Mozambique
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:09:10 GMTHidden Debts - the Court Will Not Be Hurried
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Bar Association (OAM) on Friday protested at what it regarded as excessively long interrogations of some of the accused in the current trial of 19 people charged with offences in connection with the scandal of the "hidd...
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:09:11 GMTHidden Debts - Privinvest Money Intimately Linked to Debts
[AIM] Maputo -- Businesswoman Angela Leao, who is married to the former head of the Mozambican Security and Intelligence Service (SISE), Gregorio Leao, on Friday protested that prosecutors have asked about her real estate dealings and not about the c...
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:09:11 GMTQuissanga Displaced Urged to Return Home
[AIM] Maputo -- The general commander of the Mozambican police, Bernadino Rafael, has urged the population of Quissanga district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, to return to their homes after victories by the defence and security forces ag...
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:09:07 GMTCovid-19 - Improvements in Key Indicators
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Health Ministry on Thursday reported significant improvements in some of the key indicators for the Covid-19 pandemic, including the positivity rate, the number of hospitalisations and the number of active cases.
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:14:14 GMTViral Load Undetectable in Almost 80 Per Cent of HIV Patients
[AIM] Maputo -- About 80 per cent of patients undergoing Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) in Maputo city have undetectable viral loads, according to a report in Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:14:14 GMTHidden Debts - Accused Follows Strategy of Denial
[AIM] Maputo -- Angela Leao, the wife of the General Director of Mozambique's Security and Intelligence Service (SISE), under former President Armando Guebuza, on Thursday afternoon repeatedly denied that she has ever received money from the Abu Dhab...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:14:14 GMTRepairing Terrorist Damage to Schools Costed At 23.4 Million Dollars
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Education has estimated at 1.5 billion meticais (about 23.4 million US dollars, at the current exchange rate) the amount required for rehabilitating the schools destroyed by ISIS terrorists in the northern p...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:14:13 GMTSouth Korea Provides Aid for Farmers in Central Mozambique
[AIM] London -- The government of South Korea, through its Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has donated 5.7 million US dollars to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for its project to support smallholder farmers in the cent...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:14:13 GMT1.8 Billion Dollars Needed for Urban Water Supply Expansion
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday launched a programme to mobilise about 1.8 billion US dollars to finance the expansion of urban water systems so that they can brings clean drinking water to a further four million people...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:14:13 GMTTax Collection Accounts for 85 Per Cent of State Revenue
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Tax Authority (AT) has claimed that domestic tax collection now accounts for about 85 per cent of the State revenues, which finance social and economic development programmes.
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:14:13 GMTHidden Debts - Angela Leao Denies Any Link With Privinvest
[AIM] Maputo -- Angela Leao, one of the 19 people on trial before the Maputo City Court, charged with crimes related to the country's greatest financial scandal, known as the case of the "hidden debts", on Thursday denied any connection with Privinve...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:14:10 GMTCovid-19 - Minister Calls for Commitment Against Pandemic
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago on Wednesday urged health workers not to regard their profession as just another job.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:57:59 GMTZim Seeks More Power From Moza, Zambia
[The Herald] Zimbabwe is negotiating with Mozambique and Zambia to import 280MW of electricity to ease the shortages that have seen load shedding, Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu Soda told the National Assembly yesterday during the Questi...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:32:12 GMTRwandan Businessman Shot Dead in Matola
[AIM] Maputo -- Unidentified gunmen shot dead on Monday a Rwandan businessman, Levocat Karemangingo, a few metres away from his home in Liberdade neighbourhood, in the southern Mozambican city of Matola, reports the independent television station STV...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:31:38 GMTHidden Debts - Defendant Will Not Repay Mozambican State
[AIM] Maputo -- Businessman Fabiao Mabunda, one of the 19 defendants on trial before the Maputo City court for crimes linked to the country's greatest financial scandal, known as the case of the "hidden debts", declared on Tuesday that he has no inte...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:32:58 GMTMozambican Navy Arrests 20 Suspected Terrorists
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Navy patrols on Monday detained 20 men, suspected of being ISIS terrorists, on board two fishing vessels off the coast of Mocimboa da Praia district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:57:50 GMTRwandan Dissidents Fearful After Prominent Critic of President Kagame Gunned Down in Maputo
[Daily Maverick] Millionaire businessman Revocant Karemangingo was gunned down in broad daylight in his car by gunmen using automatic weapons as he returned home from one of his businesses in the capital's outlying Matola suburb.
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:06:53 GMTHidden Debts - A Complex Tale of Millions of Meticais, Dollars and Euros
[AIM] Maputo -- Businessman Fabiao Mabunda, owner of the building company MMocambique Construcoes, on Monday told the Maputo City Court that he is innocent of the charges of membership of a criminal organisation and money laundering.
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:48:16 GMTTanzania Pulverise Mozambique in ICC T-20
[Daily News] IT was an exciting day for the Tanzanian Women witnessing Mwanaidi Ammy's scintillating 87runs of 48 balls wins, and was named player of the match. Her performance secured Tanzania a mammoth 200 runs victory over Mozambique in a 2021 ICC...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:01:09 GMTEdm Restores Power to Nangade and Mueda Districts
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's publicly owned Electricity Company, EDM, has restored power to Nangade district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, reports Monday's issue of the independent newssheet "Mediafax".
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:01:09 GMTEmbraer Bribe - Ten Years for Former Transport Minister
[AIM] Maputo -- The Maputo City Court on Monday sentenced former Transport Minister Paulo Zucula to ten years imprisonment for his part in the corrupt purchase of two aircraft from the Brazilian company Embraer in 2009.
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:01:07 GMTCovid-19 - Weekend With No Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- According to the Mozambican health authorities, no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease were reported on either Saturday or Sunday.
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 04:20:25 GMTSouth African Minister Defends Decision to Extradite Chang to Mozambique
[Daily Maverick] South Africa's Justice Minister Ronald Lamola acted against the advice of his own top legal officials - which he himself seemed to endorse - when he decided last month to extradite former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang to M...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:24:20 GMTUD Songo Beats As Otoho in Maputo
[CAF] Mozambique representative UD Songo started their TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2021-22 campaign, beating AS Otoho of Congo 1-0 on Saturday in Maputo. The duel will be decided on September 19th when the second leg takes place in Oyo.
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:27:05 GMTHidden Debts - Don't Bring Politics Into the Court, Warns Judge
[AIM] Maputo -- Defence lawyers in the trial of 19 people accused of crimes connected with Mozambique's largest financial scandal, known as the "hidden debts", on Thursday demanded that Agriculture Minister Celso Correia be called as a witness.
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:26:23 GMTHidden Debts: Presidential Adviser Admits Receiving U.S.$1,6 Million in Assets From Boustani
[AIM] Maputo -- Renato Matusse, who had once been a political adviser to former President Armando Guebuza, on Friday denied receiving a bribe of two million US dollars from the Abu Dhabi based group, Privinvest.
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:24:25 GMTHidden Debts - Defence Lawyers Try Again to Gag the Press
[AIM] Maputo -- At the start on Friday of the 12th day of the trial of 19 people accused of crimes in connection with Mozambique's largest ever financial scandal, known as the "hidden debts" defence lawyers tried, for the third time, to gag the press...
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:36:20 GMTHidden Debts - Guebuza's Private Secretary Insists She Was Not Bribed
[AIM] Maputo -- Ines Moiane, the private secretary of former Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, on Thursday admitted to receiving 750,000 euros from the Abu Dhabi based Privinvest group, but denied this was a bribe.
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:24:03 GMTHidden Debts - Trial Remains Public, Insists Judge
[AIM] Maputo -- Judge Efigenio Baptista, of the Maputo City court, on Thursday insisted that the current trial of 19 people accused of crimes in connection with Mozambique's "hidden debts" scandal must remain open to press and public.
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:55:38 GMTMozambique, EU and UN Renew Commitment to End Violence Against Women and Girls With U.S.$8.5 Million
[Spotlight Initiative] Maputo -- The Government of Mozambique, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) have approved Phase II of the Spotlight Initiative to end violence against women and girls, with an investment of USD 8.5 Million by th...