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Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:49:25 GMT
Cabo Delgado Displacement Could Reach 1 Million, UN Officials Warn
[UN News] Senior leaders with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Monday of the urgent need to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, where an ongoing insurgency has uprooted hundreds of thous...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:31:17 GMT
China Pardons Part of Mozambique's Debt
[AIM] Maputo -- The Chinese government on Friday pardoned 2.6 billion meticais (about 36 million US dollars, at current exchange rates) of Mozambique's debt to China.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:25:30 GMT
Over 100 Schools Unable to Re-Open in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- Over 100 schools in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado were unable to open on Monday for the start of the 2021 school year, but only in one district, Mocimboa da Praia, was the educational network completely shut down, t...

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:48:07 GMT
A More Complex Reality in Cabo Delgado
[New Frame] In the Mozambican province wracked by a violent insurgency, the convenient labelling of those rising up against the predatory elite paints a picture that is far from reality.

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:35:12 GMT
Displaced Optimistic About U.S. Support for Counterinsurgency Efforts
[VOA] Washington -- Mozambicans who have been forced from their homes because of the ongoing conflict in the northern part of their country say Washington's pledge to train Mozambican security forces brings a glimmer of hope that their situation will...

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 05:07:52 GMT
Humanitarian Crisis in Cabo Delgado Has Displaced 700,000
[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. refugee agency warns the humanitarian crisis in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province is evolving rapidly, and could negatively impact the surrounding region if it is not addressed.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:25:31 GMT
Nyusi Wants Civic Service Providers in Humanitarian Assistance
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Tuesday declared that Civic Service providers must participate in humanitarian assistance to those displaced from their homes by terrorist attacks in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:25:31 GMT
Media Regulator Must Be Independent
[AIM] Maputo -- Any future regulatory body for the Mozambican media must be fully independent of the government, warned representatives of the media at a hearing on Monday organised by the Commission on Social Affairs of the country's parliament, the...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:25:30 GMT
- Partners Grant 49 Million Euros for Water and Sanitarion Programmes
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government will receive over 49 million Euros (about 58 million US dollars) from Holland and from the Italian Development Cooperation Agency (AICS) which will be used for institutional capacity building at the Water and...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:25:27 GMT
Over 57,000 Health Workers Vaccinated Against Covid-19
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Health announced on Monday that to date 57,305 health professionals have been vaccinated against the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 respiratory disease, which is 88 per cent of the target set by the Mi...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:31:17 GMT
Sweden Supports Cabo Delgado Displaced People
[AIM] Maputo -- The Swedish government on Monday announced a grant of seven million Swedish crowns (about 833,000 US dollars) to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to meet the needs of internally displaced people in Mozambique.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:31:17 GMT
Over Eight Million Children Begin 2021 School Year
[AIM] Maputo -- Millions of children are returning to schools in Mozambique, after a year in which the schools were closed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:31:17 GMT
Over Half a Tonne of Drugs Seized in Quelimane
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) has announced the seizure of over half a tonne of illicit drugs from a house in Quelimane, capital of the central province of |Zambezia.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:31:14 GMT
Covid-19 Positivity Rate Falling
[AIM] Maputo -- The Covid-19 positivity rate (the proportion of people tested found to be carrying the coronavirus that causes Covid-19) fell to 12.3 per cent on Sunday, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:25:30 GMT
Electronic Sealing System Reaches Over 55,000 Loads
[AIM] Maputo -- The programme of electronic sealing and screening of cargo in transit, run by the Mozambican Tax Authority (AT), underway since December 2020, has reached 55,780 traffic loads across the country.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:25:30 GMT
Covid-19 - New Daily Cases Fall to Below 100
[AIM] Maputo -- For the first time this year, the number of new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease diagnosed in Mozambique over a 24 hour period has fallen to below 100, the Deputy National Director of Public Health, Benigna Matsinhe, announce...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:32:36 GMT
Deterioration in Humanitarian Situation Curbs Access to Health Services
[ICRC] People have fled to urban areas such as Pemba, Montepuez, and Metuge, putting increased strain on communities and infrastructure, including on already fragile medical services.

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 06:36:01 GMT
Are Mozambican and Congolese Insurgents Really ISIS Offshoots?
[Crisis Group] The U.S. has designated two armed groups in the DRC and in Mozambique as terrorist organisations, claiming they are affiliated with the Islamic State, and creating potential legal peril for peacemakers who may deal with them. Crisis Gr...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:45:12 GMT
U.S. 'Green Berets' Training Mozambican Marines
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] US Special Forces soldiers began training Mozambican marines this week, Colonel Richard Schmidt, the Deputy Commander of US Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA),  announced in Maputo Monday (15 Mar).

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:09:16 GMT
Mozambique Sets Up Special Unit for Airport Cargo Control
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique has become the first Southern African Development Community (SADC) country to set up a Special Unit for Airport Cargo Control, intended to strengthen the capacity to spot and seize drugs and other illicit products that may ...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:09:14 GMT
114 People With Albinism Are Missing, Says Human Rights Commission
[AIM] Maputo -- From 2014 to the present at least 114 people suffering from albinism have gone missing in Mozambique, according to the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), cited by the independent television station, STV.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:10:38 GMT
U.S. Names ISIS-Mozambique and its 'Leader' as Global 'Terrorists'
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The US on 10 March designated Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - Mozambique (ISIS-Mozambique) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and the man it says is head of ISIS-Mozambique, Tanzanian Abu Yasir Hassan,...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:09:16 GMT
Nyusi Warns Against Carelessness in the Education System
[AIM] Maputo -- Monapo (Mozambique), 19 Mar (AIM) - Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi warned on Friday that his government will never allow acts of irresponsibility to drag the country's educational system into collapse.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:09:14 GMT
Disturbances At Food Distribution in Palma
[AIM] Maputo -- Food distribution on Wednesday in the town of Palma, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, ended in gunshots when the defence and security forces tried to restore order to an unruly crowd, according to a report in Frida...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:09:13 GMT
Covid-19 - Four Deaths, 255 New Cases and 987 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Thursday reported a further four deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 255 new cases - but in the same 24 hour period, 987 people made a full recovery from Covid-19.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:09:10 GMT
Nyusi Lays Foundation Stone for Zambezia Power Line
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi laid on Thursday the foundation stone for the construction of an electricity substation and a 366 kilometre high voltage power line, running across the central province of Zambezia from Chimuara to Al...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 07:57:02 GMT
Change Will Come From Us - a Conversation With Quitéria Guirengane
[African Arguments] Quitéria Guirengane is a Mozambican female activist and the President of the Mozambican Young Women Leaders' Network. Trained in social and organizational psychology, Quitéria is today one of the most prominent female activists ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:48:10 GMT
PM Demands Unrelenting Stance Against Corruption
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Wednesday demanded that the new leadership of the General Inspectorate of the Public Administration take an unrelenting and proactive approach in the fight against corruption.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:48:10 GMT
Sabotage Leads to Power Cuts
[AIM] Maputo -- Recent power cuts in central Maputo were the result of the theft of components from transformer posts and other electrical installations, according to a report in Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:48:05 GMT
Covid-19 - Just One Death Reported On Wednesday
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported just one death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease - the lowest death toll for any 24 hour period so far this year.



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