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President Mnangagwa has said Government has identified land to relocate people who were displaced by Cyclone Idai, as well as all those who might still be in areas prone to natural disasters. He was speaking in Mutare soon after a briefing with the provincial Department of Civil Protection officials yesterday. President Mnangagwa
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Tommy Trenchard Journalist and photographer based in South Africa – winner of several international awards, including the Amnesty International Media Award and the George Foster Peabody Award. The needs of stricken communities are becoming evident in northern Mozambique and the Comoros islands in the wake of Cyclone Kenneth, with at least 45,000 homes destroyed and
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‘In a few weeks, I want to have my bags of charcoal ready for sale’ METUCHIRA/Mozambique Cyclone Idai’s recent devastation was amplified by deforestation in the region. Mozambique took the hardest hit. The country has seen between 10 and 15 percent of its forests disappear amid illegal logging and charcoal production in
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The United Nations Team in Zimbabwe has concluded a two-day field visit to UN supported relief efforts and development programmes in two districts in Masvingo Province. The UN team led by the UN Resident Coordinator in Zimbabwe Mr. Bishow Parajuli over the past two days field visit to Masvingo and Chiredzi
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UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock Sunday released a US$13 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund to provide life-saving food, shelter, health, water and sanitation assistance to people affected by Tropical Cyclone Kenneth in Comoros and Mozambique. In the Comoros, three fatalities have been reported on Grande Comore Island, at
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A tropical cyclone is expected to make landfall in Mozambique later this week, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) has confirmed. Speaking to TimesLIVE, SAWS forecaster Wayne Venter said Cyclone Kenneth was currently a moderate tropical storm and was expected to make landfall on Thursday afternoon. “The storm's current location is 10
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(See more climateafricareporters.co.zw) Twenty-three families were left homeless after a hailstorm recently hit the Pote community in Hurungwe east. Hurungwe east legislator Honourable Ngoni Masenda has since appealed for interventions in the form of temporary shelter as the families are in dire need of dwellings in which to sleep. He said the main
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THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted a wet Easter in some parts of the country with isolated showers and scattered thunderstorms expected. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the MSD said isolated wet weather is expected in some parts of the country over the weekend, with some areas expected to
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FIRST Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa on Wednesday launched the integrated sustainable environmental management projects for food security and income generation at an event held at King George V1 School in Bulawayo. The school, which caters for children living with various disabilities, became the fifth in the country to benefit from the initiative. The
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Econet has launched a ground-breaking, rural electrification programme worth millions of dollars under the name Ugesi Energy, that is set to help transform rural enterprises and create employment. Ugesi is the second Econet energy business following the successful launch two years ago of Distributed Power Africa (DPA), the group’s commercial solar
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