Noticias sobre Mozambique
African Development Bank calls for urgent global response as second cyclone hits Southern Africa
The African Development Bank has called for urgent global action in the wake of a second cyclone to hit the southern Africa coastal region in six weeks.
1.6 million children still reeling from the impact of Cyclone Idai
At least 1.6 million children need urgent assistance – in healthcare, nutrition, protection, education, water and sanitation – one month after Cyclone Idai devastated parts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, UNICEF said.
SWECO to rehabilitate large hydropower plant in Mozamique
One of Southern Africa’s largest hydropower plant in Mozambique is in need of rehabilitation and Sweco has been commissioned as advisor and to monitor the installation of new equipment.
After floods drench eastern Zimbabwe, water shortages parch Harare
Climate change is bringing more weather extremes, and Zimbabwe this year is suffering from opposite crises at once: floods and drought.
Water, sanitation, health issues in conflicts must be addressed
On the 4 April 2019, at the opening of the Sanitation and Water for All Sector Ministers’ Meeting in Costa Rica, Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, presented a high-reaching goal to provide safe drinking water to 60 million more people by 2021 and to cut open defecation for 250 million.
State of the Climate in 2018 shows accelerating climate change impacts
The physical signs and socio-economic impacts of climate change are accelerating as record greenhouse gas concentrations drive global temperatures towards increasingly dangerous levels, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization.
Mozambique flooding and response: both enormous in scale
The response to the disaster caused by heavy flooding and Cyclone Idai will be simply enormous in scale.
New UN Global Climate report ‘another strong wake-up call’ over global warming: Guterres
The increasing number of natural disasters and dangers linked to climate change, highlighted in a major UN report released on Thursday, represents “another strong wake-up call” to the world, which must be countered by finding sustainable solutions quickly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
UNICEF warns of ‘race against time’ to prevent spread of disease in flood-ravage Mozambique
“We are in a race against time to help and protect children in the disaster-ravaged areas of Mozambique,” UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said at the end of a visit to Beira, one of the areas worst affected by Cyclone Idai.
Satellites key to addressing water scarcity
Millions of people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe are struggling to cope in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, so the notion of water shortages may not be at the forefront of our minds right now.
UN chief calls for ‘far greater support’ for Cyclone Idai response
The world needs to step up support for the survivors of Tropical Cyclone Idai, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday, in a strong personal appeal as relief workers rush to provide aid to people stranded across the storm countries in southern Africa.
Severe flooding in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe affects thousands of children
Almost 850,000 people – around half of whom are estimated to be children – have been affected by severe flooding in Malawi and Mozambique, with the numbers set to rise as Cyclone Idai moves west and the impact of the cyclone becomes clearer, UNICEF warned..
IHA and World Bank promote sustainable hydro in Zambezi basin
Africa’s fourth largest river basin, the Zambezi, offers vast hydropower resources that are key to supporting sustainable economic development and prosperity across southern Africa.
Natural resources valued differently by men and woman, study shows
Men and women value, access and use resources from the natural environment in distinct and different ways, a new study has shown.
The capital of Mozambique to close off water supply on alternate days
The water level at Pequenos Libombos dam fell to 19.8 per cent on Friday due to scarce precipitations this rainy season, which started last November and which ends in March.