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Mike Noyes

Head of Humanitarian Response

  • Cyclone Kenneth was Mozambique's strongest ever cyclone.

    Cyclone Kenneth was Mozambique's strongest ever cyclone. Photo: ActionAid

    Cyclone Kenneth: latest updates

    Posted 26 Apr 2019

    Cyclone Kenneth, Mozambique's strongest ever cyclone, hit the southern African country barely a month after Cyclone Idai caused death and mass destruction. Cyclone Kenneth has killed 38 people so far and destroyed buildings in the province of Cabo Delgado. Find out key facts about the disaster as it unfolds.

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  • Malyuun fears for her three-year-old daughter, Nimo. . Photo: ,Jennifer Huxta/Actionaid

    Hunger hurts: mothers struggle to feed their children

    Posted 15 Apr 2016

    Climate change and the El Niño weather phenomenon mean that families already living on the margins of survival are struggling to grow or buy the food they desperately need. In Somaliland, drought is causing harvests to fail and turning fields to dust. In Bangladesh, flooding rivers and rising seas are swamping crops and robbing people of their livelihoods. We're working to support the most vulnerable - but we need your help.

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