The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that in January there was a "serious increase in cholera cases" in ten countries in eastern and southern Africa, including Mozambique, and warned of the risk of an epidemic. 

The most affected countries are Zambia and Zimbabwe, while Mozambique, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria have recorded active outbreaks of cholera, with a total of 26,000 cases and 700 deaths, according to the WHO, quoted by Correio da Manhã.

"Climate change and conflict are fueling the fire. Floods, cyclones and droughts reduce access to drinking water and create an ideal environment for the development of cholera," explained the emergency manager of the WHO Regional Office for Africa, Fiona Braka, by teleconference from Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo.