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General News of Monday, March 25, 2019
Source: starrfm.com.gh
2019-03-25
Nearly 110,000 people are now in camps more than a week after cyclone Idai
The parliamentary minority is demanding financial contributions from MPs to help the victims of Hurricane Idai, which has killed nearly 1,000 people in three countries in southern Africa.
President Akufo-Addo revealed that Ghana is ready to help affected countries on request.
In a statement, minority foreign affairs spokesman Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa said the government should show leadership by also helping the affected countries. Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
"It goes beyond solidarity and mere words … Mr. President, I propose, if you wish, that we, MPs, make voluntary donations, in cash or in kind, that we should gather and do to our fellow Africans in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe who are in dire need of our urgent help. , Mr. Ablwakwa.
MKs Kwame Agbodza and Atwima Kwanwoma, Adaklu, and Kojo Appiah Kubi, deputies to Parliament, said Ghana should be inspired by the disaster and set up its home to prepare for such disasters.
The death toll from cyclone Idai has surpbaded 750 in the three southern African countries struck 10 days ago by the storm, as workers attempt to restore electricity and water and to prevent a cholera outbreak.
In Mozambique, the death toll has risen to 446, including 259 in Zimbabwe and at least 56 in Malawi.
All death figures are still preliminary, said Mozambique's Environment Minister Celso Correia. As the waters flood and new bodies are discovered, the final toll in Mozambique could exceed the figure of 1,000 estimated by the country's president a few days after the cyclone, aid workers said.
Nearly 110,000 people are now in camps more than a week after cyclone Idai, said Correia, emergency coordinator of the Mozambican government. As efforts to rescue people trapped by floods dry up, aid workers in the region are preparing for the spread of diseases, including cholera and malaria.
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