Several hectares of various crops, especially maize, are flooded in the districts of Chibuto, Guijá and Chókwè, Gaza province, following the overflow of some rivers that cross that region of the country. According to the authorities, the situation is affecting at least 22,000 people in the three districts, who are already fearful of the possibility...
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More than 140,000 people without humanitarian assistance due to overflow of the Messalo River
Around 145,000 people are without basic humanitarian assistance in the district of Mocímboa da Praia, isolated from the city of Pemba, the provincial capital of Cabo Delgado, due to the overflow of the Messalo River. According to the district administrator, Sérgio Cipriano, people are starving because there is no food in the stores and warehouses and...
Cabo Delgado/floods: Nine thousand people under siege and without basic foodstuffs
Preliminary data indicates that the rains in the coastal district of Mecúfi, in Cabo Delgado province, have left more than 9,000 people besieged and flooded production fields as a result of the Megarruma River overflowing its banks. The floods have affected residents of the towns of Natuco, Napuilimite and Moge, with an undetermined number of people still displaced...
Zambezia: Heavy sand transshipment vessel sinks with seven people on board
Two heavy sand transshipment vessels sank four days ago off the coast of the Pebane district in Zambezia province. According to Rádio Moçambique, the ships were carrying seven people and there were no human casualties. The head of security at the Maritime Administration in the district, Rogério Bucare, said that the barge was...