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AFDB

Adaptation should be central to climate crisis talks. Here’s why

Calls intensify to focus on helping high-risk communities adjust to climate change

  • Tunicia Phillips
7 min read
Emergency relief: A boy receives the cholera vaccine at an accommodation centre in Nhamatanda, Mozambique, which was one of the towns affected by Cyclone Idai. (Unicef/James Oatway)
BUZI DISTRICT HOSPITAL

‘We will have to begin from zero’

Six months after Mozambique was hit by cyclones Idai and Kenneth, recovery is far from complete

  • Tendai Marima
9 min read
Residents try to salvage their belongings in the Paquite district of Pemba, northern Mozambique. (Emidio Jozine/AFP/Getty Images)
CYCLONE IDAI

Three months after Cyclone Idai, the region desperately needs help

A lot is at stake and the cost of reconstruction is very high

  • Tigere Chagutah
4 min read
Extreme weather events like Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth have been particularly devastating on the African continent where the means of prevention and adaptation are weak and the response capacity rather limited. (Getty Images)
AFRICA DAY

As cyclones and droughts hit Africa, it’s time to demand climate justice

As the continent most affected by climate change, African countries must have a strong interest in limiting the temperature below 1.5° C

  • Landry Ninteretse
4 min read
Floods in countries such as Mozambique (above), Uganda, Malawi and other Great Lakes countries take lives. Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
CYCLONE IDAI

Conflict and cost hamper Mozambique cyclone response

Cyclone recovery has been further complicated by the cost of humanitarian and reconstruction efforts as well as a mysterious insurgency

  • Simon Allison
3 min read
Floods in countries such as Mozambique (above), Uganda, Malawi and other Great Lakes countries take lives. Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
CABO DELGADO

Mozambique braces for violent floods after Cyclone Kenneth

The first floods have already been seen in some parts of Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado province, as well as in surrounding areas

  • Gregory Walton
4 min read
Mozambique faces more damage with Cyclone Kenneth. (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)
AGENCY

Cyclone Kenneth makes landfall in Mozambique

Forecasters at Meteo-France warned that Kenneth could trigger waves off Mozambique’s northeastern shore as much as five metres higher than usual

  • Agency
3 min read