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Mozambique

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:48:54 GMT
Standard Bank Hopes to 'Clarify' Allegations
[AIM] Maputo -- A day after the Bank of Mozambique suspended Standard Bank from foreign currency trading for a year, it has responded with a promise to continue to work with the central bank to "clarify all the allegations against it", and to safegua...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:53:40 GMT
South African Rioters Loot and Torch Mozambican Trucks
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Association of Road Transport Operators (Fematro) has claimed that lorries owned by Mozambican businesses, ferrying goods from neighbouring South Africa, have been looted and set alight by rioters demanding the release ...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:25:31 GMT
Unicef Needs U.S.$80 Million for Mozambique Operations
[AIM] London -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday lamented that it has only received 16.3 million US dollars in donations to provide life-saving and life-sustaining services for children in Mozambique.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 05:13:11 GMT
Secretary Blinken's Call With Mozambican President Nyusi
[State Department] The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:54:43 GMT
Manica Institutes Stop Teaching Due to Covid-19
[AIM] Maputo -- Chimoio (Mozambique), 14 Jul (AIM) - Two higher education institutions in the central Mozambican province of Manica have temporarily stopped face-to-face classes because of the spread of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:49:45 GMT
Reired Judge to Head Traffic Accident Inquiry
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has appointed a retired judge from the Administrative Tribunal, Jose Estevao Mutchini, to head the Commission of Inquiry investigating the causes of the traffic accident that killed 32 people on 3 July, at Ma...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:23:25 GMT
Number of Covid-19 Deaths Exceeds 1,000
[AIM] Maputo -- The number of deaths in Mozambique from the Covid-19 respiratory disease has now passed the symbolic mark of 1,000, according to the health authorities.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:14:11 GMT
EU to Train Military Personnel
[Cameroon Tribune] For two years, the mission headed by a Portuguese Commander would impart technical knowledge on soldiers battling against IS linked-jihadists.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:25:09 GMT
We Still Stand a Good Chance, Says Samaria... Warriors to Face Mozambique Today
[New Era] Although they missed out on an opportunity to secure an early spot in the semi-finals of the ongoing Cosafa Cup after playing to a one-all draw against the Flames of Malawi in yesterday's Group B clash, Brave Warriors gaffer Bobby Samaria r...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:39:18 GMT
World Food Programme Warns Cabo Delgado Is Facing Hunger
[AIM] The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) on 5 July warned that, without urgent funding, one of the world's fasting growing displacement of people, in northern Mozambique, risks becoming a hunger emergency.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 07:26:10 GMT
Rwandan Troop Deployment to Mozambique Not a Surpise - Analyst
[DW] Rwanda deployed a joint force of army and police to Mozambique's troubled northern province of Cabo Delgado to help fight Islamic State-linked militants. Not everyone is happy about Kigali's move.

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:12:33 GMT
Central Bank Fines Standard Bank for Fraudulent Practices
[AIM] Maputo -- Following an on-site inspection, the Bank of Mozambique on Monday fined one of the country's largest commercial banks, Standard Bank, 290.1 million meticais (about 4.6 million US dollars at current exchange rates) for engaging in frau...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:10:38 GMT
SADC Has Consented to Rwandan Deployment, Says Nyusi
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi declared on Monday that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has given its consent to the deployment of troops from Rwanda in the fight against islamist terrorists in the northern provinc...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:57:05 GMT
Former Renamo Fighters to Train As Police Officers
[AIM] A group of 36 former Renamo fighters will, within a matter of days, begin their training for membership of the Mozambican defence and security forces, according to a report on the television station, STV.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:39:21 GMT
Commission of Inquiry Confirms Sexual Abuse At Women's Prison
[AIM] The Commission of Inquiry set up by the Mozambican Ministry of Justice to probe allegations that guards at the Maputo Special Penitentiary for Women (EPEMM), better known as the Ndlavela Women's Prison, force women inmates into prostitution, ha...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:24:41 GMT
EU Humanitarian Flights Arrive in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] The third and last flight of the Humanitarian Air Bridge between the European Union and Mozambique arrived on 9 July in Pemba, capital of the northern province of Cabo Delgado, with a cargo including medicines, medical equipment, and hygiene ki...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:39:24 GMT
Broke Mnangagwa Govt Fails to Funds Troops to Help Fight Mozambique War
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is struggling to mobilise sufficient resources to contribute to the Southern Africa Development Committee Standing Force (SADC SF), which is supposed to start military operations to quell a...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:12:57 GMT
Public Service Inspectors to Enforce Covid-19 Measures
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Inspectorate of Economic Activities (INAE) has urged the general inspectors of the Public Service to join enforcement efforts intended to secure strict compliance with the restrictive measures to prevent the tran...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:07:57 GMT
Number of New Covid-19 Cases Doubles in a Week
[AIM] Maputo -- The number of new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease recorded in Mozambique has doubled in the space of a week, according to the National Director of Public Health, Rosa Marlene.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:39:22 GMT
Health Minister Calls for Collective Efforts to Meet HIV Goal
[AIM] The Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, on 8 July stressed the need for stakeholders at all levels to redouble their efforts and commitment to ensure attainment of the goals enshrined in the HIV/AIDS 5th National Strategic Plan (PEN V), for the ...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:39:22 GMT
Crackdown On Dishonest Exporters
[AIM] Agriculture Minister Celso Correia warned on 8 July that the government intends to crack down on exporters who attempt to defraud the state by falsifying the real value of their goods, stated on the export declarations.

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:24:42 GMT
Transport Officials Sacked After Road Tragedy
[AIM] Following the horrific road accident at Maluana, in Maputo province, on 3 July in which 32 people lost their lives, the Transport Ministry on 7 July sacked Ana Simoes, the General Director of the National Road Transport Institute (INATRO), and ...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:24:42 GMT
Former Mayor Accused of Corruption
[AIM] The Nampula Provincial Office for the Fight against Corruption, in northern Mozambique, has accused Saide Amur Gimba, a former mayor of Mozambique Island municipality, of heading a scheme in 2017 to divert three million meticais (about US$47,30...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:24:41 GMT
Prices Fall for Third Consecutive Month
[AIM] In June, Mozambique experienced its third consecutive month of falling prices, according to the latest figures published by the National Statistics Institute (INE), based on the consumer price indices for the three largest cities (Maputo, Nampu...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:24:41 GMT
Vaccines Purchased By Private Sector Arrive in Maputo
[AIM] Mozambique on 30 June received 500,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 respiratory disease, purchased by 318 private companies. The companies were mobilised under the initiative "United for Vaccination against ...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:24:41 GMT
Covid-19 Vaccines Received From France and Portugal
[AIM] The French and Portuguese governments on 5 July delivered 158,000 doses of vaccine against the Covid-19 respiratory disease to Mozambique.

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:24:41 GMT
Third Wave of Covid-19 Hits Mozambique
[AIM] Health authorities have announced that on 10 July the Covid-19 pandemic broke two sinister records - for the number of new cases diagnosed in a single 24 hour period, and for the number of people hospitalised with the disease at any one time. O...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:24:40 GMT
EU Approves Military Training Mission
[AIM] Foreign Ministers from the European Union on 12 July agreed to set up a military training mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique).

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:24:38 GMT
President Nyusi Confirms Arrival of Rwandan Forces in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 9 July confirmed the arrival of the first contingent of troops from Rwanda to assist Mozambique in fighting the islamist terrorists who have been operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado since October 2017.

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 17:41:00 GMT
Adb Supports Rehabilitation of Machipanda Line
[AIM] The African Development Bank (ADB) on 29 June announced that it has granted US$665,000 to support the rehabilitation of the Machipanda railway which runs between the Mozambican port of Beira and the border with Zimbabwe.



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