It is officially the rainy season in Mozambique. According to the National Institute of Meteorology, rainfall in some parts of the country might exceed the normal levels, triggering heavy flooding along the major river basins. In the last two years, the rainy season was exacerbated by supercharged storms, creating catastrophic events in the central provinces…
Mozambique’s natural resources management sector has since been seen as a key driver of prosperity and a sign of rural transformation. At least three quarters of the population depends upon natural resources for income generation, as well as the central government for fiscal revenue, income and poverty reduction. With rapid population growth and increasing urbanization,…
Water, sanitation and hygiene is one of the main challenges communities, government entities and civil society organizations are trying to address in Mozambique. With increasing climate variability as a result of the intensification of global warming, local communities are experiencing mass disruption in their livelihoods. First, there are experiencing food shortages as a result of…
Mozambique’s land policy goal is to ensure that land access to all Mozambicans is guaranteed and protected, while satisfying socio-cultural needs, promoting economic progress and serve as basis for sustainable and equitable development. Land Law enables community land rights to be registered and secured through land delimitation processes, which also contributes to reduce land conflicts…
The Mozambique Community Land Initiative (iTC) is a partnership programme developed by donorswith government, civil society and private sector in Mozambique to assist rural communities tosecure community land rights in the context of implementation of Mozambique’s 1997 Land Law1,long regarded as one of the most progressive in Africa (Toulmin & Quan 2000, Tanner & Baleira2006,…
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Although the gig economy might not be well-defined in African labour policies, its principles are integrated within many business environments in Africa Street business are one of the most common sights in the urban centres of Sub-Saharan Africa. These businesses are mainly…
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted small-scale farmers’ entire supply chains By Antonio Inguane, regional trainer at Cadasta Foundation and Bruno Marianno, Program manager at Earthworm Foundation Brazil and Landscape Project Coordinator in Pará State Six months have passed since the…
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Mozambique is struggling to address challenges from migration to population growth and inadequate urban planning – could data help? Antonio Inguane is an international development specialist at the Cadasta Foundation. Last year Mozambique held municipal elections, which resulted…
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The loss of public records and personal documents following the disaster, is already having a tremendous impact on recovery efforts Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in Beira, the second largest city in Mozambique on March 14, 2019….
The world is experiencing an unprecedented spate of extreme weather and climate events, including wildfires, floods, typhoons, cyclones, and prolonged droughts. According to the report of the U.N. secretary-general’s High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: “Losses from natural disasters — including drought, floods and storms — have increased at an alarming rate. People…
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