Mozambique
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:29:09 GMTChakwera Heading to Maputo for SADC Troika Summit to Discuss Terrorism in Mozambique
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera is scheduled to travel to Maputo, Mozambique where the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders that make up the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation on Thursday, 8 April 2021 will ...
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:29:44 GMTSADC Meeting On Mozambique Crisis Resumes
[CAJ News] Maputo -- LEADERS from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region have converged in Mozambique to deliberate on measures to address terrorism in the country.
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:27:31 GMTMnangagwa Leaves for Mozambique
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa takes part in an urgent regional meeting in Maputo today to "deliberate on measures to address terrorism" in Mozambique.
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 07:41:36 GMTSADC Determined to Find Solution to Mozambique Crisis
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Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:55:45 GMTNyusi Praises Courage of Mozambican Women
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday praised the courage of the country's women as they face terrorist violence in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:55:01 GMTNyusi Calls for Funding for Climate Resilience
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has argued that the international financial response to the Covid-19 emergency should include debt relief, support for budgetary liquidity, and interventions in resilience and adaptation to climate ch...
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:53:57 GMTTanzanian Military Turn Back Palma Survivors - Report
[AIM] Maputo -- Survivors of the terrorist attack against the town of Palma, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, were offered no sanctuary in Tanzania, according to a report in Wednesday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais".
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:44:06 GMTPresident Cyril Ramaphosa Attends SADC Deliberations On Security Situation in Mozambique, 8 APR
[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday, 8 April 2021, attend an Extraordinary Double Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to be held in Maputo, Mozambique.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:43:28 GMTMozambique - What Next for Cabo Delgado - - Dialogue or Disaster? (Part Two)
[Daily Maverick] This week the Southern African Development Community Troika meets to discuss the deepening crisis in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province. They would do well to listen to the pleas of activists in Mozambique who are calling for nationa...
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:22:58 GMTTraining Young People to Take the Lead in Eliminating Gender-Based Violence in Mozambique
[UNFPA] -"As mentors, we have been empowered to support young girls and women [who have survived] sexual and gender-based violence. Our interpersonal communication, listening and empathy skills will be indispensable in providing survivor-centered sup...
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:09:27 GMTPresident Masisi Visits Eswatini, Mozambique
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has undertaken a working visit to eSwatini to be followed by a SADC mission to Mozambique.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:17:58 GMTPresident to Attend SADC Deliberations On Security Situation in Mozambique
[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday, 08 April 2021, attend an Extraordinary Double Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to be held in Maputo, Mozambique.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:08:40 GMTMozambique Unrest - Namibia Waits On SADC
[New Era] Namibia is still waiting on SADC to craft a response to the deteriorating security situation in Mozambique before it can offer any assistance to that country.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:52:41 GMTCovid-19 - Three Deaths, 65 New Cases, and 692 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- After two days in which no deaths were recorded from Covid-19 in Mozambique, the disease killed again on Tuesday.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:38:35 GMTDrawing The Line On Malaria
[allAfrica] A recent survey conducted by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and Gallup International shows that African youth are determined to end malaria. Conducted across six countries - Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Afric...
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 04:30:50 GMTTanzania is Reportedly Turning Mozambican Refugees Away - UN
[allAfrica] Geneva -- United Nations agencies say they do not have access to Palma in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:03:54 GMTCrisis Urges Troop Deployment to Quell Mozambique Strife
[New Zimbabwe] CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has called on SADC to dispatch troops to quell worsening political strife in neighbouring Mozambique where dozens have been killed and close to a million displaced by the extremist group, ISIS.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:48:50 GMTSADC Zeroes in On Mozambique
[The Herald] The impact of the Mozambican insurgents is a concern to the whole SADC region and appropriate action will be taken by regional leaders to remedy the situation, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Professor Amon Mur...
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 07:51:33 GMTOver 10,000 Flee Mozambique Town After Jihadist Attacks
[VOA] Geneva -- The United Nations reports more than 11,000 people have fled the coastal town of Palma in northern Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province since jihadist insurgents attacked the town nearly two weeks ago.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 07:05:14 GMTRefugee Crisis Clouds Army Gains Against Insurgents
[DW] Mozambican forces claim to have retaken the ransacked town of Palma from armed Islamist fighters. Despite this success, a glaring refugee crisis looms as regional bodies dither on providing military support.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:43:11 GMTRestrictive Measures to Avoid Third Wave of Pandemic
[AIM] Maputo -- The deputy general director of Mozambique's National Health Institute (INS), Eduardo Samo Gudo, on Tuesday said the government's decision to keep in force all the restrictive measures imposed to halt the spread of the Covid-19 respira...
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:40:30 GMT30,000 in Need of Assistance Inside Palma District
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican relief agency, the National Disaster Risk Management and Reduction Institute (INGD), warned on Monday that there are about 30,000 people still inside the district of Palma, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, who ...
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:35:33 GMTJapan Suspends Mozambique's Debt Service
[AIM] Maputo -- The Japanese government has suspended the servicing of Mozambique's debt to Japan, amounting to 92 million meticais (about 1.3 million US dollars).
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:32:53 GMTNo Covid-19 Deaths for Two Consecutive Days
[AIM] Maputo -- On Monday, for the second consecutive day, the Mozambican health authorities recorded no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:32:08 GMTCurfew Extended to All Provincial Capitals
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Monday night announced that the curfew in place since February in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area (Maputo and Matola cities and Boane and Marracuene districts), as a measure to combat the spre...
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:21:57 GMTSADC Condemns Mozambique Insurgency
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has labelled heinous acts of cowardice the continued terrorist attacks in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:54:45 GMTArmed Forces Take Control of Palma After Attack by Insurgents
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican armed forces have taken full control of the town of Palma, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, driving out the remaining islamist terrorists who had attacked the town on 24 March.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:01:22 GMTMozambique - Poverty and Inequality Fuel Violent Extremism (Part One)
[Daily Maverick] On 24 March 2021, insurgents commenced a sophisticated and bloody attack on the town of Palma, in the far north of Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province. The attack lasted for five days, according to some reports, and has made world new...
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:48:56 GMTGovernment Regains Control of Key Coastal Town
[VOA] Maputo -- Mozambique's government said it is reclaiming territory from Islamic State-affiliated insurgents that besieged the key northern coastal town of Palma, with some of the thousands of civilians who fled now going back to take stock of th...
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:46:55 GMTSA Repatriates Nationals Trapped in Northern Mozambique
[SAnews.gov.za] Government has deployed support to the South African High Commission for the repatriation of its citizens trapped in Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, amid concerns over the security situation in that region.