Informes

V Narayan | TNN MUMBAI: Indian Navy ship INS Magar, an amphibious warfare vessel, on Thursday departed Mumbai for Port Beira in Mozambique with essential relief material for the cyclone ravaged areas. The Indian warship is carrying…

A football camp in the Samora Machel neighbourhood of Dondo, a few kilometres from Beira, is now providing shelter to dozens of people who lost their homes when the Tropical Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique on 14…

HIGHLIGHTS On 27 March, the Government confirmed five cases of cholera at the Munhava health centre in the city of Beira and some 2,500 cases of acute watery diarrhoea in Beira district. A humanitarian assessment team identified nearly…

MAPUTO – As experts in Mozambique warn of a cholera outbreak, CARE is designing aid distributions to stem the onset of a “second disaster" in the communities worst-affected by Cyclone Idai. The distribution of relief items has…

Turkey’s Humanitarian Response The International Community has taken action in order to respond the cyclone disaster in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. With the call from the Republic of Mozambique to the UN OCHA INSARAG Secretariat on 20…

Kobus Botha has been growing mangos on his plantation in northern Mozambique for 11 years. In mid-March, when Cyclone Idai swept through the Matarara crossroads—home to little more than his farm and a nearby school in…

Cites 75,000 pregnant women and risks of gender-based violence 27 March 2019 - As assessments continue to determine the extent of damage and needs following Cyclone Idai, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, says there is an…

OVERVIEW Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in central Mozambique the night of 14 March 2019. On 27 March 2019, IOM in coordination with the Government of Mozambique carried out site assessments in 32 evacuation sites in the…

When Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe on 14 March, it was one of the worst weather-related catastrophes in Africa in recent times. The death toll across the three countries is at least 700, with…

Background A weather system that produced heavy rains flooded parts of Malawi in early March 2019, before developing into Cyclone Idai which struck Mozambique and Zimbabwe on 14-16 March, 2019. The flooding and damage has destroyed homes and…