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Mozambique: Conflict and Successive Climate Shocks Worsen Crisis in Northern Mozambique
VOA, 11 May 2022
Mozambique has been battered by five tropical storms along its northern coastal areas since the start of this year. Tens of thousands of families have been affected, including… Read more »
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Mozambique: UNHCR Raises Alarm Over Mozambique's 'Invisible' Crisis as Climate Shocks Worsen Displacement
UNHCR, 10 May 2022
This is a summary of what was said by Grainne Ohara, Director of the Division of International Protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – to whom… Read more »
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Mozambique: USAID Launches Climate Resilience Programmes
AIM, 20 April 2022
The US Government on 19 April announced the launch of two programmes to improve Mozambican farmers' ability to respond to and recover from climate shocks and stresses. These will… Read more »
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Mozambique: Prime Minister Stresses Importance of Adaptation to Climate Change
AIM, 3 February 2022
Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario has warned of the need to adapt to climate change as the country will remain vulnerable to extreme events such as the latest cyclone,… Read more »
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Africa: World Getting 'Measurably Closer' to 1.5-Degree Climate Threshold - Report
UN News, 10 May 2022
There is a 50:50 chance of average global temperature reaching 1.5 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years, and the likelihood is increasing with time,… Read more »
Climate Crisis Worsens Displacement in Mozambique
Mozambique continues to feel the growing impact of the climate crisis, which is amplifying vulnerability, driving displacement, and making life harder for refugees, the internally displaced, and host communities.
Since the start of 2022, the country has been battered by five tropical storms and cyclones along its northern coastal areas. These have affected thousands of families, including refugees and people internally displaced by ongoing violence in the northern province of Cabo Delgado - illustrating once again how the effects of climate change interact with many of the root causes of displacement.
Most recently, on March 11, 2022 Tropical Cyclone Gombe affected more than 736,000 people, including those in the Corrane site for internally displaced people and refugees in Maratane settlement. In Maratane, 80% of shelters were damaged, and more than 27,000 refugees, asylum-seekers and host community members are still in urgent need of assistance, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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At least 11 people were killed after a tropical cyclone hit northern Mozambique. Cyclone Gombe made landfall in Mozambique on March 11, 2022 with winds exceeding 200 kilomete Read more »
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Tropical Storm Ana has caused widespread destruction and triggered flooding across southeast Africa. Fatalities were reported in several countries including Mozambique, Malawi and ... Read more »
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More than 21 people were killed and hundreds of thousands affected by a super-storm that made landfall in Mozambique. Tropical cyclone Eloise hit central Mozambique on January 23, ... Read more »
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Despite the intervention of SADC and Rwandan troops to support the Mozambican military, violence has continued to flare in Cabo Delgado districts and, recently, in neighbouri Read more »
