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MOZAMBIQUE: "We cannot live here because the floods come quickly"

irinnews.org - DEDA Thursday, October 16, 2008 (IRIN) - Manuel Fanso, 51, went back to the riverbank to earn his living as a fisherman after the floodwaters receded. Up to 300,000 people in river communities throughout central Mozambique were displaced in early 2008, and his family has moved to higher ground. Floods swamped the country in 2000, 2001 and 2007, and the government has been encouraging resettlement in designated 'safe areas' to avoid further loss of life and expensive evacuation operations when...» view full story
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