Cyclone Chido has killed 94 people in Mozambique since it made landfallin the east African country last week, local authorities have said.

The country’s National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management (INGD) said 768 people were injured and more than 622,000 people affected by the natural disaster in some capacity.

Chido hit Mozambique on 15 December with winds of 260 km/h (160mph) and 250mm of rainfall in the first 24 hours.

The same cyclone had first wreaked havoc in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, before moving on to Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

In Mozambique, the storm struck northern provinces that are regularly battered by cyclones. It first reached Cabo Delgado, then travelled further inland to Niassa and Nampula.

The country’s INGD said the cyclone impacted the education and health sector. More than 109,793 students were affected, with school infrastructure severely damaged.

Some 52 sanitary units were damaged, the INGD said, which further risks access to essential health services. This is exacerbated further in areas where access to healthcare facilities were already limited before the cyclone.

Daniel Chapo, leader of Mozambique’s ruling party, told local media the government is mobilising support on “all levels” in response to the cyclone.

Speaking during a visit to Cabo Delgado on Sunday, one of the most badly affected areas, Chapo said the government is working alongside the INGD to ensure those affected in the provinces of Mecúfi, Nampula, Memba and Niassa can rebuild.

In Mayotte, Chido was the worst storm to hit the archipelago in 90 years, leaving tens of thousands of people reeling from the catastrophe.

The interior ministry in its latest update confirmed 35 people had died.

Mayotte’s prefect previously told local media the death toll could rise significantly once the damage was fully assessed, warning it would “definitely be several hundred” and could reach thousands.

More than 1,300 officers were deployed to support the local population.

One week on, many residents still lack basic necessities, while running water is making a gradual return to the territory’s capital. The ministry has advised people to boil water for three minutes before consuming it.

Around 100 tonnes of equipment are being delivered each day, the ministry said, as an air bridge was built between Mayotte, Reunion and mainland France.

In a statement on Friday, interior minister Bruno Retailleau said 80 tonnes of food and 50 tonnes of water had been distributed across Mayotte that day.

Tropical cyclones are characterised by very high wind speeds, heavy rainfall, and storm surges, which are short-term rises to sea-levels. This often causes widespread damage and flooding.

The cyclone, the INGD said, “highlights once again, the vulnerability of social infrastructures to climate change and the need for resilient planning to mitigate future impacts”.

Assessing the exact influence of climate change on individual tropical cyclones can be challenging due to the complexity of these storm systems. But rising temperatures do affect these storms in measurable ways.

The UN’s climate body, the IPCC, previously said there is “high confidence” that humans have contributed to increases in precipitation associated with tropical cyclones, and “medium confidence” that humans have contributed to the higher probability of a tropical cyclone being more intense.

South African composer Lebo M, renowned for creating the distinctive opening chant of The Lion King’s Circle of Life, rose from his life in exile in the US to legendary status and is now back with his signature sound for the latest instalment in the franchise, Mufasa.

His unforgettable Zulu cry, “Nants ingonyama, bagithi Baba”, meaning “here comes a lion, father”, is a stand-out moment in the original film.

Now, he is bringing his signature sound to Mufasa with a new song.

Directed by Barry Jenkins, the film serves as a prequel, exploring orphaned Mufasa’s journey as he faces hardships and tries to find his place in the world.

The story resonates with Lebo M’s own life.

Born in 1964, at the height of apartheid, the racist system of oppression in South Africa, he grew up in Soweto, a black township on the outskirts of Johannesburg.

He told the BBC Africa Daily podcast that he came from “the poorest neighbourhood and the poorest family”.

But despite the circumstances he was born into, his talent and love for singing was apparent.

In 1979, at 16, he was forced into exile after travelling to neighbouring Lesotho to perform. He had gone without an ID or passport and was denied re-entry to South Africa.

He settled in Lesotho for a while before moving to the US to attend school and later settled in Los Angeles.

This is where his career skyrocketed and his Lion King journey began.

Lebo M said he is proud he contributed to a project like the Lion King, “that represents Africa in the highest quality” and considers it one of his great successes.

But despite being a “major part of the original DNA” of The Lion King by conceptualising and composing the music, Lebo M feels he has not received as much financial success from it as some of his peers, largely due to his background.

“I’m forever a refugee, I’m forever an immigrant from Africa even in the business room,” he told the BBC.

He said at the time he did not have lawyers to ensure he got his fair share.

Even now, three decades deep into his career, Lebo M said he often finds he is the only black person in the room.

“I don’t think it’s because of tokenism,” he explained, adding that his experience speaks for itself.

In addition to working on The Lion King franchise, he has also composed music for The Woman King, The Power of One, and Congo.

“I don’t feel unwelcome, I don’t feel intimidated, I don’t feel like I don’t belong. But I know if I didn’t do what I do I wouldn’t be in that setting,” he said.

Despite growing up under apartheid, and being affected by racist ideology, he said he never experienced direct racism until he got to the US.

“I was born into apartheid. That means, I don’t know what it is like to be in a ‘multiracial environment’ until I got to America,” he said.

Now 64, Lebo M reflects on his legacy and the lessons he learned from the musical legends he met during his exile, like Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba – two pillars of South Africa’s musical history.

He shared that despite their immense success, their financial legacy did not match their global stature, especially toward the end of their lives.

This is a common thread among many African musicians who, unfortunately, died poor.

Although he has learned from their mistakes, he acknowledges that success is not just about commercial gain, but about “personal fulfilment,” which he has found with the Lion King.

There is a tense atmosphere in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, as the country awaits a court ruling on the outcome of October’s contested presidential election result, which when first announced sparked weeks of deadly protests.

Venâncio Mondlane, who came second according to the official count, has been calling on his supporters for much of the past two months to demonstrate against what he said was a rigged vote.

Mondlane, himself, is in exile having fled the country accusing the police of threatening behaviour not long after two of his aides were shot dead in October.

In a weekend social media message, he said there could be a “new popular uprising” if the result was not overturned.

The usual hustle and bustle that characterises the greater Maputo area on workdays and during the festive season has been replaced by silence and empty roads – a scene that has become common in this region since the popular demonstrations began on 21 October.

In what appears to be preparation for this latest phase of protests, some demonstrators have already begun blocking roads and preventing vehicle traffic in Maputo.

The Constitutional Court is due to begin announcing its ruling at 15:00 (13:00 GMT).

Earlier this month, Mondlane told the BBC there was “no way” he could accept the election result, in which Frelimo’s candidate Daniel Chapo won with 71% of the vote.

The 50-year-old evangelical pastor Mondlane, who stood as an independent, received 20%.

The electoral commission denied Mondlane’s allegation that the poll was rigged in favour of Frelimo, which has have been in power since independence 49 years ago.

But international election observers have said the elections were flawed, pointing to doctored numbers and other irregularities during the counting process.

The weeks-long demonstrations have led to violent encounters with the police and at least 110 people have been killed, local monitoring group Plataforma Decide said.

It is alleged that many of those who have died have been killed by security forces, but a police commander Bernadino Rafael had previously told the BBC that his officers had been defending themselves after coming under attack.

In a message on Sunday to the largely Catholic country, Pope Francis called for dialogue and the pursuit of the common good to prevail.

Mondlane has been speaking to the outgoing President, Filipe Nyusi, but it is not clear what the outcome of the talks has been.