[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Tom Bowker, journalist and editor of the respected Zitamar newsletter, has been ordered to leave the country by Saturday. The expulsion is entirely unofficial - there is nothing in writing. Tom is British and...

[AIM] Maputo -- At least 5,500 families, affected by Cyclone Eloise, which hit central Mozambique last Saturday, are cut off from the rest of the country in Save locality, Machaze district, in Manica province.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) last Saturday arrested a man in possession of 66 kilos of illegal drugs (heroin and methamphetamine) on a beach outside the northern port city of Nacala.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Nampula Provincial Court in northern Mozambique on Thursday sentenced two members of the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR - the Mozambican Riot Police) for murdering a member of the Nampula Municipal Police on 29 July last year.

[UNFPA] Cabo Delgado -- To respond to the urgent needs of an estimated 530,000 people displaced by violent conflict in Cabo Delgado, UNFPA has supported the government's installation of sexual and reproductive health tents, women and girl-friendly sp...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Thursday reported 907 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 11 more Covid-19 deaths.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park has become the first African institution to join the global coalition "United for Biodiversity", according to a Thursday press release from the Park.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park has become the first African institution to join the global coalition "United for Biodiversity", according to a Thursday press release from the Park.

[AIM] Maputo -- The French oil and gas company Total has said that, while it may use infrastructures in the French Indian Ocean possession of Mayotte for some offshore operations to support its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the northern Moza...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambique (CPMO), meeting on Wednesday, increased the Bank's key interest rates by 300 base points.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican authorities have warned of a risk of flooding in the Zambezi Valley, because of increased discharges from the Cahora Bassa dam.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago confirmed in Maputo on Wednesday that the new South African variant of the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 respiratory disease has been detected in Mozambique.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Defence and Security Forces have been gaining ground in the northern districts of Cabo Delgado province, faced with brutal attacks by terrorist groups, according to the General Commander of the police, Bernadino Rafael,...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday announced that, in the previous 24 hours, 1,151 people had made a complete recovery from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

[SANF] Southern Africa is developing a comprehensive regional response amid fears that the drums of war could silence hopes of peace in northern Mozambique where an armed insurgency has triggered a humanitarian crisis due to a surge in internally dis...

[AIM] Maputo -- The General Commander of the Mozambican Police, Bernadino Rafael, announced on Wednesday that he has removed the entire command of the First Regiment of the Frontier Police, stationed at Namaacha, on the border between Mozambique and ...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government announced on Tuesday the creation of the country's first special economic zone for agribusiness.

[AIM] Maputo -- The British government has announced that it is providing up to one million pounds (about 1.4 million US dollars) in emergency aid, to assist Mozambicans affected by Cyclone Eloise, which hit the central provinces on Saturday.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique on Tuesday suffered its worst day yet in the Covid-19 pandemic.

[UN News] UN agencies are ramping up efforts on Tuesday to help communities in Mozambique hit hard by Tropical Cyclone Eloise, which barrelled through the country just three weeks after the devastating Tropical Storm Chalane.

[AIM] Maputo -- The French oil and gas company Total is considering setting up a logistical base for its Mozambican operations, not in any part of Mozambique, but on the French Indian Ocean possession of Mayotte, according to a report in Wednesday's ...

[Greenpeace] Eloise is the third major cyclone to hit Southern Africa since 2019, causing displacement, destruction of homes, schools, crops and vital infrastructure in Mozambique, as well as Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. In additi...

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Vale is pulling out of Tete as part of its climate emergency commitment to end coal production. Several announcements last week set out a complex planned withdrawal.

[Greenpeace] President Filipe Nyusi is set to embark on a trip to areas affected by Cyclone Eloise, as damages are being assessed in Mozambique and neighboring countries, after it struck three days ago.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican authorities have arrested a Chinese citizen in connection with the illegal export from the northern port of Pemba of 82 containers full of unprocessed logs.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Monday urged households living in flood-prone areas to move to safer areas, and thus avoid possible loss of life, and damage to their property.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Health announced on Monday that it has enough stocks of Covid-19 tests as well as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for health staff for the first six months of this year.

[Cosafa] COSAFA nations Mozambique and Namibia have learned their fate after the draw was made for the 2021 Africa Under-20 Cup of Nations that will be staged in Mauritania from February 14-March 4.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Cyclone Eloise hit Beira and Buzi Saturday morning (23 Jan) with 120 km/h winds. The cyclone passed south-west and is now a tropical storm in South Africa. Six people have been killed.

[allAfrica] The "resource curse" occurs when global mining and gas companies share the surplus from resource extraction with a small local elite, and little reaches ordinary people. Economists refer to this as "rent" - income derived from ownership o...