EAC, AU Commission team to address Africa disaster risks

“The frequency and intensity of climatic disasters is on the rise as a result of climate variability and change,” said Moses Marwa, the acting director Productive Sectors in an interview with New Vision. Talking at the sixth Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction that has been convened in Arusha, Tanzania by the African Union Commission and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Moses Marwa added: “Other underlying factors include poverty, low awareness on disaster risks and weak and uncoordinated policy measures and limited capacities in disaster preparedness.”