Southern Africa: Should Regional Leaders Shoulder Blame for Cyclone Damage?

As southern Africa reels from one of its most devastating natural disasters, questions are being asked about whether regional governments have done enough to prepare for the wide-scale destruction caused by Cyclone Idai, considering the history of flooding in the region and the consistent dire predictions of the impacts of changing weather, writes Legalbrief Africa.

The damage wreaked by Cyclone Idai, which struck Mozambique last Thursday before wreaking havoc in Malawi and Zimbabwe, is of a scale never before seen in the region, aid workers and government representatives have said.

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