Cyclone Idai

Harare – The United States Government has provided an additional $600,000 to assist smallholder farmers in Chimanimani District to recover and rebuild their lives following Cyclone Idai. Smallholder farmers are expected to grow high value crops, cereals, and pulses, and improve nutrition and hygiene. As part of these efforts, USAID will provide smallholder farmers with […]

The World Bank has increased emergency support for the three southern African countries affected by a devastating cyclone that killed hundreds in March to $700 million, the lender said on Friday.Flooded homes are seen after Cyclone Idai in Buzi district outside Beira, Mozambique, March 21, 2019. More than 1,000 people were killed across Mozambique, Zimbabwe […]

A tropical system off Mozambique threatens to unleash a cyclone on the northern Cabo Delgado province just weeks after the country’s central parts were ravaged by a powerful storm, meteorologists warned Tuesday. The poor southern African country is still reeling from the impact of deadly cyclone Idai – the most powerful storm to hit the region in […]

Alleluia Ministries International, lead by Pastor Alph Lukau has responded in kind to the calls to assist fight cholera in the aftermath of cyclone Idai. According to the Mozambique’s health ministry, Cholera has infected at least 1,052 people in the country’s cyclone-hit region, as of Monday 1 April. This marks a massive increase from 139 […]

Harare-The United States Government has provided an additional US$2.5 million as a response to emergency needs in Zimbabwe following Cyclone Idai. The contribution, provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Food for Peace, will support immediate food needs in the most affected areas of Manicaland Province. USAID will work through the […]

 The number of people in makeshift camps after a powerful cyclone in Mozambique has risen by 18,000 to 128,000 but the death toll remains roughly unchanged at 447, Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said on Monday. “The loss of lives remains the same as yesterday,” Correia said. “The number of people saved in INGC […]

Cyclone Idai’s death toll has risen above 750 in the three southern African countries hit 10 days ago by the storm, as workers restore electricity, water and try to prevent outbreak of cholera, authorities said Sunday. In Mozambique the number of dead has risen to 446 while there are 259 dead in Zimbabwe and at least 56 dead […]

Aid agencies have increased aid for Cyclone Idai. Some Aid agencies have “quadrupled ” their initial estimates of what is needed to help the millions affected by the cyclone. Cyclone Idai which had 170kmph winds devastated Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The aid from International agencies has started trickling into the devastated countries and is expected […]

Pope Francis expressed his pain Wednesday at the devastation wrought by Cyclone Idai in southern Africa and called for “comfort and support” for victims of the disaster. “Great floods have sown grief and devastation in various regions of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi,” he said, addressing thousands of the faithful in Saint Peter’s Square. “To those […]

China has pledged to provide assistance to Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in the recovery after the lashing of Cyclone Idai, causing several deaths and considerable material damages in those African nations. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang assured that Beijing will respond to the requests of the three countries and will provide them with the […]