Mozambique
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 18:56:32 GMTTroops Recapture Key Northern Port From Insurgents
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican and Rwandan forces on Sunday recaptured the port town of Mocimboa da Praia, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which had been held by terrorists affiliated to the "Islamic State" (ISIS) network for the past year.
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 18:53:27 GMTU.S. Designates Two Insurgent Leaders As 'Terrorists'
[AIM] Maputo -- For the first time, the US State Department has named two of the leaders of the islamist terrorists operating in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 19:20:26 GMTRwandan Troops Help Mozambique Army Regain Control of Port Held By Jihadists
[RFI] Rwandan forces deployed last month to help Mozambique's army battle jihadists said Sunday they had recaptured control of the key northern port of Mocimboa da Praia from the extremist militants.
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 19:19:20 GMTCabo Delgado - Rwanda, Mozambican Forces Take Control of Strategic Port in Insurgency-Hit Region
[New Times] Rwandan and Mozambican forces battling the Islamic State-linked terrorist group in Cabo Delgado Province on Sunday August, 8, captured the strategic port city of Mocimboa da Praia, as the forces look to wrest the area from the Islamic ter...
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 18:58:11 GMTDefence Ministry Confirms Capture of Mocimboa da Praia
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Defence Ministry confirmed on Sunday afternoon that a joint operation by Mozambican and Rwandan forces resulted in the capture of the town of Mocimboa da Praia, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which had been i...
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:26:07 GMTReport - Mozambique Soldiers Trap Civilians in Insurgent-Hit North
[VOA] Johannesburg -- Mozambican security forces are preventing tens of thousands of civilians displaced by jihadist attacks around the northern town of Palma from moving to safer areas, Human Rights Watch said.
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:23:04 GMTCabo Delgado - Rwandan, Mozambican Forces Encircle Major Port City
[New Times] Rwandan and Mozambican forces battling the Islamic State-linked terrorist group in Cabo Delgado Province are advancing on the strategic port city of Mocimboa da Praia from three fronts.
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:28:00 GMTCovid-19 - 28 More Deaths and 1,490 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Friday reported a further 28 deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 1,490 new cases.
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 19:56:08 GMTForeign Troops Arrive in Force to Fight Cabo Delgado Insurgency
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Rwandan and Mozambican forces have surrounded Mocimboa da Praia, which has been held by insurgents for the past year. This is the largest town in the war zone, with the only port on the northern Cabo Delgado co...
Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:46:52 GMTDesignations of Isis-Mozambique, JNIM, and Al-Shabaab Leaders
[State Department] I am announcing the designation of five terrorist leaders in Africa. Bonomade Machude Omar, Sidan ag Hitta, Salem ould Breihmatt, Ali Mohamed Rage, and Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir are designated as Specially Designated Global Terro...
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:56:06 GMTLobby Group Urges Govt to Evacuate Civilians From War-Torn Region
[Nation] An international lobby group on Friday urged the Mozambican government to help civilians trapped by fighting in Cabo Delgado Province to move to safer areas.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:53:13 GMTRwandan Forces Claim They Are 'Closing In' On Mocimboa DA Praia
[AIM] Maputo -- The Rwandan armed forces, who are supporting the Mozambican defence and security forces in their battle against islamist terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, say they are closing in on the town of Mocimboa da Praia, he...
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:53:14 GMTNyusi Launches Industrialisation Programme
[AIM] Maputo -- Vanduzi (Mozambique), 6 Aug (AIM) - Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday launched the programme "Industrialise Mozambique" in Vanduzi district, in the central province of Manica.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:53:13 GMTJustice Minister Appoints New Prison Officials
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Justice Minister Helena Kida on Thursday swore into office Herminia Nhamuze as the new director of the Maputo Special Penitentiary for Women, better known as the Ndlavela Women's Prison.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:53:12 GMTNyusi Inaugurates Gorongosa Dam
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday inaugurated the Gorongosa dam, on the Nhandare river in the central province of Sofala.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:53:10 GMTCovid-19 - 1,611 New Cases and 12 Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Thursday reported a further 12 deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 1,611 new cases.
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:17:05 GMTFormer President Chissano Raises Possibility of Dialogue in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano has urged the current government to consider the possibility of entering into a dialogue with the terrorist groups operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 09:22:27 GMTMedia Statement - Stability in SADC Region Central for Joint Standing Committee Support for SANDF Employment in Mozambique
[Parliament of South Africa] The Joint Standing Committee on Defence has underlined the importance of regional stability in its support of employment of members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to Mozambique to combat acts of terro...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:17:05 GMTMCC Chooses Agriculture and Rural Transport As Priorities
[AIM] Maputo -- The United States development agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), has chosen agriculture and rural transport as the key sectors for its next package of aid to Mozambique, scheduled to start in 2023.
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:17:05 GMTInspections Find Underweight Bottles of Cooking Gas
[AIM] Maputo -- The Portuguese fuel company Galp has been caught selling some of its Mozambican customers bottles of domestic cooking gas that are underweight.
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:17:05 GMTVaccination No Substitute for Prevention
[AIM] Maputo -- Nampula (Mozambique), 5 Aug (AIM) - The governor of the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, Manuel Rodrigues, on Wednesday launched a vigorous appeal for all eligible citizens to register for vaccination against the Covid-19 resp...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:17:02 GMT4,466 Recoveries From Covid-19 Reported
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported a further 4,466 full recoveries from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:20:45 GMTAssembly Will Debate Foreign Troops - but Only in October
[AIM] Maputo -- The governing board of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, its Standing Commission, on Tuesday decided to table for debate at the next full parliamentary sitting the question of foreign military support in the fig...
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:53:13 GMTPrivate Companies Vaccinate Over 70,000
[AIM] Maputo -- The vaccination initiative of Mozambican private companies, Univax, has so far succeeded in vaccinating more than 70,000 people across the country against the Covid-19 respiratory disease, according to a Friday press release from Univ...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:29:39 GMTRwandan, Mozambican Forces Take Control of Strategic Awasse City in Cabo Delgado
[New Times] Reports from Mozambique indicate that Rwandan and Mozambican forces are now in full control of the key base of Awasse after repulsing the retreating Islamic State-linked insurgency in Cabo Delgado, the northernmost province of Mozambique.
Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:20:46 GMTNyusi Urges Mozambicans to Join Covid-19 Mass Vaccination Campaign
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday urged all eligible adult Mozambicans to join the National Mass Vaccination Campaign against Covid-19, intended to reduce greatly the number of serious cases of the disease, and of the hos...
Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:20:45 GMTGovernment Approves Strategy for Managing Displaced
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government on Tuesday approved the policy and strategy for managing internally displaced people.
Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:20:41 GMTCovid-19 Death Toll Reaches 1,500
[AIM] Maputo -- The number of deaths in Mozambique from the Covid-19 respiratory disease has now reached 1,500, according to a Tuesday press release from the Ministry of Health.
Wed, 04 Aug 2021 07:22:28 GMTPemba Bay Not Contaminated By Fuel Spill
[AIM] Maputo -- A multi-sector government team sent to investigate a spill of fuel in the Bay of Pemba, off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, has ruled out the possibility of contamination of the waters of the bay.
Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:00:16 GMTNo Observer Status for Israel, Urges Palestinian Ambassador
[AIM] Maputo -- The Palestinian ambassador to Mozambique, Fayez Abdul Jawwad, has urged the Mozambican government to oppose the granting of observer status at the African Union to Israel.