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Africa: 'We Fight With Each Other Over Water': Rivers Run Dry in Mozambique
Guardian Network, 12 February 2018
In the absence of basic sanitation, life in rural Mozambique during the dry season involves a relentless cycle of arduous journeys to collect water unfit for drinking. The struggle… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Poor Rains, Crop Infestation Threaten Deeper Hunger Across Region
WFP, 12 February 2018
The twin scourges of another prolonged dry spell and an invasive crop-eating worm are set to sharply curtail harvests across southern Africa, driving millions of people –… Read more »
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Mozambique: Water Shortage Compromises Boane Agriculture
AIM, 8 January 2018
Boane (Mozambique), 8 Jan (AIM) - The low level of water in the Pequenos Libombos dam is compromising agricultural production in Boane district, west of Maputo. Read more »
Dry Struggle in the South - Mozambique & Cape Town's #WaterCrisis
While Cape Town prepares for #DayZero when taps run dry, rural Mozambique has had access to only unhygienic river water and even that runs dry in the hotter months. Now the World Food Programme has issued a bleak assessment of how the dry spell in Southern Africa will affect South Africa and Mozambique - as well as Botswana, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Madagascar - in terms of food and nutrition in the next year to 15 months. Not even "above-average rainfall" will save the region...
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As the Western Cape province in South Africa is in a race against time to produce solutions that will keep the taps from running dry, attention has been directed towards filling ... Read more »
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The annual rainfall in southern Africa doesn't seem to have changed much over the last century since measurements began. But it has become more variable: droughts and floods are ... Read more »
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Mozambique: Making Clean Water and Decent Toilets Normal
WaterAid, 12 February 2018
A weak economy means many people lack clean water and toilets. But things are looking up... Read more »
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Mozambique: Water Shortage Cuts Commercial Banana Production
AIM, 10 January 2018
Boane (Mozambique), 10 Jan (AIM) - Mozambique's major commercial banana producer, Bananalandia, in Boane district, about 30 kilometres west of Maputo, has seen production levels… Read more »
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Mozambique: Water Restrictions in Maputo Lifted
AIM, 5 July 2017
The restrictions on the supply of water to the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area, imposed in January, have been lifted. Read more »
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Mozambique: Restrictions On Maputo Water Supply to Continue
AIM, 2 August 2017
Mozambique's Minister of Public Works, Carlos Bonete, told reporters on Wednesday that restrictions on the supply of water to the Greater Maputo area must continue until water… Read more »
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Mozambique: Manica Misses Rural Water Supply Target
AIM, 23 August 2017
The central Mozambican province of Manica has surpassed its target for urban water supply for the first six months of this year, but fell seriously short of the target for rural… Read more »
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Mozambique: Maputo Water Supply Remains Critical
AIM, 17 March 2017
Despite a recent increase in the level of water stored in the Pequenos Libombos dam, the water supply for the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area remains critical, warned Mozambique's… Read more »
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Mozambique: Cholera Outbreak Spreading
AIM, 6 February 2018
The cholera outbreak in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula has now spread to the Lurio administrative post in Memba district. Read more »
Ajida, 14, walks home after collecting water in Mococorene, Nampula province.
Mozambique underwent a civil war that led to extreme poverty and severely unhealthy living conditions. In addition, floods and earthquakes exacerbate the growing water crisis. With the 22nd highest child mortality rate in the world, every year 82,000 children in Mozambique don't make it to the age of five. Recently, Mozambique has made incredible strides toward development, and providing access to clean water is a major priority.
Mozambique underwent a civil war that led to extreme poverty and severely unhealthy living conditions. In addition, floods and earthquakes exacerbate the growing water crisis. With the 22nd highest child mortality rate in the world, every year 82,000 children in Mozambique don't make it to the age of five. Recently, Mozambique has made incredible strides toward development, and providing access to clean water is a major priority.
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The government has already banned the use of water from the Umbeluzi river for commercial agricultural companies, and residential areas can expect water on alternate days. Read more »
