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Mon, 31 May 2021 13:53:33 GMT
South Africa Says Send Troops; Tanzania Says No Troops, Instead Negotiate, Develop
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] South Africa is pressing for urgent military intervention in Cabo Delgado, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told Reuters (21 May) in a telephone interview. Since 2008 SADC has had a regional defence...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:11:19 GMT
Football Body Turns Down Mambas Invitation
[The Herald] Senior Sports Reporter

Mon, 31 May 2021 10:29:42 GMT
267 Recoveries From Covid-19, and 7 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Saturday reported that a further 267 people have been declared fully recovered from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Mon, 31 May 2021 10:29:37 GMT
Nyusi Lays First Stone for Tete Railway Reconstruction
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Saturday laid the first stone in the reconstruction of the railway in the western province of Tete that links the Dona Ana bridge over the Zambezi river to Vila Nova da Fronteira, on the border wit...

Sat, 29 May 2021 15:57:08 GMT
True Cost of Hidden Debts Already Over U.S.$11 Billion
[AIM] Maputo -- The scandal of Mozambique's "hidden debts" has already cost the country at least 11 billion US dollars, and has plunged an additional two million people into poverty, according to a detailed study of the costs and consequences of the ...

Sat, 29 May 2021 15:57:57 GMT
No Need for Cotton Subsidy This Year
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government announced on Thursday that it will no longer subsidise the price of raw cotton, paid to the producers.

Sat, 29 May 2021 15:57:29 GMT
Mayor Promises Measures Against Police Brutality
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mayor of Maputo, Eneas Comiche, has promised that measures will be taken against four members of the municipal police who were caught on camera on Wednesday savagely beating an informal vendor.

Fri, 28 May 2021 15:52:40 GMT
African Leaders Reaffirm Support for Mozambique
[SAnews.gov.za] The Double Troika Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has reaffirmed its solidarity with Mozambique, and its continued efforts in addressing terrorism and ensuring lasting p...

Fri, 28 May 2021 08:29:36 GMT
SADC Vows to Stamp Out Terrorism
[The Herald] Lincoln Towindo recently in MAPUTO, Mozambique

Fri, 28 May 2021 08:08:44 GMT
Helping Girls Manage Menstrual Health and Hygiene in Crises and Beyond
[UNFPA] Maputo/Luanda -- MAPUTO, Mozambique/LUANDA, Angola - It can be challenging enough when a girl gets her first period - she may not even know what is happening to her body. Now put her in a situation in which she's been displaced or vulnerable ...

Thu, 27 May 2021 13:14:22 GMT
What Would It Take to Stabilise Cabo Delgado?
[ISS] Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province is caught up in a security challenge that has captured global attention. The situation endangers tens of thousands of lives and has destabilised northern Mozambique. It also potentially threatens foreign direc...

Sat, 29 May 2021 15:58:14 GMT
Covid-19 - One More Death and 24 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Friday reported another death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 24 new cases.

Fri, 28 May 2021 08:22:38 GMT
Regional Military Intervention in Mozambique Is a Bad Idea. Here's Why
[The Conversation Africa] Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi has called an extraordinary summit of the leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) this week. He wants them to deliberate on plans announced in early May to send 3,000 ...

Thu, 27 May 2021 14:04:54 GMT
Tanzania Will Not Send Troops to Mozambique
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Tanzania will not send troops to Mozambique to counter insurgents in gas rich Carbo Del Gado Province which is close to the border between the two countries.

Thu, 27 May 2021 09:15:53 GMT
Mnangagwa Leaves for Mozambique to Attend Double Troika Summit
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa has left for Maputo, Mozambique to attend an extraordinary Sadc Double Troika meeting being convened to help tackle insurgency in the country.

Thu, 27 May 2021 16:23:09 GMT
Judges Told to End Impunity for Criminals
[AIM] Maputo -- The President of Mozambique's Supreme Court, Adelino Muchanga, on Thursday urged judges to take decisions that will close down the organised crime networks that are a major concern for Mozambican society, reports the independent telev...

Thu, 27 May 2021 16:23:08 GMT
Third Wave of Pandemic Inevitable, but Can Be Delayed
[AIM] Maputo -- A third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic will inevitably hit Mozambique, and might prove more severe than the second wave, warned the Deputy General Director of the National Health Institute (INS), Eduardo Samo Gudo, on Wednesday night.

Thu, 27 May 2021 16:23:08 GMT
Unemployment Not the Cause of Terrorism, Says Governor
[AIM] Maputo -- The governor of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, Valigy Tauabo, has described as false the frequent claim that unemployment is the main reason why young people join the terrorist groups active in the province, accordi...

Thu, 27 May 2021 16:23:07 GMT
Appeals Court Order Release of Former Transport Minister
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Higher Appeals Court has ordered the release of former Transport Minister Paulo Zucula against payment of bail of 50,000 meticais (about 830 US dollars, at current exchange rates), reports Thursday's issue of the independ...

Thu, 27 May 2021 16:23:06 GMT
Covid-19 - One More Death and 15 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported a further death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 15 new cases.

Thu, 27 May 2021 16:23:00 GMT
Government Eases Some Covid-19 Restrictive Measures
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday night announced that the government is relaxing several of the restrictive measures imposed to halt the spread of the Covid-19 respiratory disease - but warned that this does not mean tha...

Thu, 27 May 2021 14:04:54 GMT
Delay in Sending Regional Forces to Mozambique Could Exact a High Price
[Citizen] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is poised to intervene militarily on the side of the Mozambican government to stop the emerging deadly Islamist insurgency in the Cabo Delgado Province, in the north of the country.

Thu, 27 May 2021 05:14:56 GMT
Delay in Sending Regional Forces to Mozambique Could Exact a High Price
[The Conversation Africa] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is poised to intervene militarily on the side of the Mozambican government to stop the emerging deadly Islamist insurgency in the Cabo Delgado Province, in the north of the c...

Sat, 29 May 2021 17:40:03 GMT
There Is a Train That Comes From Mozambique... a Harrowing History of SA's Migrant Mine Labour
[Daily Maverick] Charles van Onselen's 2019 volume The Night Trains is a harrowing but essential read about how South Africa's gold mines were actually made, and who made them. This is not about intrepid financiers or brilliant geologists, but millio...

Thu, 27 May 2021 09:13:53 GMT
Mozambique Qualify for Beach Soccer Cup of Nations Semifinals
[Cosafa] Mozambique continued their excellent run at the 2021 CAF Beach Soccer Cup of Nations in Senegal with a 2-1 victory over fancied Morocco to advance to the semifinals of the competition for the first time in their history.

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:54:07 GMT
Government Abolishes Public Postal Service
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government announced on Tuesday that it has decided to abolish the state owned postal service, Correios de Mocambique.

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:54:07 GMT
Call for Transparency in Party Financing
[AIM] Maputo -- One of Mozambique's most senior jurists, Flavio Menete, a former chairperson of the Bar Association (OAM), on Tuesday called for transparency in the financing of political parties, reports Wednesday's issue of the independent newsshee...

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:54:05 GMT
EDM Renews Contract to Supply Electricity to Lesotho
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's publicly owned Electricity Company, EDM, will for the next 12 months supply between five and 35 Megawatts of power to the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC).

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:50:33 GMT
Senong Names Lesotho Squad for Mozambique, Eswatini Friendlies
[CAF] Lesotho coach Thabo Senong has named a 24-man squad to face Mozambique and Eswatini in the upcoming friendly matches scheduled next June in Maputo, as the Mountain Kingdom country begins its preparations for the 2021 edition of the regional COS...

Wed, 26 May 2021 12:20:10 GMT
Mwinyi Attends SADC Summit in Maputo
[Daily News] ZANZIBAR'S President Dr Hussein Mwinyi will attend an extraordinary double Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to be held in Maputo on Wednesday.



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