and directed such emergency efforts, especially during the Ebola outbreak in some of our neighboring African states of Africa. 39; West. It will be a great sense of pride if our President, Nana Akufo-Addo, mobilizes her colleagues to mobilize a package of support under the leadership of Africa to alleviate the poignant stories that we begin to see on our screens.
Our prayers go to the victims of the cyclone.
During the Ebola outbreak, John Mahama, then president of ECOWAS, coordinated subregional and international interventions aimed at supporting affected countries in their efforts to contain and manage the epidemic of HIV / AIDS. 39; Ebola.
It also decided to create an international logistics center in Accra, which would serve as a hub of Ebola control in the West African sub-region, before donating amounts of Various products Made in Ghana to each of the affected countries.
Cyclone Idai, considered one of the worst tropical cyclones ever recorded in Africa, has become a benchmark for some environmentalists in the face of imminent danger of climate change on the African continent.
At least 500 people were reportedly killed, several hundred people reported missing and more than 2.5 million people reportedly affected in Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe due to high winds and severe floods.
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