Mozambique
Thu, 06 May 2021 15:11:06 GMTTraining of Mozambican Marines Concludes
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican marines, trained by United States Special Forces, are now prepared to go into combat against the islamist terrorists operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Thu, 06 May 2021 15:07:23 GMT30 Year Sentences for Murderers of Portuguese Business Woman
[AIM] Maputo -- The Sofala Provincial Court, in the central Mozambican city of Beira, on Thursday morning sentenced three men to 30 years imprisonment for the murder, on 28 December 2017, of Portuguese businesswoman, Ines Bota, according to a report ...
Thu, 06 May 2021 15:03:55 GMTAmurane Murder - Charges Reinstated Against Suspects
[AIM] Maputo -- The higher appeals court in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula has reinstated murder charges against the two initial suspects in the assassination, on 4 October 2017, of the mayor of Nampula city, Mahamudo Amurane, reports th...
Fri, 07 May 2021 05:27:32 GMTU.S. Humanitarian Aid and Supplies Help Respond to Insecurity in Mozambique
[State Department] The United States is working with the Government of Mozambique, international organizations, civil society organizations, and the private sector to increase our humanitarian assistance to those in need of food, water, and shelter, ...
Thu, 06 May 2021 15:14:04 GMTHCM Receives Equipment for Cancer Treatment
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo Central Hospital (HCM), Mozambique's largest health unit, received on Thursday a wide variety of surgical and medical supplies, personal protective equipment, hospital furniture, and physical rehabilitation material to boost th...
Thu, 06 May 2021 14:50:16 GMTOne Covid-19 Death, 21 Cases and No Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported a further death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease and 21 new cases.
Thu, 06 May 2021 09:04:42 GMT'SADC Military Intervention Won't Solve Mozambique Crisis' - Expert
[New Zimbabwe] The proposed military intervention in Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado region will not solve anything, the executive director of the Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW), Claude Kabemba has said.
Thu, 06 May 2021 08:08:20 GMTU.S., South Africa Agree to Cooperate On Mozambique Insurgency, Expand Covid-19 Vaccine Production
[Daily Maverick] International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken have agreed on the need for the US and South Africa to cooperate in addressing the Islamist insurgency in Mozambique's northernmo...
Thu, 06 May 2021 08:59:51 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 ...
Wed, 05 May 2021 15:19:02 GMTNorthern Cabo Delgado Remains Plunged Into Darkness
[AIM] Maputo -- Sabotage by the islamist terrorists operating in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, has deprived much of the province of electrical power, reports Wednesday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais", and the publicly ow...
Wed, 05 May 2021 15:21:34 GMTU.S.$280 Million Mobilised for 'Energy for All'
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has mobilised about 280 million US dollars from its cooperation partners to implement the programme "Energy for All", intended to provide electrical power to every household in the country.
Wed, 05 May 2021 15:20:51 GMTMayor Acquitted of Criminal Libel, but Must Pay Damages
[AIM] Maputo -- A court in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia has acquitted the Mayor of Quelimane, Manuel de Araujo, of criminal libel against two members of his former political party, the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), Jose Lobo an...
Thu, 06 May 2021 07:17:57 GMTPopulation Continues to Flee From Pemba
[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- The exodus of inhabitants from Pemba continues, the small town in northern Mozambique attacked on March 24 by a jihadist group that claims to be affiliated with ISIS (see Fides, 27/3/2021). According to IOM (International Or...
Wed, 05 May 2021 15:22:11 GMTPM Swears Into Office New Permanent Secretaries
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Wednesday swore into office the new Permanent Secretaries of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Grilo Lubrino and Xavier Munjovo
Wed, 05 May 2021 15:16:52 GMTTwo Covid-19 Deaths and 31 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday announced the deaths of two further people from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
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 13:30:40 GMTIs-Land - Has the Age of Southern African Terrorism Properly Begun?
[Daily Maverick] The violent insurgency in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado has spurred a mini industry interrogating whether/when/how southern Africa will become a hub for international terror syndicates, in particular the Islamic State. But ...
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 07:28:06 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 ...
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...
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 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).