Good afternoon. The inhabitants of central Mozambique met with terrible misfortune when Cyclone Idai swept through the region in 2019, killing in the region of 1,000 people and affecting close to 2m in total, thanks to its path through the urban area of Beira. Tens of thousands of people were left needing new homes. Five years on, it seems that the inadequate efforts at reconstruction constitute a disaster of their own. As we report, only one-fifth of the 15,000 new homes planned for Sofala province have been built (see below), leaving many families living in makeshift shacks or the ruins of their existing homes.
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Today’s front pages on the streets of Maputo. Notícias leads with agreements on energy, agriculture and security, signed yesterday by President Filipe Nyusi with Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune. Underneath, a piece covers suggestions by the minister of transport and communications that state-owned airline LAM will renew its contact with South African company Fly Modern Ark; and the arrival of food and hygiene products in Eráti district, Nampula province, where 67,000 are sheltering after being displaced by the ongoing insurgency in Cabo Delgado province. Weekly Savana’s lead headline is on the government of Gaza seeking the sale of land, while underneath a headline claims President Nyusi has been encouraged to create his “own formula” with respect to choosing his successor as president of Frelimo. Sign up to the Zitamar Daily Briefing for an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the Mozambican media each week day 📷 Faizal Chauque / Zitamar News
