Mozambique
Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:38:23 GMTChildren Trained to Fight, Deployed Against Army - HRW
[HRW] Johannesburg -- An Islamic State (ISIS) linked armed group in northern Mozambique is kidnapping boys and using them to fight government forces in violation of the international prohibition on the use of child soldiers, Human Rights Watch said t...
Sat, 25 Sep 2021 07:16:44 GMTKagame Says Troops Will Stay Put in Cabo Delgado to Ensure Stability
[Nation] President Paul Kagame has praised the Rwandan troops deployed to fight insurgents in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique for their good work fighting insurgents.
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:42:41 GMTRwanda's President Kagame in Mozambique for State Visit
[East African] Rwanda's President Paul Kagame arrived in Mozambique Friday for a two-day state.
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:06:36 GMTMobile Phone Services Being Restored in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- The three mobile phone companies operating in Mozambique (TMcel, Vodacom and Movitel) hope to restore their services in full in Palma. Mocimboa da Praia and Muidumbe districts, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, within a matter...
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:06:35 GMTNyusi Declares 'Full Confidence' in Armed Forces
[AIM] Maputo -- Nampula (Mozambique), 23 Sep (AIM) - Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday declared that he has full confidence in the performance of the Mozambican Armed Forces (FADM).
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:06:32 GMTCovid-19 - Three Deaths and 79 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- After four days in which no deaths from Covid-19 were reported, the disease claimed three more victims on Wednesday.
Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:28:45 GMTGovt Approves Reconstruction Plan for Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has approved the Reconstruction Plan for the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which envisages the restoration of social and economic infrastructures wrecked during the incursions by ISIS terrorists.
Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:32:45 GMTInflation of 0.19% in August
[AIM] Maputo -- The average level of prices in Mozambique rose by 0.19 per cent in August, according to the latest figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE), based on the consumer price indices for the three largest cities (Maputo, Nampula...
Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:25:49 GMTTenants of State Housing May Face Eviction
[AIM] Maputo -- 424 tenants of the Mozambican government's Housing Promotion Fund (FFH) owe the FFH about three million US dollars in back rent, according to Wednesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Mediafax".
Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:24:34 GMTCovid-19 - 90 Per Cent Decline in Mortality
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported on Tuesday that this was the fourth consecutive day with no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:48:45 GMTAccess to Justice Remains Challenge for Mozambicans
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario declared on Monday that access to justice remains a major challenge for the great majority of Mozambicans, particularly in the more remote areas of the country, despite efforts mad...
Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:04:53 GMTCourt Sentences Chinese Citizen to 14 Years Imprisonment For Crimes Against Wildlife
[AIM] Maputo -- The Inhambane Provincial Court in southern Mozambique has sentenced a 51 year old Chinese citizen, Liu Rong Wu, to 14 years imprisonment, for his involvement in an environmental crime consisting of an attempt to smuggle about nine kil...
Wed, 22 Sep 2021 05:30:47 GMTKenya, Mozambique Clash for Spot in Afrobasket Quarters
[Nation] Kenya will face Mozambique on Wednesday night for a spot in the quarterfinals against 11-time winners Senegal at the ongoing Fiba AfroBasket Championships in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:48:45 GMTHidden Debts - 'I Was Just Following Orders'
[AIM] Maputo -- Khessaujee Pulchand, one of the 19 defendants in Mozambique's "hidden debts" trial, said he opened bank accounts for operations he knew nothing about, because "I was following orders".
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:48:45 GMTHcm Fire Brought Under Control
[AIM] Maputo -- A fire which broke out on Monday afternoon in Maputo Central Hospital (HCM), Mozambique's largest health unit, has now been brought completely under control, although it severely damaged four of the six rooms of one of the surgery blo...
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:48:44 GMTHidden Debts - Money Laundering At the Foreign Exchange Bureau
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo. 21 Sept (AIM) - One of the 19 defendants facing charges in connection with the scandal of Mozambique's "hidden debts" on Tuesday admitted to the Maputo City Court that he had allowed his employers in a foreign exchange bureau ...
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:48:38 GMTCovid-19 - No Deaths for Third Consecutive Day
[AIM] Maputo -- On Monday, for the third consecutive day, the Mozambican health authorities reported no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:04:45 GMTChakwera Says Govt Looking Into Malawi - Mozambique Boarder Disputes
[Nyasa Times] Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera says government is working tirelessly to bring an amicable solution to the simmering boarder disputes between Malawians and Mozambicans in the volatile Mangochi boarder area of Makanjira.
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.