Reports

Highlights • Mozambique was heavily hit by Cyclone Freddy on February 24 with subsequent flooding affecting over 200,000 people • Cholera spread to additional districts from 12 to 26 (more than 100%) in the month of February • UNICEF…

Highlights • 17,000 cholera cases have been reported from the affected areas. • While the cyclone response so far has been through cash-based transfers, WFP has started in-kind food distributions in Zambezia province. So far, the in-kind food…

Background Tropical Storm Freddy (Freddy 1) made landfall in Vilankulo district, Inhambane province of Mozambique on 24 February 2023 and led to significant rainfall. Nearly 166,600 people were affected according to the National Institute for Risk Reduction…

Overview of the situation More than a million people across eight provinces of Mozambique – Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Sofala, Tete and Zambezia are bearing the brunt of the compounding effect of cholera, floods and cyclone Freddy. Freddy…

Quelimane, Mozambique 26 March 2023: On 24 February 2023 Mozambique was hit by Cyclone Freddy which caused heavy rains and flooding in the country’s southern regions. Soon after, on 11 March 2023, Freddy made…

Background Tropical Storm Freddy (Freddy I) made landfall in Vilankulo district, Inhambane province of Mozambique on 24 February 2023 and led to significant rainfall. Nearly 166,600 people were affected according to the National Institute for Risk Reduction…

Description of the Event What happened, where and when? Mozambique is facing a bad flooding period lasting since February 2023 with intense rainfalls and consequences of Tropical Cyclone and Tropical storm Freddy first and second impacts. The report issued…

Between 1993 and 2013, Mozambique became one of the fastest-growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa boosting incomes and living standards. Political and macroeconomic stability provided the foundation for robust growth led by a rebounding agricultural sector and…

HIGHLIGHTS • Tropical Cyclone Freddy made its second landfall in Mozambique on 11 March and then moved inland towards southern Malawi. • The President of Malawi has declared a State of Disaster in the Southern Region of the…

Facts & figures About 2 million people require life-saving and life-sustaining humanitarian assistance and protection (UN OCHA) Over 3.5 million people face severe food insecurity, including 1.15 million conflict-affected people in northern Mozambique. Nearly 1 million people displaced by…