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This section displays content created the partners participating in the Africa Network of Centres of Excellence for Disaster Risk Reduction. It serves as a knowledge hub of NoE members contributions and customized tools, services, products, and training to address disaster risks in Africa. We invite members to contribute their pieces of work to our platform.

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Documents and publications
Cities at the frontline: Highlights from the Resilience Initiative Africa Project

This publication details notable highlights from the Resilience Initiative Africa Project, which was implemented by UNDRR's Regional Office for Africa between August 2023–March 2026.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Group photo of participants in the Africa Early Warnings Forum, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Press release
Africa’s early warning experts and officials call for sustained momentum on life-saving disaster protection systems

The Africa Early Warnings Forum, held in Addis Ababa, highlighted Africa's progress in expanding early warning systems, but with climate and disaster risks accelerating, the task now is to translate that progress into protection for everyone.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
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Documents and publications
El Niño climate impact outlook -Mozambique

The El Niño Climate Impact Outlook: Mozambique examines the expected evolution of El Niño during the second half of 2026 and its potential impacts across the country.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Documents and publications
El Niño climate impact outlook -Somalia

The El Niño climate impact outlook Somalia examines the evolving El Niño conditions and the potential implications for the October–December 2026 Deyr season.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Update
Media resilience and risk communication take centre stage at Lake Chad Basin

Journalists, editors, disaster management authorities and regional partners gathered in N'Djamena from 27–29 July for a regional workshop aimed at strengthening climate reporting and media resilience across one of Africa's most vulnerable regions.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
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Documents and publications
Knowing what the weather will do: A guide for practitioners on impact-based early warning

This guidebook provides a novel approach and methodology for designing and implementing IbEW systems. Drawing on the outcomes of a research project in Eastern Africa, it guides the co-development and integration of risk knowledge.

United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre
CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
The Regional Mapping Resources for Development (RCMRD)
Three women walking in Beira, Mozambique
Update
Mozambique strengthens climate resilience: Maputo and Beira test the national flood early warning system

The first national Command Post Exercise brought together the emergency operations centres in Maputo and Beira to simulate a tropical cyclone, testing operational procedures, information flows and emergency response capacity.

CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
National Civil Protection Department (Dipartimento della Protezione Civile)
Vietnamese woman wears the traditional conical hat, known as Non La, used to shield the face from the hot sun, during an extreme heat wave.
Update
Chronic heat: impacts and solutions from South-East Asia and East Africa

While populations in continental regions are predominantly exposed to seasonal cumulative excess heat, many populations in tropical and subtropical climates are chronically exposed to high temperatures and high humidity.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)