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Timor-Leste’s floods and Covid lockdown aggravate political rifts Mounting crises raise questions about infrastructure spending, the uses of oil wealth and the need for elite consensus.
Dili residents wade through a flooded street on 9 April 2021 (Valentino Dariel Sousa/AFP via Getty Images) Published 23 Apr 2021 10:00 0 Comments
The recent floods in Timor-Leste have now caused 45 deaths and some 10,000 people to be displaced, including 7000 in the capital, with widespread damage to roads and bridges, and around 4500 dwellings destroyed. The government has called for international assistance, as a number of local non-government initiatives mobilised to feed and shelter the displaced. Australia has responded with $7 million in aid, emergency relief and water tanks, though questions have been raised as to whether these commitments match the scale of the calamity.