Page 189 - Maputo News Today

It made landfall north of Mananjary, a coastal town of 25,000 people that remains devastated by last years Cyclone Batsirai, which killed more than 130 people.

Cyclone Freddy is expected to land Friday in regions between central and southern Mozambique, more than 500 kilometres north of the capital Maputo, and could reach Zimbabwe.

People in Mozambique were bracing for more harsh weather and heavy rains on Wednesday as tropical cyclone Freddy gathered pace in the Indian Ocean and tracked toward the southeastern African coastline.

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambican authorities on Thursday were bracing for tropical storm Freddy, which is expected to make landfall in the southern African country on Friday after killing at least four people in Madagascar.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Africa must demonstrate urgency and the willingness in upholding the Maputo Protocol on the Rights of Women. “It is time for action,” he echoed, saying the remaining member states yet to ratify the Protocol ought to do so, and submit their instruments of ratification…

Authorities gave a provisional toll of five dead after Cyclone Freddy made landfall on the Indian Ocean island, packing winds of around 130 kilometres per hour.

UN Secretary General António Guterres warned of a "torrent of trouble" for mega-cities including Buenos Aires

A powerful cyclone was barrelling towards Mozambique on Wednesday after battering Madagascar where it killed five people but left less devastation in its wake than feared, emergency officials said. Authorities gave a provisional toll of five dead after Cyclone Freddy made landfall on the Indian Ocea ..

All the latest news about Mozambique from the BBC

Malawi breaking news publishing 24 hours a day news about Malawi, Malawi Business, Malawi Tourism, Malawi Politics, Malawi News