Mozambique: Almost 220.000 People At Risk of Food Insecurity in Sofala

Maputo — Mozambique’s relief agency, the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), has announced that almost 220.000 people may be at risk of food insecurity in the central province of Sofala as a result of a lack of rain which is believed to be related to the “El Niño’ phenomenon.

According to the INGD delegate in Sofala, Aristides Armando, interviewed on Monday by Radio Mozambique, almost 220,000 people may be at risk of food insecurity, since the forecasts point…