Germany: Nine homeless deaths due to cold since October

The worst flooding in 20 years leaves 28,000 homeless in the Central African Republic

Over 200 persons have been rendered homeless because of flooding at Isheri Community, which comprises fourteen estates between Ogun and Lagos.

Aerial images of the damage caused by forest fire in the Chilean tourist port city of Valparaiso. Over 245 houses have been destroyed, nearly 2,000 people are without electricity and 12 firefighters have been injured.

Hundreds of people living in waterfront communities in the sprawling megacity of Lagos are homeless after the state government launched a renewed push to clear settlements in the name of aesthetics and development. Midnight bulldozing and forcible removals continue despite a court ruling three years ago calling the actions illegal and inhumane. Some residents are now fighting back and demanding to return to their homes.

Berlin's government wants to count the city's homeless population. Apart from helping to combat homelessness, the "Night of Solidarity" is to show that the German capital considers "homeless people part of our city."

As the coronavirus continues to spread, South Africa's homeless are classed as one of the country's most vulnerable groups. South Africa has been under a nationwide lockdown for a week, and temporary shelters are filling to capacity as the government tries to provide support for this high risk community.

The "Rescue Hangar", a project of the Orthodox Church's social department, runs mostly on donations, normally serves around 100 people per day, also offering showers, haircuts and helping broke out-of-towners with tickets home. But during the lockdown, the number of people seeking a hot meal has gone up 500 on some days. And with only one government shelter in the city of 12 million, it has been up to charity groups to fill the demand from the growing homeless population during the lockdown.

In the US, the coronavirus pandemic has presented a challenge to the homeless, who number more than half a million people. They lack health care and even basic hygiene tools, like access to water. DW's Oliver Sallet reports from Washington, D.C.

Hundreds of thousands in Bangladesh and India are still marooned after Cyclone Amphan last week destroyed coastal embankments and inundated tens of thousands of homes.

Kenya's homeless disappear into the shadows when the night-time curfew goes into effect. Their precarious situation has taken a turn for the worse since the arrival of the coronavirus, as the best defenses against COVID-19, hand-washing and social distancing, are not viable options for them.

Costa Rica has turned a sports arena into a homeless shelter for the many who have found themselves on the streets in the COVID-19-stricken country, but more live in crammed, shared houses that have been quarantined to prevent the virus' spread.

At least half a dozen people are killed and thousands lose their homes in Mozambique in the wake of tropical cyclone Eloise. It compounds the problems of an area that was already devastated by two super storms in 2019. Also, as Africa races to find ways to keep its progress on track whilst also dealing with the obstacles caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the continent is being encouraged to strengthen its digital transformation.