Informes

Pemba – First the Cyclone, now the contagion. Northern Mozambique is reeling from nature’s blows over the past year. On 25 April 2019, the Category-4 tropical Cyclone Kenneth struck the communities of some 280,000 people. The Province…

March 2020 marked one year since Tropical Cyclone Idai struck parts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The impacts of the cyclone displaced millions of people, claimed lives, livelihoods and caused widespread destruction which communities are yet…

Description of the disaster From 11 to 15 February 2020, Grudja, Estaquinha, Bandua, Guara-Guara, Vila de Buzi, Munimucua and other areas in the district of Buzi, Sofala province - Mozambique were severely affected by the rising…

OVERVIEW On the night of 27 to 28 April 2019, Tropical Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in northern Mozambique. The cyclone brought torrential rains and winds affecting mostly the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Pemba, causing flash flooding and…

156,000 affected people including internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Cabo Delgado Province since October 2017. (Government of Mozambique, February 2020) 12,000 children facing issues in accessing school, according to the provincial authorities. 437 cholera cases identified as of…

INTRODUCTION By the beginning of 2020, it was clear that there was not enough information available to the Government of Mozambique and humanitarian actors about experiences of IDPs in displacement. As a result, IOM in partnership with…

Introduction On 15 March 2019 intense Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall near the city of Beira in Sofala province, Mozambique. It brought heavy rain that made rivers overflow their banks, causing enormous damage inland in the days…

Beira, Mozambique, 17 March 2020 - One year ago, two cyclones accompanied by heavy rains and winds hit two parts of Mozambique leaving a trail of devastation in their wake: death, displacement of populations, destruction of…

Highlights of the Operations Update (cumulative data): ▪ A total of 167,213 people have been reached in this period, bringing the total of assisted population to 310,018 since the start of the operation, in the different sectors.…

One year on since Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, leaving over 1.8 million people in dire need of assistance, OCHA’s Saviano Abreu met Hortencia, one of the first survivors he talked to just after the disaster. Living…