Maputo — Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Sunday that work to rebuild the collapsed bridge over the Montepuez river, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, will begin in March, at the end of the rainy season.
Three weeks ago, the river, turned into a raging torrent by heavy rains in the province, swept away the central pillars of the bridge, on the main road through Quissanga district. This cut off the northern districts of Cabo Delgado (Mueda, Muidumbe, Nangade, Palma and Mocimboa da Praia) from the provincial capital, Pemba, and the south of the province.
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