Mozambique
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:28:44 GMTThey Thought the Camera Was a Gun
[MSF] In April, following the horrific attacks in the city of Palma, MSF's Amanda Bergman and Tadeu Andre travelled to Cabo Delgado province to document the unfolding humanitarian situation. Here they reflect on their experiences.
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:57:12 GMTCashew Processing Company Lays Off Half Its Workers
[AIM] Maputo -- The Korosho Mocambique cashew processing factory in Chiure district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, has found itself obliged to lay off half of its work force, due to the terrorist attacks in the province, reports Monday's ...
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:57:12 GMTCrystal Meth Seized in Nampula
[AIM] Maputo -- Nampula (Mozambique), 14 Jun (AIM) - Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) on Monday, in the northern city of Nampula, presented to reporters a 45 year old man who had been arrested on the main north-south high...
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:57:12 GMTLam Getting Rid of Embraer Aircraft
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique Airlines (LAM) is selling off two aircraft manufactured by the Brazilian company, Embraer, in an attempt to standardise its fleet according to the director of the government's Institute for the Management of State Holdings ...
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:57:10 GMTWeekend Sees Sharp Rise in Covid-19 Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- Diagnosed cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease rose alarmingly at the weekend, with 106 cases identified on Saturday, and 77 on Sunday.
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:23:47 GMTFirm Launches First Dedicated Logistics Rail Service Between Maputo and Harare
[263Chat] DP World Maputo, which has the concession to manage, develop and operate the Maputo container terminal, last Friday handled the first dedicated container train service connecting Maputo and Harare, Zimbabwe.
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:22:19 GMTFive Things You Need to Know About the Cabo Delgado Crisis
[MSF] As you know, Cabo Delgado has been suffering violent attacks from a Non-State Armed Group since 2017. In 2020, these attacks grew in strength and brutality. The recent attacks in Palma starting in March illustrate the violence that the people h...
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 08:13:58 GMTCuamba Solar PV + Energy Storage Project Breaks Ground in Mozambique
[PR Newswire] Maputo, Mozambique -- In a significant step toward a clean energy future, Globeleq, a leading independent power company in Africa and its project partners, Source Energia and Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) have celebrated the start ...
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:11:56 GMTStemming the Insurrection in Cabo Delgado
[Crisis Group] Mozambique's northernmost coastal province was a tinderbox of colonial-era tensions, inequality and Islamist militancy. Discoveries of ruby and natural gas deposits lit the match. To tame the insurgency, Maputo will need to use force, ...
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:51:46 GMT76 New Covid-19 Cases, and No Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Friday announced that, in the previous 24 hours, a further 76 people were diagnosed with the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:51:45 GMTMozambican Armed Forces Deny Using Land Mines
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican defence and security forces have categorically denied reports in some of the foreign media that they have used land mines in the conflict with islamist terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 05:24:41 GMTTanzania Urged to End Forced Deportations of Mozambican Asylum Seekers
[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. refugee agency is repeating its call to Tanzanian authorities to stop forcibly deporting asylum seekers back to Mozambique, where their lives are in danger.
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 05:03:14 GMTViolence Continues in Cabo Delgado, As Agencies Respond to Growing Needs
[UN News] Civilians continue to flee armed conflict and insecurity in northern Mozambique, more than two months after militants attacked the coastal city of Palma, located in Cabo Delgado province, UN agencies reported on Friday.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:03:39 GMTArmed Groups Kidnap 51 Children From Cabo Delgado, Mozambique in a Year
[East African] At least 51 children, most of them girls, have been abducted by non-state armed groups in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado over the past 12 months, an NGO reported on Wednesday.
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:04:57 GMTCompromising for Peace the American Way
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Ending the Cabo Delgado war requires elite pacts between the oligarchs and big beasts in Cabo Delgado and a similar pact in the military. This implicitly recognises that that big men in Cabo Delgado must be all...
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 07:20:07 GMTArmed Groups Kidnap 51 Children From Cabo Delgado in a Year
[Nation] At least 51 children, most of them girls, have been abducted by non-state armed groups in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado over the past 12 months, an NGO reported on Wednesday.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:48:27 GMTGovernment Seeking 'To Reduce Vulnerability to Climate Change'
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo. 10 Jun (AIM) - The Mozambican government is focused on optimising plans and strategies to reduce the country's vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate change, declared the Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibas...
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:48:05 GMTConstruction of Cuamba Solar Power Station Begins
[AIM] Maputo -- Cuamba (Mozambique), 10 Jun (AIM) - The Mozambican Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Max Tonela, on Thursday reiterated the government's determination to diversify the country's energy matrix through further investment in clea...
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:47:43 GMT74 New Cases of Covid-19
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday announced the diagnosis of a further 74 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, the highest number of new cases reported in a single 24 hour period, so far this month.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:47:21 GMTFormer Police Officer Kidnapped in Beira
[AIM] Maputo -- A group of armed men, who claimed to be members of the Mozambican police force, on Tuesday night kidnapped a former police officer, Alexandre Nguiliche, from his home in the central city of Beira.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:46:59 GMTNyusi Will Not Attend Olympic Games
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has announced that he will not attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Japan, in order to show solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attacks in the northern province of Cabo Delgado...
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:46:15 GMTFormer Mayor Sentenced to 18 Months
[AIM] Maputo -- The KaMpfumo municipal district court, in Maputo city, on Wednesday sentenced the former mayor of the city, David Simango, to18 months imprisonment for crimes of corruption.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 07:45:33 GMT'Population Fleeing Violence Is Unable to Find Shelter'
[Agenzia Fides] Cabo Delgado -- The escape from attacks continues in the villages of the districts of Palma and Nangade in Cabo Delgado.
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:48:10 GMTJihadists Attack On Mozambique - How Far Can SADC Go ?
[Cameroon Tribune] The 16-member organization has several international instruments at her disposal that it can use to curb militant insurgence in the Province of Cabo Delgado.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 15:09:36 GMTChild Kidnapping Being Used As Warfare Tactic in Mozambique, Aid Groups Say
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Kidnapping victims are frequently exposed to further trauma such as witnessing beheadings or seeing their homes being set alight, says Save the Children
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:34 GMTSix Sentenced for Facilitating Illegal Ruby Mining
[AIM] Maputo -- The Montepuez district court, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado has sentenced seven people to 18 months imprisonment for facilitating the illegal mining of rubies in the concession granted to the company Montepuez Ru...
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:34 GMTHigh Commissioner Presents Credentials to UK Monarch
[AIM] London -- Mozambique's new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Albertina MacDonald, on Tuesday presented her credentials to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London.
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:33 GMTPrivate Companies Cooperate in Acquiring Vaccines
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican private companies have acquired over 500,000 doses of vaccine against the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and are offering 120,000 of these doses to the government, Health Minister Armindo Tiago announced on Tuesday.
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:33 GMTFight Against Terrorism Top Priority for Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday demanded that the newly appointed Secretary of State for the northern province of Cabo Delgado, Antonio Supeia, make further efforts in the fight against the terrorism that has plagued pa...
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:33 GMTNo Recoveries From Covid-19 Reported On Tuesday
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported on Tuesday that, over the previous 24 hours, no Covid-19 patients were declared recovered from the disease.