Aid agencies in race against time after Cyclone Idai
By DW
25 March 2019 |
8:12 am
With heavily-populated areas of Mozambique now covered by a massive lake, survivors of Cyclone Idai face disease and hunger. Aid agencies say time is running out for the victims.
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