Mozambique: Twin storms leave 25 dead
By Sarah | January 25, 2012
IRIN Africa, 25 January 2012
Two tropical storms in quick succession in Mozambique in recent days have left at least 25 dead, tens of thousands affected by flooding, and communications infrastructure damaged. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mozambique and SA’s Kruger park hit by deadly floods
By Sarah | January 19, 2012
BBC News, 19 January 2012
Four people have died and more than 4,000 others are without shelter after torrential rains in Mozambique.
Three days of storms and high winds have hit water and power supplies and destroyed farm animals and cash crops. Read the rest of this entry »
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Floods leave Angolan returnees stranded
By Sarah | January 10, 2012
IRIN News, 6 January 2012
Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are among the first casualties of what promises to be a very wet rainy season in parts of southern Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mozambique Government to Hire Over 7,000 Teachers Next Year
By Sarah | October 14, 2011
allAfrica.com, 12 October 2011
The Mozambican government plans to hire 7,300 teachers next year, with most being employed to work in primary schools, particularly in the most populated provinces such as Nampula and Zambezia. Read the rest of this entry »
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COSATU criticises SADC leadership and calls for Day of Action
By Mark | August 18, 2011
Congress of South African Trade Unions calls on SADC leaders to act now in defence of democracy in Southern Africa
COSATU, 17 August 2011
The Congress of South African Trade Unions notes that the 31st Ordinary Summit of SADC heads of states and government begins today in Luanda, Angola to discuss various issues affecting the region.
We are however very disappointed by the behaviour of the in-coming Chairperson of SADC, Angola’s President Jose Dos Santos who refused entry into Angola for about 17 civil society activists and leaders from the region, as well as two Mozambican journalists, whilst also seizing publications belonging to Zimbabwean activists. This is unacceptable, particularly coming from someone assigned with the responsibility of providing leadership to the whole region at a time when the challenge of democracy, human rights and economic justice are daunting throughout the region. This also brings into question Angola’s own record of freedom of political activity, free flow of information and right to expression. Read the rest of this entry »
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UN raises alert on high flooding risks in parts of southern Africa
By Mark | February 8, 2011
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) helps governments prepare as rising waters threaten food security
07 Feb 2011, FAO
Thousands of hectares of agricultural land and crops have been damaged by floods and heavy rains in parts of southern Africa, and more damage may occur in the coming weeks if above normal rains persist. Read the rest of this entry »
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Serious flooding imminent in Zambezi Valley
By Sarah | February 2, 2011
Mozambique News Agency (AIM), 1 February 2011, Maputo
Serious flooding in the Zambezi valley in central Mozambique now looks inevitable following the decision taken on Tuesday to increase the discharges from the Cahora Bassa dam to 6,400 cubic metres per second. Read the rest of this entry »
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South Africa flood death toll rises as government declares 33 disaster zones
By Mark | January 25, 2011
Warnings of humanitarian crises after flooding claims more than 100 lives and threatens rest of southern Africa
David Smith, The Guardian, 24th January, 2011
Flooding in South Africa has killed more than 100 people, forced at least 8,400 from their homes and prompted the government to declare 33 disaster areas. Read the rest of this entry »
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Southern Africa: Heavy rain puts relief agencies on alert
By Mark | January 24, 2011
IRIN, 21 January 2011
Heavy rains and localized flooding across southern Africa from Angola to Madagascar are raising fears that the devastating floods of 2000 will be repeated. Then, thousands of people were plucked from rooftops by helicopter, several hundred died, and Mozambique’s agricultural production was severely impacted. Read the rest of this entry »
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MOZAMBIQUE: Hoping to reach the MDG on water
By Info | September 28, 2010
IRIN News, 21 September 2010
Every day Ster Mamboza, 37, covers 19 km on a bicycle over sand and gravel roads to the well at Machaze, in the southern Mozambican province of Manica, carrying two 20-litre plastic water containers and a two-month-old baby. It’s quite a balancing act.
The better part of her day is spent fetching water from this well, the nearest safe source in the area, “even when I am sick”, because “we need water for everything we do in life. I only leave the baby at home when it is really hot, but I get anxious because sometimes it takes me more than six hours to get back,” she told IRIN. Read the rest of this entry »
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