The occurrence of disasters in Africa

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemic)
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

	Country	Location	Nature	Date	Victims
	Country	Location	Nature	Date	Deaths	Injuries
1	Senegal	Gambian coast	Ferry « Joola » wrecked	26/09/2002	1 863	0
2	Nigeria	Atiworo	Pipeline explosion	17/10/1998	1 082	200
3	Nigeria	Lagos	Explosion into ammunition warehouse	27/01/2002	1 000	ND
4	Tanzania	Victoria lake	Ferry « Bukoba » wrecked	21/05/1996	869	ND
5	Iles Canaris	Tenerife	2 Boeings 747 collided (PanAm & KLM)	27/03/1977	562	634
6	Nigeria	Port Harcourt	Shipwreck	19/04/2000	500	ND
7	Egypt	Safaga	Ferry « Salem Express » wrecked	14/12/1991	476	ND
8	Zaire (Congo)	Kinshasa	Crash of a Cargo-Antonov 32	08/01/1996	422	470
9	Zambia	Luapula river	Ferry « Maria » wrecked	06/07/1987	400	ND
10	Ethiopia	Awash	Derailment	14/01/1985	392	500
11	Egypt	Al Ayat	Fire in a train	20/02/2002	377	200
12	Guinea	Guinea gulf	Collision between two ferries	15/04/1992	356	ND
13	Kenya	Darajani, Ngailithia	Derailment	30/01/1993	340	ND
14	Nigeria	Cross river	Collision between two boats	17/04/1992	300	ND
15	Tanzania	Mpwapwa	Collision between two trains	24/06/2002	281	230
16	Nigeria	Akwa lbom	Shipwreck	06/04/1998	280	ND
17	Kenya	Mombasa harbour	Shipwreck	29/04/1994	272	ND
18	Nigeria	Ajeje	Pipeline explosion	10/07/2000	260	19
19	Congo	Brazzaville	Ferry « Matadi » wrecked	02/03/1993	220	ND
20	Nigeria	Akwa lbom	Collapse of a ferry boarding ramp	24/01/1996	219	ND

The 20 most fatal natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

	Country	Location	Nature	Date	Victims
	Country	Location	Nature	Date	Deaths	Injuries	Homeless
1	Ethiopia	Wollo, Tigray, ...	Drought	1984	300 000	0	0
2	Sudan	widespread	Drought	1984	150 000	0	0
3	Mozambique	Maputo, Zambezi, ..	Drought	1985	100 000	0	0
4	Somalia	Nationwide	Drought	1975	62 500	0	0
5	Ethiopia	Addis Abeba, Arsi, ...	Meningitis	09/1988	7 385	0	0
6	Nigeria	Bauchi state	Cholera	05/1991	7 289	0	0
7	Mozambique	Nampula	Famine	1989	5 200	0	0
8	Burkina Faso	Bam,Bazega,...	Meningitis	01/1996	4 071	0	0
9	Nigeria	Kaduna, Kano,...	Meningitis	01/1996	3 889	0	0
10	Mali	Tombouctou	Famine	08/1998	3 615	0	0
11	Niger	NA	Meningitis	03/1995	3 022	0	0
12	Chad	NA	Drought	1984	3000	0	0
13	Algeria	Al Asnam	Earthquake	10/10/1980	2 633	8 369	443 000
14	Niger	Dosso, Tahoua, ...	Measles	03/1991	2 618	0	0
15	Somalia	Gedo, Juba...	Flood	10/1997	2 311	ND	230 000
16	Burkina Faso	NA	Meningitis	02/1997	2 274	0	0
17	Mauritania	Bassi-Kounou, Aghor	Famine	02/1992	2 243	0	0
18	Congo Dem.	Thuapa, Inongo	Influenza	12/2002	2 000	0	0
19	Tanzania	NA	Cholera	01/1998	1 871	0	0
20	Cameroon	Nyos lake	Volcanic eruption	21/08/1986	1 746	437	-

Number of events listed per year between 1975 and 2002

Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database www.cred.be/emdat - Université Catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium According to CRED, an event is reported when it fulfils one of the following conditions:
· 10 deceased or more
· 100 persons affected at least
· call to international assistance
· declaration of a state of emergency

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The occurrence of disasters in Africa

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemic)(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal technical and accidental disasters(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal natural disasters (including epidemics)(1975-2002)

Number of events listed per year between 1975 and 2002

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Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemic)
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal technical and accidental disasters
(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)