Mozambique
Tue, 04 May 2021 15:22:17 GMTAMPME to Benefit From Business Oriented Capacity Building
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Association of Micro, Small and Medium Companies (AMPME) will engage its nearly 600 affiliated companies across the country in capacity building programmes, intended to improve local content and other tools for better q...
Tue, 04 May 2021 15:18:34 GMTInsurgents Attack in Macomia District
[AIM] Maputo -- Terrorists attacked on Friday the administrative post of Chai and Pangane locality, both in Macomia district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in Tuesday's issue of the independent newssheet "...
Tue, 04 May 2021 15:17:37 GMTGovt Claims Commitment to Press Freedom But MISA Warns of Abuses
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Monday reiterated the commitment of his government to defend the right to information, in compliance with its mission to improve living conditions and strengthen democracy.
Tue, 04 May 2021 15:15:19 GMTPrivate Transport Operators Go On Strike
[AIM] Maputo -- Without any warning, private transport operators went on strike in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area on Monday morning, demanding the right to raise their fares.
Tue, 04 May 2021 14:09:02 GMTGradual Reduction in Covid-19 Transmission No Reason for Complacency
[AIM] Maputo -- There has been a gradual reduction in transmission of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, but this is no grounds for complacency, warned Mozambique's Deputy National Director of Public Health, Benigna Matsinhe, at a Maputo press confere...
Wed, 05 May 2021 07:35:19 GMTThe Nation is in a Dire Need for Help: Who to Turn to?
[CAJ News] Maputo -- TOTAL, a French multinational integrated oil and gas company, has suspended its $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique due to the deteriorating security situation in the resource-rich Northern region caused...
Wed, 05 May 2021 07:28:06 GMTProtesters At Pretoria Embassy Demand Accountability for Mozambique Corruption
[Daily Maverick] On Monday, a small group of civil society anti-corruption activists, mostly from Mozambique, held a picket outside the Mozambican High Commission in Pretoria. The picket included several activists from the Southern African Human Righ...
Tue, 04 May 2021 13:56:37 GMTSA Government Divided Over Extradition of Former Mozambican Minister Implicated in U.S.$2 Billion Scam
[Daily Maverick] Mozambique's former finance minister Manuel Chang has been sitting in Benoni's Modderbee Prison for more than 28 months as the US, South Africa and Mozambique haggle over his extradition to face charges of allegedly siphoning off mil...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:26:24 GMTSADC Military Mission Warns of Terror Attacks on Mozambique's Allies
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A Southern African military mission which has assessed the current conflict in northern Mozambique is warning that so-called "al Shabaab" insurgents could conduct "terror activities" against other countries seen to be support...
Sat, 01 May 2021 06:32:29 GMT30,000 People Have Fled Recent Attacks in Northern Mozambique - UN
[VOA] Geneva -- U.N. agencies say the number of people who have fled last month's armed attacks in northern Mozambique's coastal town of Palma has now risen to nearly 30,500.
Tue, 04 May 2021 14:53:14 GMTStatement of the AUC Special Envoy on Women, Peace And Security on the Situaton in Mozambique
[African Union] The Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission is following with great concern the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Palma and other districts of Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado and the impact ...
Sat, 01 May 2021 06:13:24 GMTKagame, Mozambique President Discuss Terrorism Fight
[New Times] Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday, April 28 visited Rwanda and held talks with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, and discussed among other things, combating terrorism in Central Africa.
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:28:20 GMTBishops Meet President Nyusi Over Cabo Delgado Terror Attacks
[CISA] Cabo Delgado -- His Excellency President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi on April 22, hosted members of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM) led by its chairman Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula of the Catholic Diocese of Xai-Xai where they discussed...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:27:11 GMTBeach Soccer AFCON - Mozambique Wants to Show Real Value
[CAF] Mozambique will make their debut to the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal 2021 when they face Egypt, Morocco and Seychelles in Group B next May, after the final tournament draw was done on Thursday (29 April 2021).
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:22:51 GMTSADC Ministers Propose Help for Mozambique
[The Herald] The SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation yesterday recommended the summit to provide Mozambique with the assistance it requires to tackle insurgents.
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:18:38 GMTMinisters Agree On Urgent, Collective Response to Insurgency
[Botswana Daily News] Maputo -- Members of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security ministerial committee have unanimously agreed on the need to act urgently as a collective to quell the terrorist activities in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Provi...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 05:47:47 GMTViolence Forces Thousands to Flee Their Homes
[East African] Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province is in the grips of a spiralling crisis as thousands of people flee their homes amidst violence, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned Thursday in a statement.
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:18:35 GMTBatswana in Mozambique Safe - Pitso
[Botswana Daily News] Maputo -- Batswana living and working in Mozambique are reportedly safe from the prevailing insecurity situation in the country's Cabo Delgado Province, about 2 000 kilometres from Maputo.
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:33:21 GMTAnother Day Without a Covid-19 Death
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease on Wednesday.
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:33:20 GMTDefence and Security Forces Have Anti-Terrorist Plan
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Wednesday that the country's defence and security forces have a detailed plan to crack down on the terrorist groups who have been staging attacks in parts of the northern province of Cabo...
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:33:16 GMTSummit of SADC Security Troika Postponed
[AIM] Maputo -- The summit of the defence and security troika of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), that was due to be held in Maputo on Thursday, has been postponed sine die.
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:27:42 GMTSADC Mission Recommends 3,000 Troops Deployment
[Cameroon Tribune] The proposal will be tabled today to members of the security organ troika for validation.
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:31:11 GMTMozambique Eligible For World Bank Prevention and Resilience Allocation
[AIM] Maputo -- The World Bank on Tuesday approved Mozambique's eligibility to the Prevention and Resilience Allocation (PRA).
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 05:28:45 GMTSADC Ministers Agree to Deploy a Regional Force in Mozambique
[Daily Maverick] But a summit for heads of state to ratify the plan has been postponed.
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:39:01 GMTSADC Has Responsibility to Help Member States Under Terrorist Threat
[Namibia Economist] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has a responsibility as a bloc to help a fellow Member State whose sovereignty and territorial integrity is under serious threat, the Minister of International Affairs and Cooperat...
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:32:56 GMTPrioritise Humanitarian Intervention in Mozambique SADC Urged
[263Chat] Civic Society Organisations under the auspices of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) have urged the Southern African Development Community to prioritise humanitarian intervention in the conflict ridden Cabo Delgado province of Mozambiq...
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:50:36 GMTSADC's Summit On Mozambique Postponed
[SAnews.gov.za] The Extraordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security which was scheduled for today in Mozambique has been postponed.
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:39:45 GMTSADC Leaders Meet to Consider Deploying 3,000-Strong Force to Mozambique
[East African] Southern African leaders will meet on Thursday to consider recommendations by security chiefs to deploy a 3000-strong rapid response force in Mozambique as the region moves to neutralise insurgents in that country.
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 06:52:50 GMTMinisters in Maputo
[Botswana Daily News] Maputo -- Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation, Dr Lemogang Kwape and Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Mr Kagiso Mmusi toured the Botswana High Commission premises in Mozambique yesterday.
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:35:39 GMTTrial Starts of Killers of Portuguese Businesswoman
[AIM] Maputo -- The trial began in Beira on Tuesday of three men accused of murdering Portuguese citizen Ines Bota on 28 December 2017, by drowning her in the Pungue river.