[UNFPA] Reflections by Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa

[AIM] Maputo -- Young Mozambicans recruited by the terrorist groups operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado will not be harmed if they defect and turn themselves in to the authorities, President Filipe Nyusi pledged on Wednesday.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mayor of Maputo, Eneas Comiche, has promised to cancel land titles granted to people who have occupied areas of mangrove forest in the city, according to a report carried on Tuesday by the independent television station STV.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported a further 17 deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 800 new cases.

[Daily Maverick] Journalist Tom Bowker has been covering the Islamist insurgency in the far north of the country.

[CISA] Beira -- 21 people have been confirmed dead and more than 270,000 displaced across Southern Africa according to preliminary information by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

[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.