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Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:26:21 GMT
Cabo Delgado - Mozambican Defence Minister Visits Rwandan Forces
[New Times] The minister and his entourage were briefed on the current operations by Rwanda security forces in their area of operations in Cabo Delgado.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:10:32 GMT
World Bank Expands Water Access in Mozambique's Nampula and Zambezia Provinces
[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank approved today a $150 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA)* in support of the Government of Mozambique's Rural and Small Towns Water Security Project, which aims at increasing ac...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:09:18 GMT
World Bank Supports Greater Access to Energy and Broadband Services in Rural Mozambique
[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank approved today a $300 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) that will support the Government of Mozambique's efforts to increase access to energy and broadband services, as well a...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 12:18:07 GMT
Top Figures Charged as Govt Tries to Clean Up Nation's Reputation
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- One of the Seychelles' wealthiest and most powerful men, his wife and former senior government officials face charges of laundering U.S. $50 million as a new government, elected last year, attempts to clean up the nation's re...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 15:38:10 GMT
Fuel Queues Resurface, Govt Claims Due to Maintenace Work in Mozambique
[New Zimbabwe] Fuel shortages have re-emerged in Harare with long winding queues resurfacing at the few fuel stations that had the basic commodity.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:02:23 GMT
Hundreds of Women, Girls Abducted Since 2018 - Human Rights Watch
[HRW] Johannesburg -- ISIS-Linked Militants Should Free Captives; Authorities Should Assist Survivors

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 04:36:19 GMT
'An Unknown Number of Women and Girls Remain in Captivity'
[DW] A group with alleged ties to the "Islamic State" has "enslaved and sexually abused" hundreds of women and girls in Mozambique over the past three years, Human Rights Watch said.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:17:02 GMT
Rwanda Forces in Mozambique Receive Covid-19 Booster Dose
[New Times] Rwanda Security Force (RSF) in Cabo-Delgado, Mozambique, on Monday, December 6 received the booster (3rd) dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:05:18 GMT
Insurgency Spreads to Niassa
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] As predicted, and following Frelimo's model after the Portuguese 1970 Operation Gordian Knot  (see this newsletter last week https://bit.ly/Moz-580), the guerrillas are moving away from the heavy military push...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:11:06 GMT
Zimtrade Urges Firms to Penetrate Maputo
[The Herald] ZIMTRADE says Zimbabwean businesses can take advantage of their proximity to Mozambique to penetrate the neighbouring country's market, which has vast export opportunities.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:12:15 GMT
Health Services Denied to Displaced Women as Tensions Rise With Host Communities
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Relations between host and displaced communities are negative and seem to be deteriorating,  both groups told a survey by UNHCR's Cabo Delgado Protection Cluster, published 18 November.  https://bit.ly/Moz-Pa...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:59:18 GMT
Omicron Cuts Travel North, as Mozambique Tightens Checks on South Africa Border
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The new Covid Omicron variant has already led to sharp travel restrictions between  Mozambique and most countries of the north. First discovered two weeks ago in Botswana  and South Africa, the variant has an...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:46:12 GMT
IMF Continues to Back Gas, Despite the Resource Curse
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Attempts to limit gas in Mozambique are "not sensible", IMF representative in Mozambique, Alexis  Meyer-Cirkel, said in an open briefing 23 November. "I think that this discussion, preventing  Mozambique from...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:35:06 GMT
Gas: Decision Now, or Wait For Real Peace?
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The ever optimistic Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Max Tonela, said that there could  be an imminent decision to restart work on gas. "The outlook is that before the end of the year we  are going t...

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:54:11 GMT
What Lies Behind the Failure to Find Lasting Peace and True Democracy
[The Conversation Africa] Mozambique gained independence from Portugal in 1975 following a bloody liberation war that lasted about 11 years. But independence did not mean the end of conflict. The dominant liberation movement, Liberation Front of Moza...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 20:56:17 GMT
Europe Halts Travel From Southern Africa Over New Coronavirus Variant
[DW] The European Union wants member states to halt air travel with South Africa and several surrounding countries over a new coronavirus variant. Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic were all quick to react.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 13:06:18 GMT
Zimbabwe, Mozambique Police in Bilateral Meeting
[The Herald] Police in Mashonaland East province on Monday met with their Mozambican counterparts to discuss and come up with various measures aimed at reducing transnational organised crimes between the two countries.

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:53:32 GMT
Chakwera, Nyusi Launch Mozambique-Malawi Power Transmission Interconnection Construction Project
[Nyasa Times] AUTHOR: Duncan Mlanjira - Nyasa Times

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:15:42 GMT
Reconstruction Plan for Cabo Delgado Gives Control to Maputo and Creates Slush Fund
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The Reconstruction Plans For Cabo Delgado approved by the Council of Ministers on 21 September consolidate power in Maputo, leaving little say for people in Cabo Delgado, concludes an investigative article in t...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 08:13:27 GMT
Growing Blue Conference Commits to Responsible Use of Oceans
[AIM] Participants at the "Crescendo Azul" ("Growing Blue") international conference have committed themselves to promoting good practices for a sustainable blue economy. The conference, which was held over two days in the coastal resort of Vilankulo...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 08:12:12 GMT
Nyusi's Visit a Foundation for Development Between Malawi and Mozambique' - Says Chakwera.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera says the three day state visit to Malawi by Mozambican President Felipe Jacinto Nyusi has cemented a solid foundation for future development opportunities between the two neighboring countries.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 08:12:12 GMT
Malawi, Mozambique Sign Bilateral Agreements to Improve Living Standards
[Nyasa Times] Malawi and her neighbouring country, Mozambique have signed significant bilateral trade and industry agreements in a bid to ease out the cost of living for the two nations' people and to ensure that the two countries are heading onto a ...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 08:08:48 GMT
Ghosts of Maputo Deal Haunt Tanzania Agriculture As Budgets Fall
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- In 2003 officials from Tanzania and several other African countries descended upon Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, with a determination to transform African agriculture. After a couple of days of reminiscing on how impor...

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 08:54:44 GMT
Chakwera Lauds Malawi, Mozambique Relations
[MBC] President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says Malawi and Mozambique are strategic development partners.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:54:28 GMT
Mozambique Are 2021 Cosafa Beach Soccer Championship Winners
[Cosafa] Pre-tournament favourites Mozambique have claimed the 2021 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship title following a 3-1 victory over East African guest nation Tanzania in the final at Durban's South Beach on Sunday.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:01:50 GMT
Beach Soccer - It's Tz Vs Mozambique Today
[Daily News] TANZANIA face Mozambique in the COSAFA Beach Soccer final at South Beach Arena in South Africa today.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:09:42 GMT
Army Kills 12 Insurgents in Cabo Delgado
[East African] Mozambique Defense and Security Forces (FDS) killed 12 insurgents in Cabo Delgado province, the country's newly appointed Defense Minister said on Friday.

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:25:31 GMT
Treating Root Causes of Northern Conflict Key to Guns Being Silenced
[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- Four years ago in October, attacks by a few dozen young men on three police stations in Mocimboa da Praia - a district of Cabo Delgado province in northeastern Mozambique - signalled the beginning of an armed conflict in t...

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:22:34 GMT
CPJ Honors Journalists Who Risk Their Lives for Press Freedom
[CPJ] The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) paid tribute Thursday to brave journalists from Guatemala, Mozambique, and Myanmar by presenting them with CPJ's 2021 International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA) in New York. CPJ also honored Hong Kong m...

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 15:37:42 GMT
SAA Cancels Daily Mozambique Flights, Adjusts Other Schedules
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Airways (SAA) has announced that it will be removing return daily flights from Maputo, Mozambique, from its schedule at the beginning of December.



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