Mozambique
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:52:37 GMTMayor of Beira Dies
[AIM] Maputo -- Daviz Simango, the Mayor of Beira, and leader of the country's second largest opposition party, the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), died on Monday morning in South Africa from health problems related to the Covid-19 respiratory ...
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:47:46 GMTGovt Cracks Down to Curb Reporting On Cabo Delgado War
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Zitamar editor Tom Bowker, partner and journalist Leigh Elston, and their two children left Mozambique today, expelled by the Minister of Interior, Amade Miquidade. They are not allowed to return for 10 years. ...
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:29:41 GMTNew Killings in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- Islamist terrorists have murdered four people in the Quionga administrative post, in Palma district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in Monday's issue of the independent newssheet, "Carta de ...
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:55:55 GMTGovt Bans British Journalist for 10 Years
[CPJ] New York -- Mozambican authorities should reverse their decision to expel journalist Tom Bowker and allow him to work freely in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:06:18 GMTTotal Says Mozambique LNG Project On Track
[AIM] Maputo -- The French oil and gas company Total has insisted that its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado is on track, despite attacks by islamist terrorists in the area.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:08:21 GMTAnglican Bishop Is New CNE Chairperson
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's new National Elections Commission (CNE) on Friday elected the Anglican Bishop of the Lebombos diocese in southern Mozambique, Carlos Matsinhe, as its chairperson for the next six years.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:26:14 GMTHealth Ministry Preparing New Covid-19 Centre in Beira
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Health is preparing to transform the ophthalmology block in Beira Central Hospital into an additional isolation ward for Covid-19 patients.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:25:16 GMTTerrorists Reportedly Running Out of Food
[AIM] Maputo -- The islamist terrorists operating in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado are reportedly releasing hostages because they are no longer able to feed them.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:20:40 GMTChief of Staff of Military Junta Surrenders
[AIM] Maputo -- The Chief of Staff of the dissident "Renamo Military Junta", 65 year old Paulo Nguirangue, has surrendered to the Mozambican defence and security forces, according to a report in Friday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais".
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:52:56 GMTHead of Armed Forces Dies
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Defence Ministry has announced that Gen. Eugenio Mussa, Chief of Staff of the Mozambican Armed Forces (FADM), died of illness in Maputo on Monday.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:37:53 GMTSAEF Statement on the Deportation of Zitamar Editor Tom Bowker
[Southern African Editors' Forum] The Southern African Editors (SAEF) condemns the deportation of Mozambican editorTom Bowker, his partner and journalist Leigh Elston, and their two children by thegovernment through a letter written by Minister of In...
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:33:42 GMTMozambique Beat Kenya Morans in Afrobasket Qualifiers
[Nation] Yaounde -- Kenya Morans on Sunday put up a lacklustre performance to go down 71-44 in their last group B game of the second round of the Afrobasket qualifiers at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports Complex here in Yaounde.
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:37:41 GMTCourt Seizes Bus Company Workshops
[AIM] Maputo -- The Nampula provincial court in northern Mozambique has ordered the seizure of two workshops belonging to the company Nagi Investments, after Nagi failed to compensate passengers injured in a serious traffic accident, according to a r...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:31:47 GMTMilitants Driven Back From Position in Mocimboa da Praia
[AIM] Maputo -- A terrorist group on Tuesday attacked a position of the Mozambican defence and security forces at the village of Roma, in Mocimboa da Praia district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, but were driven back by the defenders, acc...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:29:17 GMTRehabilitation of Beira-Zimbabwe Railroad Underway
[AIM] Maputo -- The publicly owned Ports and Railway Company (CFM) on Wednesday started to replace tracks on the railway line connecting the Mozambican port city of Beira to Machipanda, on the border with landlocked Zimbabwe, as part of a 200 million...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:27:15 GMTCovid-19 - Ten Deaths, 898 New Cases and 947 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Thursday reported ten further deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, 898 new cases and 947 recoveries.
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:33:51 GMTAgriculture Minister Optimistic About Rice Harvest
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Agriculture Minister Celso Correia on Wednesday visited the country's two largest irrigation schemes, both in the Limpopo Valley, in the southern province of Gaza, and was optimistic that this year they will produce a bumpe...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:28:28 GMTCameroon Eyes 100 Percent Record, Mozambique Play for Pride
[CAF] Cameroon's young Indomitable Lions have already booked a ticket to the quarter finals of the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations with an assured spot on top of Group A.
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:07:49 GMTMauritania Beat Mozambique to Revive Knockout Hopes
[CAF] Hosts Mauritania secured their maiden victory in the Total Africa U-20 Cup of Nations after beating Mozambique 2-0 in Nouakchott to revive their hopes of qualifying for the quarter finals.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:01:20 GMTThousands Displaced After Heavy Rains Hit
[Nation] Heavy rains have marooned about 27,000 people in Mozambique's Boane district, about 30 kilometres south of the country's capital Maputo since last week, local councilman confirmed Monday.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:16:45 GMTPope Backs Nyusi Again, and Withdraws Critical Pemba Bishop
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Following a long campaign against him by President Filipe Nyusi and his praise singers, the Pope on 11 February withdrew the outspoken Catholic Bishop of Pemba, Luis Fernando Lisboa. In an interview with RĂ¡dio...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:39:17 GMTNamibia Get Draw, but Mozambique Lose in Under-20 Afcon Openers
[Cosafa] Namibia netted a late equaliser to pick up a point in their debut at the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Mauritania on Monday.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:39:13 GMTGovt to Pay Corrupt Brazil Debt in Exchange for Security Council Seat Support
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Mozambique has agreed to repay $224 mn in corrupt loans from Brazil, apparently in exchange for Brazilian support for Mozambique to be elected in 2022 to one of the non-permanent seats on the UN Security Counci...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:30:40 GMTIsolated Palma Faces Food Crisis
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] With no safe overland access, Palma is again facing a food crisis. There were two relief convoys of supply lorries from Mueda to Palma in January, but these have not been repeated. There has been heavy rain mak...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:24:34 GMTMozambique Must Provide 25 km Security Cordon Before Total Restarts at Aungi
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Mozambique must secure an area of at least 25 km from the gas project on the Afungi peninsula,
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:18:13 GMTAre Ruby Mine Resettled Families Getting Luxury $95,000 Houses?
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM) has now delivered 105 houses for families in the resettlement village of Namanhumbir, built by the mining company, to re-house Nthoro communities previously lining on land given to t...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:53:01 GMTHosts Mauritania Look for Redemption As Mozambique Come Calling
[CAF] The thought of the host nation being eliminated from the group stages is a nightmare for Mauritania head coach Mauril Njoya and that will be his driving factor when the Mourabitounes take on Mozambique at the Olympic Stadium in Nouakchott on We...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:51:42 GMTLegal Aid Project On the Right to Documentation for Internally Displaced Persons
[UNHCR] Cabo Delgado, Mozambique -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has partnered with the Catholic University of Mozambique to pilot a legal aid project for internally displaced persons in Mozambique.
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:33:34 GMTMayor of Beira Evacuted to South Africa
[AIM] Maputo -- The mayor of Beira, and leader of Mozambique's second largest opposition party, the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), Daviz Simango, was evacuated to South Africa on Saturday night for health reasons.
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:32:16 GMTOver 50,000 Cases of Covid-19 Diagnosed
[AIM] Maputo -- There have now been over 50,000 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease diagnosed in Mozambique, the health authorities announced on Sunday.