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Fri, 21 May 2021 13:09:10 GMT
International Energy Agency Says No Future for Mozambique Gas
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Mozambique's gas fields cannot be developed if global warming is to be kept to 1.5º above pre-industrial levels, according to a dramatic International Energy Agency (IEA) report published Tuesday (18 May). The...

Fri, 21 May 2021 12:45:48 GMT
Chang Extradition Dilemma Paralyses SA President Ramaphosa
[ISS] The question of whether to extradite former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang either to his home country or the United States (US) is ticking like a timebomb on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's desk.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:54 GMT
Work On Mpanda Nkuwa Dam to Start in 2024
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government announced on Thursday that work on the Mpanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam on the Zambezi river, in the western province of Tete, will begin in 2024.

Fri, 21 May 2021 13:19:01 GMT
Govt Still Blocking Aid to Palma
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] There is still no aid reaching up to 20,000 people not being allowed to leave Quitunda near Palma. Finally Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has spoken out. "Significant restrictions are placed on the scale up of...

Fri, 21 May 2021 13:14:51 GMT
Total Will Return Only With Peace and Tranquillity
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] "As soon as Cabo Delgado has peace again, Total will return," the president of the French oil and gas company, Patrick Pouyanee, promised Monday (17 May). President Filipe Nyusi confirmed Tuesday (18 May) that ...

Fri, 21 May 2021 13:11:25 GMT
Global 2º Compared to 1.5º for Mozambique - Hotter, Drier, Worse Cyclones; South Hit Hardest
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] IEA cites extensively a report by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), which is so detailed that it is possible to estimate the difference between global warming of 1.5º and 2º for Mozambique...

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:56 GMT
Nampula Assembly Calls for Vigilance Against Terrorism
[AIM] Maputo -- Nampula (Mozambique), 21 May (AIM) - The Nampula Provincial Assembly in northern Mozambique is appealing for vigilance among local communities to prevent the spread of terrorist activities from the neighbouring province of Cabo Delgad...

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:56 GMT
Road Maintenance Costs 800 Million Dollars a Year
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique needs 800 million US dollars every year to guarantee maintenance and paving of the national road network, according to the Minister of Public works, Joao Machatine.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:56 GMT
96 Per Cent Coverage in Second Vaccination Phase
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities vaccinated 240,965 people with the first dose of vaccine against the Covid-19 respiratory disease during the second phase of the vaccination campaign, that ran from 19 April to 15 May.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:55 GMT
Almost 90,000 Pensions for Veterans Fixed
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Thursday that to date 89,028 pensions have been fixed for veterans of Mozambique's national liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rule.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:55 GMT
Third Consecutive Day With No Covid-19 Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities announced on Thursday that, for the third consecutive day, no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease have been reported.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:52 GMT
Relocation Reunites Elephant Herds in Zinave National Park
[AIM] Maputo -- Mabote (Mozambique), 21 May (AIM) - Mozambique's National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), in partnership with the South African-based Peace Parks Foundation on Thursday concluded the relocation of about 40 elephants to th...

Fri, 21 May 2021 11:08:02 GMT
In Mozambique, an Obstetric Fistula Survivor's Journey From 'I Was Nothing' to 'I Am Capable of Everything'
[UNFPA] Mocuba -- Beatriz Sebastião suffered in silence. She had no friends in the neighborhood or at school. When she went to church, she sat alone. When she went to the river, other women mocked her before leaving to bathe elsewhere.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:55 GMT
Three Defect From'renamo Military Junta'
[AIM] Maputo -- Three members of the dissident "Renamo Military Junta", fled from Junta bases in the central Mozambican province of Manica this week, and presented themselves to the authorities, saying they wished to join the current demobilisation o...

Thu, 20 May 2021 13:16:20 GMT
Mozambique Terror Leaves Kids Parent-Less
[CAJ News] Maputo -- MORE than 2 000 children have been separated from their parents during the violence perpetrated by Islamists in northern Mozambique.

Wed, 19 May 2021 17:12:41 GMT
UNHCR Calls On Tanzania to Stop Deporting Mozambican Asylum Seekers
[VOA] Geneva -- The UN refugee agency is reiterating its appeal to Tanzania to stop forcibly deporting asylum seekers fleeing violence in Mozambique's volatile Cabo Delgado province.

Wed, 19 May 2021 14:19:32 GMT
22 New Covid-19 Cases, but No Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported on Tuesday a further 22 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, but there were no Covid-19 deaths that day.

Wed, 19 May 2021 14:18:41 GMT
PM Urges Cedsif to Strengthen E-Sistafe Management
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Monday urged the new Chairperson of the Board of the Centre for the Development of Financial Information Systems (CEDSIF), Enoque Sueia, to seek permanent and dynamic solutions ...

Wed, 19 May 2021 09:40:32 GMT
Tanzania Expels Refugees From Mozambique
[CAJ News] Maputo -- TANZANIA has reportedly pushed back 1 500 Mozambicans fleeing deadly terror attacks in their country this month.

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.

Wed, 19 May 2021 14:19:44 GMT
Bank of Mozambique Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
[AIM] Maputo -- The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambique (CPMO), meeting in the southern city of Xai-Xai on Wednesday, decided to leave its key interest rates unchanged.

Wed, 19 May 2021 14:19:41 GMT
World Bank 'Will Not Abandon Mozambique'
[AIM] Maputo -- The World Bank's Managing Director of Operations, Axel von Trotsenburg, on Tuesday told reporters the bank "will not abandon Mozambique".

Wed, 19 May 2021 14:19:39 GMT
UNHCR Protests At Deportations of Mozambicans From Tanzania
[AIM] Maputo -- The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has protested at Tanzania's practice of deporting Mozambicans fleeing over the border to escape from terrorist violence in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Wed, 19 May 2021 14:19:36 GMT
France 'Completely Willing' to Support Fight Against Terrorism
[AIM] Maputo -- France has shown "complete willingness" to provide whatever is necessary for Mozambique's fight against terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, according to President Filipe Nyusi after his meeting in Paris with his French...

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...



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