{"id":38764,"date":"2023-05-15T20:17:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch"},"modified":"2023-05-15T20:27:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:27:23","slug":"pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch","title":{"rendered":"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Residents of Paquite neighbourhood in Pemba, Cabo Delgado, are concerned about the water in the local drainage ditch, which has a colour \u201cdifferent than usual,\u201d reads a Noti\u0301cias report. The drainage ditch water has turned bright purple according to the photo brought by Noti\u0301cias to illustrate this report.<\/p>\n

Local official Amina Amade told journalists from the Provincial Nucleus of Escribas Ambiental, who went there this morning witness the phenomenon, that she did not know how to explain the occurrence or its possible effects on health.<\/p>\n

She said that the this was first observed three months ago, and that she had informed the municipal authorities.<\/p>\n

A team from the Centre for Water Hygiene and Medical Examinations was also on site, investigating the matter prior to devising appropriate interventions.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. Residents of Paquite neighbourhood in Pemba, Cabo Delgado, are concerned about the water in the local drainage ditch, which has a colour \u201cdifferent than usual,\u201d reads a Noti\u0301cias report. The drainage ditch water has turned bright purple according to the photo brought by Noti\u0301cias to illustrate this report. Local official Amina Amade […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-38764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nPemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Residents of Paquite neighbourhood in Pemba, Cabo Delgado, are concerned about the water in the local drainage ditch, wh ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Residents of Paquite neighbourhood in Pemba, Cabo Delgado, are concerned about the water in the local drainage ditch, wh ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-15T20:17:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-15T20:27:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684165679.27.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"672\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-15T20:17:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-15T20:27:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684165679.27.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch\",\"name\":\"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch - Mozambique\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684165679.27.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-15T20:17:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-15T20:27:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Residents of Paquite neighbourhood in Pemba, Cabo Delgado, are concerned about the water in the local drainage ditch, wh ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684165679.27.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684165679.27.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":672,\"caption\":\"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/\",\"name\":\"Mozambique\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch - Mozambique","description":"Residents of Paquite neighbourhood in Pemba, Cabo Delgado, are concerned about the water in the local drainage ditch, wh ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch","og_description":"Residents of Paquite neighbourhood in Pemba, Cabo Delgado, are concerned about the water in the local drainage ditch, wh ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch","og_site_name":"Mozambique","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-05-15T20:17:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-15T20:27:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":672,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684165679.27.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch","datePublished":"2023-05-15T20:17:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-15T20:27:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch"},"wordCount":150,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684165679.27.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Mozambique","Mozambique"],"articleSection":["all news","economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch","name":"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch - Mozambique","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684165679.27.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-15T20:17:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-15T20:27:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Residents of Paquite neighbourhood in Pemba, Cabo Delgado, are concerned about the water in the local drainage ditch, wh ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684165679.27.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684165679.27.jpg","width":900,"height":672,"caption":"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/pemba-residents-aghast-at-purple-water-in-drainage-ditch#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pemba residents aghast at purple water in drainage ditch"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/","name":"Mozambique","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}