UN Evaluates Cyclone Chido’s Destruction in Northern Mozambique

UN Evaluates Cyclone Chido’s Destruction in Northern Mozambique

The United Nations is assessing the extensive damage caused by Cyclone Chido, which struck the northern parts of Mozambique. Thousands of people were displaced, including over 90-thousand children. The storm reportedly damaged 35-thousand homes, destroyed 186 classrooms, and impacted vital infrastructure, including health and water facilities. The UN's Stephane Dujarric says additional funding is required to sustain humanitarian efforts:

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Africa

New ecoregion proposed for Southern Africa’s threatened ‘sky islands’

By Ryan Truscott There is an “inland archipelago” of mountains stretching across southern Malawi and northern Mozambique — a chain of hard granite inselbergs lifted high above the surrounding landscape as it weathered down over millions of years. These “sky islands”, as they’re also known, are topped with high-altitude grasslands and evergreen forests and watered by cool moist winds from the Indian Ocean to the east. A group […]

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