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2017 DR Congo landslide, the Glossary

On 16 August 2017, severe flooding caused a mountainside to collapse, triggering a landslide which affected a fishing village in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DR Congo) Ituri province.^[1]

16 relations: Al Jazeera Media Network, Arab News, BBC, Deforestation, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ituri Province, Lake Albert (Africa), Landslide, List of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, ReliefWeb, Slope stability, Soil erosion, State of emergency, The EastAfrican, The New York Times, United Nations.
2017 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
August 2017 events in Africa
Landslides in 2017
Natural disasters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN; The Peninsula) is a private-media conglomerate headquartered at Wadi Al Sail, Doha, funded in part by the government of Qatar.

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Arab News

Arab News is an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Deforestation

Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.

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Ituri Province

Ituri Province (Jimbo la Ituri in Swahili) is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning.

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Lake Albert, originally known as Lake Mwitanzige by the Banyoro, Nam Ovoyo Bonyo by the Alur, and temporarily as Lake Mobutu Sese Seko, is a lake located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Landslide

Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows.

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List of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest group of non-governmental organizations working on humanitarian aid, is composed of the following bodies.

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ReliefWeb

ReliefWeb (RW) is a humanitarian information portal founded in 1996.

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Slope stability

Slope stability refers to the condition of inclined soil or rock slopes to withstand or undergo movement; the opposite condition is called slope instability or slope failure.

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Soil erosion

Soil erosion is the denudation or wearing away of the upper layer of soil.

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State of emergency

A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens.

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The EastAfrican

The EastAfrican is a weekly newspaper published in Kenya since 7 November 1994 by the Nation Media Group, which also publishes Kenya's national Daily Nation.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_DR_Congo_landslide

Also known as 2017 DR Congo mudslide.

2017 DR Congo landslide, the Glossary

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