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Mozambique

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 04:48:55 GMT
3,000 Homes Destroyed as Tropical Cyclone Gombe Hits Coast
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Cyclone Gombe hit Nampula province Friday morning (11 March), with winds of 120 to 160 km/h and rain of 200 mm. The cyclone made landfall in Mongicual district, between Ihla de Moçambique and Angoche. It conti...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 04:53:48 GMT
Police Kill Two Demonstrators
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Police shot and killed two demonstrators and seriously injured a third in Corromana, Molumbo district, Zambezia, Tuesday 8 March, reported Zambezia Police Commander Aquilasse Manda. Corromana is on the border w...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 04:51:25 GMT
Prime Minister Sacked and Others Promoted
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Carlos Agostinho do Rosario was dismissed as Prime Minister and Adriano Maleiane was promoted from Minister of Economy and Finance to Prime Minister in a 2-3 March reshuffle. Both had been in post since being n...

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 14:31:01 GMT
Threats to life and Infrastructure in Mozambique from Cyclone Gombe
[WaterAid] WaterAid is gravely concerned about the impact Cyclone Gombe might have on vulnerable communities in Northern Mozambique. The cyclone could be the most serious of this year's storm season to hit the country which is still reeling from Stor...

Sat, 12 Mar 2022 05:18:44 GMT
Women Rake in Cash Selling Baobab Fruit
[Africa Renewal] Having lived and worked for many years in Kenya, Milagre Nuvunga and her husband Andrew Kingman returned to their country Mozambique to establish a business that would touch the lives of thousands of women.

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:02:20 GMT
President Ramaphosa to Host President Filipe Nyusi of the Republic of Mozambique for a Working Visit
[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will host His Excellency Filipe Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique, on a Working Visit to Pretoria tomorrow, Friday, 11 March 2022.

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:53:16 GMT
President to Host Mozambique Counterpart
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to host His Excellency Filipe Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique, on a Working Visit in Pretoria.

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:10:49 GMT
Cyclones Aggravate Mozambique Humanitarian Crisis
[CAJ News] FUNDS are needed now more than ever after as climatic shocks add to the woes of Mozambique amid an Islamist insurgency in recent years.

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 04:50:42 GMT
Military Intervention Hasn't Stopped Mozambique's Conflict
[The New Humanitarian] Pemba, Mozambique -- 'Right now, all I want is to be with my family so we can cry together.'

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 18:41:42 GMT
Nyusi Swears New Ministers Into Office
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday in Maputo swore into office the new Prime Minister and five other ministers, following the government reshuffle announced earlier this week.

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:01:34 GMT
Hidden Debts: Prosecution Wants Maximum Sentence for Seven of the Accused
[AIM] Maputo -- The prosecution in the "hidden debts" trial, now in its closing stages way in the Maputo City Court, on Friday asked for the maximum sentence for the two men who once headed Mozambique's National Security and Intelligence Service (SIS...

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:58:48 GMT
Mozambique's Displaced Recount Brutality of Cabo Delgado Insurgents
[VOA] Montepuez, Mozambique -- Beheadings, abductions, and entire villages razed - these are the stories told by Mozambicans displaced by attacks from Islamic State-linked militants in northern Cabo Delgado province. The four-year conflict has left n...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:19:59 GMT
Mozambicans Flood Malawi Flood Evacuation Camps
[Nyasa Times] Nearly 2,500 households from Mozambique have flooded flood evacuation camps in Nsanje.

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:59:34 GMT
Hidden Debts - Prosecution Summing-Up Begins
[AIM] Maputo -- The former head of economic intelligence in the Mozambican security service, SISE, Antonio Carlos do Rosario, was directly responsible for the fate of the three fraudulent companies at the heart of Mozambique's "hidden debts" scandal,...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:06:58 GMT
Improving Access to Food, Housing and Health for Displaced People
[ICRC] Mozambique faces a triple humanitarian crisis: exposure to armed conflict, persistent threats from climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 04:53:08 GMT
Lessons for Mozambique After France's Withdrawal From the Sahel
[ISS] Can large multinational troop interventions against localised violent extremist insurgencies deliver peace and security?

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 03:44:30 GMT
Designation of Isis Organizers and Financial Facilitators Based in South Africa
[State Department] The United States is working with our African partners, including South Africa, to dismantle ISIS financial support networks on the continent. Today, the United States designated four ISIS and ISIS-Mozambique (ISIS-M) financial fac...

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:35:37 GMT
Zimbabwe Donates Food to Mozambique Terror Victims
[CAJ News] Maputo -- ZIMBABWE has donated 1 000 tonnes of food items to Mozambique in an effort to cushion victims of terrorism and violent extremism.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:57:03 GMT
Rwanda Commended for Peacekeeping Operation in Cabo Delgado
[New Times] The Presidents of Zimbabwe and Botswana have given a thumbs up to Rwanda's military operations in Mozambique to drive out Islamic insurgents from the Cabo Delgado province.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:15:53 GMT
South Africa Will Deploy More Troops to Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will shortly deploy additional troops to the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in the South African internet portal "Defence Web".

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:04:18 GMT
Kidnap Mastermind Arrested, Claim South African Police
[AIM] Maputo -- The South African Police (SAPS) on Saturday announced the arrest of a 37 year old man believed to have masterminded a spate of kidnappings in Maputo, and in the South African province of Gauteng.

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 04:25:14 GMT
Mozambique's Insurgency Spreading to Other Provinces - Study
[DW] The insurgency in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province is surging and spreading to neighboring regions, according to a new study. This comes despite the intervention of SADC and Rwandan troops.

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:12:41 GMT
Fisheries to Expand Inspections Along the Coastline
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Minister of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Augusta Maita, declared in Maputo on Wednesday, that the country is losing 60 million dollars a year because of illegal fishing.

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:12:41 GMT
Hidden Debts - Session On Seizure of Assets Postponed Again
[AIM] Maputo -- Judge Efigenio Baptista, of the Maputo City Court, on Thursday postponed for the second time the session of the "hidden debts" trial that would deal with the Public Prosecutor's request for the seizure of property from several of the ...

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:12:41 GMT
Sugar Workers' Strike Degenerates Into Violence
[AIM] Maputo -- A strike for higher wages at the Xinavane sugar plantation, some 90 kilometres north of Maputo, degenerated into violence on Wednesday, with the strikers setting fire to buildings and vehicles.

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:12:41 GMT
Sernic Arrests Alleged Kidnappers
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) has arrested three individuals, accused of involvement in the wave of kidnappings of business people which have been rocking Maputo city.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:10:04 GMT
Hackers Demand Ransom
[AIM] Maputo -- Unknown hackers, calling themselves the "Yemen Cyber Army", who on Sunday cyber-attacked several web pages from various Mozambican government institutions, including the Defence Ministry, are demanding an unspecified amount of ransom ...

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:12:39 GMT
Covid-19 - 116 Recoveries and 46 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported a further 116 full recoveries from the Covid-19 respiratory disease - 48 in Tete, 30 in Nampula, 25 in Maputo province and 13 in Maputo city.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:10:43 GMT
Police Officers Arrested for Corrupt Behaviour
[AIM] Maputo -- Two police officers in Maputo are now under custody for extorting 5,000 rand (330 US dollars, at the current exchange rate) from a traveller, who on Tuesday morning was about to board a minibus to neighbouring South Africa, according ...

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:08:49 GMT
Economy Expected to Rebound Strongly
[AIM] London -- The Fitch ratings agency expects Mozambique's growth to accelerate this year as investment and production in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) ramps up.



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