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Soldiers patrol in front of a burned truck carrying the inscription “Shabaab Chinja” referring to the jihadist group in Mocimboa da Praia. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP)
AL SHABAB

Mozambique’s Rapale camp: A transit to nowhere

The strife in Cabo Delgado has displaced more than 800 000 people. Some have found their way to the Rapale transit centre, where they are struggling to survive as foreign and…

  • Luis Nhachote, The Continent
  • The Continent
3 min read
esperate: Five days after the disaster and unable to wait longer for food, hungry people looted a warehouse and carried out bags of rice on which ‘China Aid’ was stamped. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP)
BEIRA

Beira, one week after the  apocalypse

Mozambique’s second city was destroyed by Cyclone Idai, and the mayor claims that aid is being politicised. Beira will never be the same

  • Matias Guente
4 min read
MAPUTO

UN flies in aid for Mozambique flood victims

The United Nations World Food Programme has begun flying in food and shelter to thousands of victims of heavy flooding in Mozambique, the agency said on Tuesday. More than two…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
LEVY MWANAWASA

Southern Africa floods kill dozens, aid sought

Floods in Southern Africa have killed about 45 people in a growing humanitarian crisis that has engulfed the region and brought renewed appeals for Western financial help. Heavy…

  • Charles Mangwiro
3 min read