This case study examines the role of the affected state in humanitarian action with a focus on Mozambique. It provides a brief overview of the 2007 disaster itself and places this within
the context of Mozambique’s recent history; looks at some of the institutional arrangements that have been developed for dealing with emergencies, by both national and international actors in
Mozambique; and discusses how these actually worked in practice in the most recent case.
Conor Foley