Mozambique: Is aid being delayed by distrust? Then send accountants along with rescuers and aid

The government has zero credibility, and there were two warnings today that aid is being delayed because of distrust of a seriously corrupted government. Both call for civil society to monitor aid distribution and spending so that help is not further delayed. bit.ly/MozCyclone23 and bit.ly/MozCyclone24 (both in Portuguese).

"IDAI has plunged us into a tragedy where we can only leave with the support of international charity. The willingness to support is great, but it comes with the fear that this money will be diverted into the pockets of a half dozen people who run the state and government", writes Marcelo Mosse in Carta de Moçambique today.

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