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Thu, 19 Aug 2021 04:37:09 GMT
How Rwandan Troops Notched Up Early Successes in Cabo Delgado - Report
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Rwandan troops have notched up "remarkable" early successes against insurgents in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique, reports a civil society observer group. The group also suggests that the Rwandan intervention i...

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:46:45 GMT
SADC Forces Will See Action Shortly - Defence Minister
[AIM] Maputo -- Forces from members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will shortly go into action against ISIS terrorists in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, declared Defence Minister Jaime Neto, cited in Wednesday...

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:44:28 GMT
More Recoveries Than New Cases of Covid-19 Reported
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday again reported more recoveries from the Covid-19 respiratory disease than new cases and, as a result, the number of Covid-19 active cases is continuing to fall.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:46:45 GMT
Military Actions Should Be Complemented By Humanitarian Support
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has stressed the need to complement the military interventions against terrorism and violent extremism in the north of the country with immediate humanitarian support and investments in development.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:46:43 GMT
Renamo Chief of Staff Demobilised
[AIM] Maputo -- Nine high ranking officers in the militia of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, including the Renamo Chief of Staff, Timoteo Maquinze, laid down their weapons and were demobilised in the central city of Beira on Tuesday.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:46:44 GMT
Minister's Wife Denies She Was Beaten Up
[AIM] Maputo -- Vanessa Mangueira, the wife of Mozambique's Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Max Tonela, has categorically denied a story in the weekly paper "Evidencias" that her husband had beaten her up.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:29:10 GMT
Renamo Leader Wants Money for Demobilised Fighters
[AIM] Maputo -- Ossufo Momade, the leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has promised to meet with ambassadors accredited in Mozambique next Thursday, and discuss with them how to solve the payment of allowances to demobilised Renamo ...

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:29:09 GMT
Division of Tasks Between Rwanda and SADC in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- In their cooperation with the Mozambican defence and security forces, fighting ISIS terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, the Rwandan contingent will concentrate on the districts of Mocimboa da Praia and Palma, accordin...

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:29:07 GMT
August Deadlier Than July, Despite Fewer Covid-19 Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- More people died in Mozambique of the Covid-19 respiratory disease in the first 16 days of August than in the same period of July, according to the Deputy National Director of Public Health, Benigna Matsinhe, although there were fewer...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:48:10 GMT
'SADC Military Support for Mozambique Reaffirms Brotherhood'
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo, 16 Ago (AIM) - Mozambican Foreign Minister Veronica Macamo has said the deployment of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) military contingent to help fight terrorism in Mozambique is a clear reaffirmation of the tr...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:48:07 GMT
Road Between Mocimboa DA Praia and Awasse Reopened
[AIM] Maputo -- Following the capture of the town of Mocimboa da Praia, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, from ISIS terrorists last week, the joint Mozambican and Rwandan forces have reopened the road link between Mocimboa and Awas...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:48:10 GMT
Fourth Consecutive Month of Deflation
[AIM] Maputo -- In July, prices fell in Mozambique for the fourth consecutive month, according to figures published by the National Statistics Institute (INE), based on the consumer price indices for the three largest cities (Maputo, Nampula and Beir...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:29:27 GMT
Malawi to Take Over SADC Chairmanship From Mozambique
[East African] Malawi will Tuesday take over the Southern African Development Community (SADC) chairmanship from Mozambique.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:46:31 GMT
Covid-19 - 1,336 New Cases and 26 Deaths Over the Weekend
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported a further 1,336 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease over the weekend - 931 on Saturday and 405 on Sunday.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:26:20 GMT
Return of Peace in Cabo Delgado Now Likely
[East African] The rapid gains made by Mozambican and Rwandan government forces against Islamic insurgents in the country's northern Cabo Delgado region is giving new hope to thousands of civilians who have been trapped in the conflict for over a yea...

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:44:28 GMT
Search for Elusive Skinks Is Filling Gaps in Mozambique's Biodiversity Data
[The Conversation Africa] Every morning the phone buzzes, many times in short succession, as the students send photo after photo of the snakes, frogs and lizards that have been caught in various traps the previous day. We scroll through the images. A...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:46:53 GMT
Fire Victims in Chamanculo Receive Assistence
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo, 13 Ago (AIM) - The Maputo municipality on Friday donated a wide variety of building materials as well as consumer goods including rice, cooking oil, maize flour, and sugar to the 22 households made homeless, when their houses ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:46:50 GMT
Number of New Covid-19 Cases Drops to Below 1,000
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities announced on Friday that the number of new Covid-19 cases reported that day had fallen to below 1,000.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:25:05 GMT
Third Wave of Pandemic Not Nearing Its End, Warns Nyusi
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday warned that, despite apparent stabilization in parts of the country, the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is still "far from its end".

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:25:05 GMT
Edm Connects Panjane and Messano to the National Grid
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's publicly owned electricity company, EDM, on Friday connected to the national grid the administrative posts of Panjane and Messano, in the districts of Magude and Bilene, in southern provinces of Maputo and Gaza.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:25:04 GMT
Nyusi Inaugurates New Factory of 'Beleza Mocambique'
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday inaugurated the factory of "Beleza Moçambique", a large-scale manufacturer of synthetic hair products, located in Beluluane Industrial Park on the outskirts of Maputo.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:25:04 GMT
Mozambican and Rwandan Forces Hunt Terrorist Leader
[AIM] Maputo -- The joint Mozambican and Rwandan forces in the northern province of Cabo Delgado will do all in their power to capture terrorist leader Bonomar Machude Omar, promised the commander of the Mozambican army, Maj-Gen Cristovao Chume, cite...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:25:03 GMT
Fourth Day With More Recoveries Than New Covid-19 Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- According to the Mozambican health authorities, on Thursday more recoveries from Covid-19 were reported than new cases of the disease.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:06:07 GMT
Documents and Equipment Captured From Terrorists
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican defence and security forces on Wednesday showed reporters from the independent television station STV weaponry, other military equipment and documents captured from ISIS terrorists in the town of Mocimboa da Praia, in t...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 07:44:29 GMT
Mozambique Rejects Granting AU Observer Status to Israel
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique has joined the growing list of African countries protesting against the decision to grant Israel observer status at the African Union.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:06:08 GMT
Hcb to Increase Its Discharges
[AIM] Maputo -- Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company that operates the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi River, on Wednesday warned that it will open one of the dam's floodgates at 50 per cent as from 1 September.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:06:07 GMT
International Truckers Threaten Blockade
[AIM] Maputo -- Truck drivers from across southern Africa are threatening to blockade Mozambican border posts, in protest at corrupt behaviour by the Mozambican traffic police, according to a report in Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticiasa"...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:06:06 GMT
Health Minister Calls On Stakeholders to Boost HIV/Aids Response
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Minister of Health Armindo Tiago on Wednesday called on stakeholders in the health sector to strengthen preventive actions against HIV/AIDS so as to achieve progress towards universal access to prevention, care and treatmen...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:06:04 GMT
Largest Number of Covid-19 Recoveries in Single Day
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported the largest number of recoveries from the Covid-19 respiratory disease so far, in a single 24 hour period.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 21:31:09 GMT
United States Names Five African Jihadis As Specially Designated Global Terrorists
[CFR] The practical consequences of the U.S. Department of State adding five terrorist leaders operating in Africa to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists is likely to be limited.



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