Maputo, 27 Mar (AIM) – The Commerce and Development Bank (TDB), an African regional development financing group, disbursed 100 thousand US dollars to support flood victims in Mozambique.

According to the Minister of Finance, Carla Louveira, speaking on Thursday, this amount will be used to purchase medicines and medical-surgical material to support the areas that were affected by the floods.

“This opening of the TDB comes in response to the government’s appeal to cooperation partners for solidarity with the Mozambican people, formulated on January 16, 2026, which also declared red alert and a state of emergency throughout the country in the face of the floods that devastated the cities and provinces of Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane and Sofala,” he said.

According to the minister, Mozambique has been a class A shareholder of TDB since 2014, with subscribed capital exceeding US$10 million.

“The country has benefited from interventions and financing in the areas of liquefied natural gas exploration”. she said.

This second wave of floods “requires the continued involvement of the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management (INGD), including national humanitarian teams, civil society, and the mobilization of further support from our development partners”.

For his part, the Minister of Health, Ussene Isse, praised the gesture of solidarity, highlighting the country’s vulnerability to extreme weather events.

“We are experiencing complex situations these days and these climate events have a major impact on our healthcare system,” he said. “One of the most affected components in an emergency is the pillar of continuity of services, that is, care for our population, and one of the main components of continuity are medicines and surgical supplies”.
(AIM)
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