[allAfrica] United Nations alarmed at Cabo Delgado 'horror' in Mozambique

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has expressed gratitude to the Mozambican government for the assistance provided to South African citizens affected by the recent terrorist attacks.

[The Conversation Africa] Recent events in Palma, a town in the volatile Cabo Delgado province in the north of Mozambique, have taken bloodshed in the region to new levels. Dozens of people were killed when hundreds of Islamist militants stormed the ...

[RFI] Portugal will send a team of 60 troops to former colony Mozambique after an attack by an Islamic State-linked jihadist group against a northern town, the country's minister of foreign affairs said on Tuesday.

[AIM] Maputo -- The international terrorist network calling itself "Islamic State" has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack against the town of Palma in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

[VOA] Geneva -- The UN.'s International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that more than 3,360 deeply traumatized survivors of last week's massacre in Palma District in northern Mozambique have arrived in Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado prov...

[AIM] Maputo -- The demobilisation of the militia of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has now been completed in the central province of Manica, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by Mirko Manzoni, the personal representative to Moz...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government's National Inspectorate of Economic Activities (INAE) has announced that it is working to ensure that the price of bread does not rise on 1 April, as threatened by the National Association of Mozambican Baker...

[AIM] Maputo -- Negotiations on an increase in the Mozambican minimum wage will not resume until June, according to a report in Tuesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Mediafax".

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Monday urged all Mozambicans and tourists to avoid crowds during the impending Easter festivities.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African High Commission in Maputo on Monday said it has accounted for the 43 South Africans affected by the recent attacks in northern Mozambique.

[AIM] Maputo -- The spokesperson of Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE), Alice Banze, has resigned only three days after she was elected to the post.

[AIM] Maputo -- The German development bank KFW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) will disburse a six million Euro (more than seven million US dollars) non-refundable emergency grant, to assist Mozambique's micro, small and medium companies (MPME) fa...

[AIM] Maputo -- The General Secretary of Mozambique's largest opposition party, Renamo, Andre Majibire, has promised that members of the dissident "Renamo Military Junta" can rejoin Renamo, if they voluntarily leave their camps in the bush and join t...

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican health workers on Monday began receiving the second dose of the virocell vaccine, against the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday announced a further two deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, 186 new cases, and 108 full recoveries.

[Unicef] New York -- "We still do not know the full impact that the deadly militant attack in Palma, northern Mozambique, has had on children, but we fear that it will be brutal.

[World Bank] Washington -- In agreement with the Government of Mozambique, the World Bank approved new financial support for a project that focuses on increasing learning readiness and girls' retention in upper primary and lower secondary grades of b...

[DW] In just three years, an Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique has killed an estimated 2,600 people. Last week's attack on the town of Palma, which lasted days, should worry neighboring countries, experts say.

[Daily Maverick] Pretoria has accounted for 43 of the South Africans caught up in the major insurgent assault on the northern Mozambique town of Palma over the past few days -- but 10 to 15 citizens still remained unaccounted for.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican defence and security forces launched an offensive on Sunday against Islamic State terrorists in the northern town of Palma, reports Sunday's issue of the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocambique".

[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- At least 7 victims are among the people who fled from the Amerula Hotel in a convoy that was attacked, in an ambush, by armed terrorists. This was announced by a spokesman for the Mozambican army, which has carried out an op...

[RFI] Dozens of people were killed in coordinated jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique's Palma town, the government said on Sunday, four days after the raid forced the evacuation of thousands of survivors to safety in the provincial capital Pemba.

[Daily Maverick] Many South Africans, some contractors working on the construction of the French Total energy company's Afungi liquid natural gas processing plant, were caught up in the violence and at least one is known to have died.

[HRW] Government Should Provide More Information About Situation in Palma

[East African] The United States Embassy in Mozambique has condemned the terrorist attacks in Palma, Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique.

[HRW] ISIS-Linked Armed Group Attacks Civilians in Palma

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] For the first time, insurgents are specifically attacking foreigners in the on-going fighting in Palma.  Details remain sketchy, but at least a dozen British, South African and other non-Mozambicans working or...

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[State Department] The United States strongly condemns the terrorist attacks and violence against civilians in Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique. The attacks show a complete disregard for the local population, which has suffered tremendous...