Inhambane

Counting in Chapo's favour is the fact that he is a relative newcomer in the political arena, having joined government only in 2011 as a district administrator, rising by 2019 to become governor of the southern Inhambane province until taking over as general secretary of Frelimo in May.

The outbreak has now spread to Mozambique's district of Morrumbene in the southern Inhambane province.

French weather forecaster Meteo France, which has a cyclone-monitoring station on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, said Freddy was expected to make landfall near the tourist town of Vilankulo in Mozambique's southern Inhambane province around midday.

In Gaza and Inhambane provinces, where indoor spraying has not been used, the team still finds lots of An. funestus.

Almost two decades ago, Ms. Marshall went diving near Inhambane, 230 miles north of the capital, Maputo, describing the experience as akin to “finding a lost world, undisturbed and rich with life.”