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Another tropical storm is headed Mozambique’s way and has the potential to turn into a cyclone if conditions in the Indian Ocean remain conducive, weather experts have warned.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has pledged to scale up its humanitarian support to Mozambique amid deteriorating crises triggered by armed conflict in the north of the country, natural disasters and COVID-19.
Mozambique’s National Meteorological Institute (INAM) has warned of bad weather accompanied by heavy rains and strong winds starting on Friday in three provinces in the south of the country, including the region where the capital Maputo is located.
Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi has called for a facility that will allow members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to jointly mobilise resources to collectively acquire COVID-19 vaccines.
Tropical Cyclone Eloise dumped large amounts of rains on Mozambique at the weekend and triggered severe winds that destroyed thousands of buildings, displaced about 7,000 people and destroyed crops, the country’s relief agency said on Sunday.
Cuba is sending a total of 45 medical personnel to Mozambique to assist the southern African country in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, APA learnt here on Monday.
President Filipe Nyusi has offered an amnesty to Mozambican youths who have been recruited into the ranks of armed groups carrying out attacks in the northern Cabo Delgado province, according to media reports monitored on Tuesday.
The United Nations says it has so far raised a mere 18 percent of the US$132 million it requires to provide food assistance and hygiene kits to more than 750,000 affected by armed conflict in northern Mozambique.
French oil and gas major Total has withdrawn some of its staff from its gas project in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province following attacks in the area, the company announced on Saturday.
South Africa’s integrated energy and chemical company Sasol said on Monday that it has sold its stake in Ressano Garcia Thermal Power Plant (CTRG) to Nigeria’s Azura Power for about US$145 million.