Mozambique
Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:07:16 GMTSANDF Soldier Killed in Mozambique
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that it has lost a soldier deployed in Mozambique as part of Operation Vikela.
Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:08:17 GMTPeople Continue to Flee Insecurity and Violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
[MSF] Paulo Milanesio is a project coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Mueda, a town in the north of the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, where hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge from ongoing conflict.
Tue, 21 Dec 2021 10:44:15 GMTEnriched Porridges and Nutrition Knowledge Keep Children Healthy in Mozambique
[FAO] Education and training are reducing the malnutrition rates in Cabo Delgado
Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:19:17 GMTStatement At the End of an IMF Staff Visit to Mozambique
[IMF] End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the ...
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 10:59:50 GMTNyusi tells AR: Cabo Delgado War is About Greed of Insurgents - with No Mention of Greed of Frelimo
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] "For us there is no rational narrative behind terrorist actions. What we are facing is pure banditry driven by others' greed against a nation that is about to make the qualitative and quantitative leap", Presid...
Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:47:44 GMTCuamba Solar PV and Energy Storage Reaches Financial Close
[PR Newswire] Maputo, Mozambique -- Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa and its project partners, Source Energia, a Lusophone Africa energy developer and Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), the Mozambican national power utility,...
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 12:28:50 GMTOfficials Say Insurgency in Northern Mozambique Is Spreading
[VOA] With violence by armed groups spreading beyond Mozambique's northernmost province of Cabo Delgado into neighboring Niassa province, President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday cautioned against panic.
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 12:31:59 GMTInsurgency Threatens Conservation Progress, Environmental Protections in Niassa Special Reserve
[Daily Maverick] Two years ago, Mozambique's spectacular and vast Niassa Special Reserve, bordering on Tanzania, was just getting over a horrific period of elephant poaching. Then it was swamped by Cyclone Eloise. Yet the resilient Mozambicans took i...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:26:21 GMTCabo 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 GMTWorld 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 GMTWorld 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 GMTTop 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 GMTFuel 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 GMTHundreds 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 GMTRwanda 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 GMTInsurgency 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 GMTZimtrade 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 GMTHealth 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 GMTOmicron 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 GMTIMF 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 GMTGas: 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 GMTWhat 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 GMTEurope 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 GMTZimbabwe, 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 GMTChakwera, Nyusi Launch Mozambique-Malawi Power Transmission Interconnection Construction Project
[Nyasa Times] AUTHOR: Duncan Mlanjira - Nyasa Times
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:15:42 GMTReconstruction 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 GMTGrowing 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 GMTNyusi'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 GMTMalawi, 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 ...