Influential mayor of Mozambique city dies of COVID-19
FILE - In this Monday March 25, 2019 file photo, Beira Mayor Daviz Simango, right, pauses from directing disaster relief operations in Beira, Mozambique. Simango, the leader of Mozambique’s opposition MDM party and the mayor of the major port city of Beira, has died in a South Africa hospital, according to local media on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Party officials said Simango, 57, died of complications from COVID-19, diabetes and a stroke. (AP Photo/Cara Anna, file)

FILE - In this Monday March 25, 2019 file photo, Beira Mayor Daviz Simango, right, pauses from directing disaster relief operations in Beira, Mozambique. Simango, the leader of Mozambique’s opposition MDM party and the mayor of the major port city of Beira, has died in a South Africa hospital, according to local media on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Party officials said Simango, 57, died of complications from COVID-19, diabetes and a stroke. (AP Photo/Cara Anna, file)

Feb. 22, 2021 12:32 PM EST
People make their way through floodwaters in Beira Mozambique, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. The Mozambican port city of Beira breathed a sigh of relief as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared as it passed through, but the danger of flooding remained in a region still recovering from a devastating cyclone two years ago. (AP Photo)

People make their way through floodwaters in Beira Mozambique, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. The Mozambican port city of Beira breathed a sigh of relief as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared as it passed through, but the danger of flooding remained in a region still recovering from a devastating cyclone two years ago. (AP Photo)

Jan. 24, 2021 08:19 AM EST