The Mozambican government approved this Tuesday (26), through the Council of Ministers, the Contingency Plan for the rainy and cyclonic season 2024-2025.

This is an instrument with a deficit of nine billion meticais out of a total estimated at 11 billion meticais needed to meet all needs.

The plan was approved through a resolution during the 35th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers, which took place yesterday in Maputo.

According to a AIMThe plan includes cross-sectoral interventions aimed at rapid response and resilient post-disaster recovery and aims to reduce deaths and the destruction of vital infrastructure.

According to forecasts by the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management (INGD), the 2024-2025 rainy season is expected to see 2.5 million more people affected.

For the current rainy season, INGD still needs the goods that were looted from the institution's premises in Maputo city during the post-election demonstrations that shook the whole country, particularly the Mozambican capital, Maputo, earlier this month.

In terms of losses, the institution reports a loss of around 60 million meticais, including the theft of satellite phones, valuable components for emergency assistance.

(Photo DR)