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Few days before the emergency team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) arrives in the areas affected by the floods of the beginning of this year, in central and northern Mozambique, the Representative of the Organization in the country talked about the impact flooding had...

The humanitarian community in Mozambique, including United Nations agencies, IOM, Red Cross and various NGOs, launched a $30.1 million response and recovery proposal last week, to address the needs of over 160,000 flood-affected people in hard-hit Zambézia province in central Mozambique. The proposal responds to a request from the Government...

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today attended an African Union (AU) summit which is set to focus on a continent-wide commitment by governments to end hunger by 2025, and also on efforts to boost the role of women in achieving prosperity in Africa. Heads of state and of government meeting...

Short before he left Mozambique, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations agencies based in Rome, David Lane, described the collaboration between the three Rome-based UN agencies in the country as "impressive". This was at the end of a five-day visit to Manica province, in central Mozambique, where he met...

For five days, 11 technicians attended a training in detection, surveillance and epidemiology of the peste des petits ruminants (PPR). The goal of the workshop – which was promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and by the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG)/DNSV – was to...