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Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:58:23 GMT
Cabo Delgado Threat Identified A Decade Ago - Did Govt Listen?
[allAfrica] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) launched a military initiative in July 2021 in response to violent extremism and terrorist activity in Mozambique, marking the second time in its history that the regional bloc opted for m...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:52:06 GMT
Govt Seeks Review of Terrorism Laws
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Tuesday said that the government will deliver, later this year, a package of proposals to the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic (AR), seeking a review of the structural laws agains...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:42:43 GMT
Unicef Fails to Secure Funding for Its Work in Mozambique
[AIM] London -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) lamented in its latest situation report that, during 2021, it had to cope with a shortfall of just under 56 million US dollars for its life-saving and life-sustaining work with children and ...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:40:10 GMT
Hidden Debts - Ematum Boats Full of Defects
[AIM] Maputo -- The Maputo City Court heard on Monday that the first five fishing boats of Ematum, (Mozambique Tuna Company), built in a shipyardsin the French port of Cherbourg, failed a health and hygiene inspection in May 2014.

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:55:07 GMT
Finance Minister Maleiane Optimistic About Talks With IMF
[AIM] Maputo -- There are "good prospects" for the current talks between the Mozambican government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Adriano Maleiane, cited by the independent television stat...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:48:37 GMT
Ring Road Toll Gates Open As Injunction Overruled
[AIM] Maputo -- The four toll gates on the Maputo Ring Road opened on Tuesday, and began to collect the tolls from the users of the road, despite the injunction obtained last week by the Centre for Development and Democracy (CDD), a civil society bod...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:36:33 GMT
MOU Between Mozambican Government and Totalenergies
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government and the French oil and gas company Total Energies on Monday in Maputo signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the two sides will establish a training programme for 2,500 young people, who will ...

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 08:01:14 GMT
Dar, Maputo for Stronger Ties
[Daily News] TANZANIA has pledged to strengthen its long standing cooperation with Mozambique.

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:36:33 GMT
Government to Probe Resilience of Infrastructures
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has pledged to probe the poor resilience of infrastructures such as roads and bridges, some of which were inaugurated less than a month ago, but were wrecked by cyclone Ana , which swept through the central a...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 05:55:22 GMT
UN Assisting Thousands Affected By Tropical Storm Ana in Mozambique
[UN News] UN teams are on the ground in Mozambique assisting thousands of people affected by Tropical Storm Ana, which made landfall in central and northern regions of the country earlier this week.

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:36:33 GMT
Number of Cyclone Deaths Rises to Three in Chimoio
[AIM] Maputo -- Chimoio (Mozambique), 27 Jan (AIM) - The number of deaths caused by tropical cyclone Ana has risen to three in the central Mozambican province of Manica, where the torrential rains also destroyed 36 houses and damaged a further 51.

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:36:32 GMT
PM Stresses Importance of Adaptation to Climate Change
[AIM] Maputo -- Nampula (Mozambique), 27 Jan (AIM) - Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario has warned of the need to adapt to climate change, as the country will remain vulnerable to extreme events such as the latest cyclone, Ana, whi...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:36:29 GMT
Bank of Mozambique Holds Interest Rates Steady
[AIM] Maputo -- The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambique (CPMO), meeting in Maputo on Wednesday, decided to leave the bank's main interest rate unchanged.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 05:33:15 GMT
Tropical Storm Ana Hits Mozambique, Malawi, Uganda
[DW] Tropical storm Ana has caused widespread destruction and triggered flooding across southeast Africa. Fatalities were reported in several countries including Mozambique, Malawi and Uganda.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 06:39:40 GMT
At Least 46 Dead After Tropical Storm Ana Hits Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi
[RFI] Tropical storm Ana hit east Africa this week, as heavy rains have caused flooding and mudslides in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, killing at least 39 people. Ana also made landfall on Mozambique and continued into Malawi, killing 12 people ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:21:20 GMT
Weakened Tropical Storm Ana Makes Landfall in Mozambique
[The Herald] Tropical Storm Ana, the first tropical storm of this year's south-west Indian Ocean cyclone season, made landfall over the Nampula province of Mozambique yesterday after crossing the Mozambique Channel from Madagascar.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:08:13 GMT
Namibia Supports Mozambique Amid Crisis - VP Mbumba
[Namibian] Vice president Nangolo Mbumba says the Namibian government has made a commitment to assist Mozambique with the security crisis the country is currently experiencing, caused by insurgencies in its Cabo Delgado province.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:16 GMT
Two Judges Expelled for Corruption
[AIM] The Higher Council of the Judicial Magistracy (CSMJ), the regulatory body for the law courts, has expelled two judges from the profession for corrupt behaviour, reports "Carta De Moçambique" on 7 January.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:15 GMT
Maputo Study On Cutting Mother to Child Transmission of Hepatitis B
[AIM] A study carried out in Maputo has shown that antenatal departments can cut the transmission of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) from mother to child through integrating vaccination at birth into standard procedures.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:50:20 GMT
Record Year for Kenmare Resources
[AIM] The Irish company Kenmare Resources on 13 January reported that last year it produced record levels of titanium minerals and zircon at its mine at Moma, on the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Nampula.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:49:44 GMT
Pequenos Libombos Reservoir Filling Up
[AIM] The reservoir behind the Pequenos Libombos dam on the Umbeluzi River, in Maputo province, is filling up rapidly requiring an increase in discharges.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:17 GMT
Fishermen Denounce Smuggling of Kapenta
[AIM] Fishermen who catch the small fish known as "kapenta" (the local name for the Lake Tanganyika sardine), in Cahora Bassa lake, in the central Mozambican province of Tete, have denounced the smuggling of the catch to neighbouring countries, accor...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:16 GMT
Ingc Ready to Respond to Flooding
[AIM] The Mozambican government's relief agency, the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management (INGC), has confirmed that it is ready to intervene in the event of floods during the current rainy season.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:16 GMT
Hcb Plans to Produce 14,228 Gigawatt-Hours in 2022
[AIM] The company Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), which operates the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi River, in the western province of Tete, has announced that it plans to produce 14,228 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2022.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:16 GMT
Police Arrest Maputo Drug Dealers
[AIM] The Mozambican police have announced that an operation against drug traffickers on 8 January resulted in the arrest of two of the main suppliers of illicit drugs in the part of the city so notorious for drug trafficking that it is commonly refe...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:16 GMT
Covid-19 - Positivity Rate Gradually Falling
[AIM] Health authorities reported on 16 January that the positivity rate among people tested in Mozambique for the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 respiratory disease has continued to decline.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:16 GMT
1.49 Per Cent Inflation in December
[AIM] The expected hike in Mozambican prices in December did not materialise, despite the festive season. According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), citing the consumer price indices for the three largest cities (Maputo, Nampula and Beira)...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:15 GMT
Price of Wheat Flour Set to Rise
[AIM] One of the main food processing companies in Mozambique, Companhia Industrial de Matola (CIM), has announced an 11 per cent increase in the price of wheat flour, leading to fears that the price of bread will now rise, reports the independent ne...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:15 GMT
Tax Authority Collects 287 Billion Meticais in Revenue
[AIM] The Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) collected more than 278 billion meticais (about US$4.3 billion, at the current exchange rate), during 2021, which was 105 per cent of the target figure of 265 billion meticais.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:15 GMT
Illicit Import Racket Shut Down By Authorities
[AIM] The Public Prosecutor's Office announced on 17 January that it has uncovered a racket whereby customs exemptions worth US$18.6 million were illicitly issued to import goods supposedly for the benefit of people displaced from their homes by terr...



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