Mozambique
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:46 GMTSADC Forces Dismantle Terrorist Base
[AIM] Maputo -- The military forces of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Saturday announced that they had dismantled a terrorist base in Macomia district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:46 GMTMultisector Team Dismantles Illegal Timber Yard
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Agency for Environmental Quality Control (AQUA) and the National Inspectorate of Economic Activities (INAE) have jointly dismantled a timber yard which was unlawfully exploiting wood in the administrative post of...
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:46 GMTDefence Minister Unaware of Landmine Use By Isis Terrorists
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Defence Minister Jaime Neto said on Monday in Maputo that he was not aware of the use of landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by ISIS terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:46 GMTHidden Debts - Judge Gives Defendant Five Days to Produce Evidence
[AIM] Maputo -- The Maputo City Court on Monday gave one of the defendants in the trial of 19 people charged with various offences arising from Mozambique's largest ever financial scandal, known as the case of the hidden debts, five working days to d...
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:46 GMTNampula City Under Water Supply Restrictions
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Water Supply Investment and Assets Fund (FIPAG), in the northern province of Nampula, has started a second phase of water supply restrictions, in a bid to rationalise the dwindling amount of water available in the reservo...
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:43 GMTCovid-19 - No Deaths Over Weekend
[AIM] Maputo -- According to the Mozambican health authorities, no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease were reported on either Saturday or Sunday.
Sun, 19 Sep 2021 10:02:28 GMTHow Big Is the Islamic Threat in Mozambique? and Why Are Rwandan Troops There?
[The Conversation Africa] Rwanda has sent troops to Mozambique to assist the government in fighting against a four-year Islamist militant insurgency. Political scientist Phil Clark provides insights into the threat and why Rwanda is supporting Mozamb...
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 06:02:51 GMTGeneral Muganga Visits RDF Troops Deployed in Mozambique
[New Times] The Rwanda Defence Force Army Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Mubarak Muganga on Saturday, September 18, started a four-day visit to Rwandan Forces deployed in Cabo Delgado, 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...
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:35:14 GMTMachatine Lays Foundation Stone for Road Rehabilitation
[AIM] Maputo -- Chokwe (Mozambique), 18 Sep (AIM) - The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Joao Machatine, on Friday laid the foundation stone for the rehabilitation of three important roads in the southern province of Gaza, with a combined length ...
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:35:14 GMTHidden Debts - Defendant Refuses to Answer Questions
[AIM] Maputo -- Businessman Sidonio Sitoe on Friday evening suddenly stopped collaborating with the Maputo City Court, which is trying him, and 18 others, for crimes in connection with Mozambique's greatest financial scandal, known as the case of the...
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:35:10 GMTCovid-19 - Positivity Rate Continues to Fall
[AIM] Maputo -- One of the key indicators for the Covid-19 pandemic, the positivity rate (the percentage of people tested who prove to be carrying the coronavírus that causes the disease) has continued to fall in Mozambique.
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...