Mozambique

Post flood reconstruction in Mozambique could cost 517 million dollars

According to the Minister of Planning and Development, of this amount about 353 million dollars will be for reconstruction in the public sector and 164 million dollars in the private sector. Flooding in January and February affected over 478,000 people and resulted in 117 deaths. In addition, more than 172,000 people were made homeless.

African slum dwellers get boost to improve living conditions

Unveiled on Tuesday during the ongoing UN-Habitat’s Governing Council in Nairobi, the Community Managed Development Fund targets close to 800,000 slum dwellers living in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.