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Mozambique

Wed, 19 May 2021 07:15:02 GMT
Access Bank Buys Mozambique's African Banking Corporation in Latest Expansion Frenzy
[Premium Times] No mention has been made of the value of the transaction yet.

Wed, 19 May 2021 06:43:45 GMT
Total Claims It Remains Committed to Mozambique
[AIM] Maputo -- The chairperson of the board of directors of the French oil and gas company Total, Patrick Pouyanne, on Monday confirmed that the company remains committed to investing in the Mozambique LNG (liquefied natural gas) project, in the Rov...

Wed, 19 May 2021 06:43:46 GMT
Government Seeks More Private Investment in Water Supply
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government's Water Supply Investment and Assets Fund (FIPAG) intends to decentralise the management and operation of public water systems through greater involvement of the private sector.

Wed, 19 May 2021 06:43:46 GMT
Oam to Grant Legal Aid to Poor Prisoners
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Bar Association (OAM) has publicly announced the promotion of legal assistance and counselling, particularly for prisoners from poor social backgrounds whose pre-trial detention periods have expired, but who remain unde...

Wed, 19 May 2021 06:43:43 GMT
Covid-19 - Two Deaths and 21 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- After five days in which no deaths were reported from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, on Monday the Mozambican health authorities announced two further deaths from the pandemic.

Mon, 17 May 2021 16:44:49 GMT
Mozambicans in France Meet With Nyusi
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican residents in France took the opportunity of an official visit by President Filipe Nyusi, to present their concerns about terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mon, 17 May 2021 16:44:49 GMT
Kidnap Victim Released in Chimoio
[AIM] Maputo -- Chimoio (Mozambique), 17 May (AIM) - The son of a businessman, who was kidnapped in April in the central Mozambican city of Chimoio, has been returned to his family, but it is not yet clear how much ransom the family was forced to pay...

Mon, 17 May 2021 16:44:49 GMT
Five Days Without Covid-19 Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities did not report any further deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease on Sunday.

Mon, 17 May 2021 16:44:47 GMT
Smuggled Timber Returned to Pemba
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican authorities have recovered 66 containers of logs that were being smuggled to China out of the northern port of Pemba, according to a report carried by the independent television station STV.

Mon, 17 May 2021 06:54:44 GMT
Maputo Asks Johannesburg High Court to Order Extradition of Former Finance Minister
[Daily Maverick] The Mozambican government says Pretoria has been 'grossly unreasonable' in detaining Manuel Chang for more than 28 months.

Fri, 14 May 2021 19:00:55 GMT
Crisis in Mozambique Is Grabbing the World's Attention
[CFR] As the insurgency in northern Mozambique continues to escalate, not only is the humanitarian crisis deepening, but the instability's ripple effects are being felt far beyond Mozambique's borders.

Fri, 14 May 2021 13:41:11 GMT
Sudden Changes in Exchange Rate Raise Questions
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The metical increased in value by 13% in a week, from $1 = MT 65.5 on 6 April to $1 = MT 56.8 on 14 April. Then it was kept at precisely that level for two weeks, It has now drifted back to $1 = MT 58.6.

Fri, 14 May 2021 13:35:42 GMT
Press Freedom Under Pressure
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Although the rhetoric remains press freedom, the government is putting increasing pressure on Mozambican media and journalists and restricting foreign press.

Fri, 14 May 2021 06:53:34 GMT
Palma Rescue Attempts Jeopardized By Racial Discrimination - New Survivors' Testimony
[AI London] White contractors airlifted to safety before local Black people Hotel manager took two dogs on rescue helicopter, leaving people behind Exclusive satellite imagery reveals damage following attack

Fri, 14 May 2021 16:43:36 GMT
Fematro Urges Members to Embrace E-Ticketing Service
[AIM] Maputo -- The chairperson of the Mozambican Association of Road Transport Operators (Fematro), Castigo Nhamane, on Friday urged every stakeholder in the transport business in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area to embrace the electronic ticket...

Fri, 14 May 2021 16:43:35 GMT
Government Monitoring Vale's Withdrawal
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo 13 May (AIM) - The Mozambican government has guaranteed that it is carefully following the entire process of the withdrawal from the country of the Brazilian mining giant, Vale.

Fri, 14 May 2021 16:43:34 GMT
Another Day With No Covid-19 Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Thursday reported that, for the second consecutive day this week, there had been no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Fri, 14 May 2021 16:43:29 GMT
Support Yes, but Middlemen No, Nyusi Tells Diplomats
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday guaranteed that the government has never rejected support granted by the international community to fight against terrorism.

Fri, 14 May 2021 10:28:43 GMT
Cabinet Condemns Israeli Attacks On Palestine
[SAnews.gov.za] Cabinet has expressed strong condemnation of the recent attacks on Palestinian protesters at Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.

Thu, 13 May 2021 16:39:33 GMT
Terrorism Nothing to Do With Religion, Say Moslem Leaders
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday urged the country's moslem community to become involved in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, and against terrorist violence in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Thu, 13 May 2021 16:39:33 GMT
Debate On Parliamentary Staff Benefits and Censure Motion Postponed
[AIM] Maputo -- The work of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, ground to a halt on Wednesday, as the deputies failed to debate either the second reading of the controversial bill granting enormous benefits to parliamentary staff...

Thu, 13 May 2021 16:39:30 GMT
Health Minister Warns Against 'Third Wave' of Coronavirus
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago on Wednesday warned of the dangers of a likely "third wave" of the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and urged all Mozambican citizens to continue strict adherence to pr...

Thu, 13 May 2021 09:32:40 GMT
Focus On Fighting 'Terrorists' Ignores Real Humanitarian Needs in Cabo Delgado
[MSF] Over the past year, long-simmering violence has been escalating in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province as government forces clash with a non-state armed group, with civilians bearing the brunt of the fighting. Nearly 700,000 people--almost one-t...

Wed, 12 May 2021 12:30:53 GMT
Portugal to Send More Soldiers to Mozambique to Fight Terrorism
[East African] Portugal will send 60 more soldiers to Mozambique as part of a new cooperation agreement aimed at helping the southern African country to fight insurgency, the Portuguese defence minister has said.

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:51:39 GMT
Not True That Equipment Being Dismantled in Afungi
[AIM] Maputo -- A claim that a consortium of firms has been hired to dismantle and remove infrastructure for the national gas liquefaction project on the Afungi Peninsula, in Palma district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, appear...

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:51:38 GMT
Nyusi Swears Into Office New Cscs Members
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday in Maputo swore into office the 11 members of the Higher Mass Media Council (CSCS), a watchdog body, set up under the Constitution, which has the task of ensuring the independence of the ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:51:37 GMT
Former Labour Minister Released From Detention
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's former Labour Minister, Helena Taipo, was released from preventive detention on Tuesday, after a successful writ of habeas corpus submitted by her lawyers in December, according to a report in the independent daily paper ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:51:35 GMT
Covid-19 - One Death, 29 New Cases and 85 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported another death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 29 new cases.

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:51:33 GMT
Protests Against Exorbitant Benefits for Parliamentary Staff
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Budgetary Monitoring Forum (FMO), a prominent coalition of civil society organisations, on Tuesday delivered a petition to the Assembly of the Republic, the Mozambican parliament, urging the deputies to revoke the recentl...

Wed, 12 May 2021 10:59:30 GMT
Mozambique Will Take 'All Possible Advantages' From Military Cooperation With Portugal
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Defence Minister Jaime Neto said in Lisbon on Monday that Mozambique will take "all possible advantages" from its military cooperation agreement with Portugal for the next five years.



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