A historic drought in southern Africa has put access to food at risk for 26 million people, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned, calling for urgent funding. The crisis, aggravated by the 2023-2024 El Niño weather phenomenon, is expected to worsen until at least the next harvests, scheduled for March or April...
Nearly 70 million people in southern Africa are affected by the drought, induced by the El Niño phenomenon, which has decimated crops throughout the region. The information was provided by the Executive Director of SADC, Elias Magosi, during the bloc's forty-fourth summit in Harare, Zimbabwe. The drought, which began at the beginning...
Southern African countries that are home to the world's largest elephant population fear an increase in animal deaths in the coming months as food and water sources dwindle following a severe drought. The region suffered a prolonged period of heat and drought during the 2023/24 rainy season, attributed...
Final preparations are underway for the 1st Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Exhibition of Southern Africa and 2nd of Eastern Africa, which will take place on April 17 and 18 in the city of Maputo. With more than two thousand visitors expected, the event will be attended by 30...
Malawi inaugurated last Thursday (08), the International Cancer Treatment Center, one of the largest hospital developments in southern Africa with technologically advanced diagnostic and radiation services. With an investment of 6.5 million euros, the International Blantyre Cancer Center, inaugurated by the President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, is privately owned by...
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and investment consultants Climate Fund Managers launched on Tuesday a new 1.3 billion dollar target fund to build high-voltage transmission lines linking countries in the region. The Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility (RTIFF) starts with 20 million...
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,...
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Mateus Magala, will today, Monday, guide the opening of the 28th Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-28). A statement from the Ministry said that at the event, experts in the field will release the Seasonal Climate Forecast for the rainy season from January to March 2024 for the entire region....
The Mozambican government, through the Minister of Transport and Communications, this Thursday expressed its commitment to removing all barriers to the mobility of people and goods and to trade in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Speaking during a meeting with Zimbabwe's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Félix Mhona, at the...
Mozambique is advocating equal treatment of goods in transit within the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), with a view to ensuring the full circulation and competitiveness of goods between states with direct access to the sea and those in the hinterland, reports Notícias. The wish was expressed in the city of Beira by the regional director...