Mozambique
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:02:42 GMT1 Million People in Conflict-Affected Regions Receive Two Doses of the Covid-19 Vaccine
[ICRC] Maputo (ICRC) - Mozambique's national immunization campaign has vaccinated over 1 million people - 75% of the population - in six districts affected by armed conflict in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Manica, and Sofala with the support of the...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:33:05 GMTCommonwealth Supports Fight Against Terrorism
[AIM] Kigali -- Mozambican Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane declared in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Saturday night, that the member countries of the Commonwealth are agreed on the need to make available support for Mozambique's fight against terro...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:33:05 GMTCovid-19 - 28 New Cases and 146 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday reported a further 28 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:33:05 GMTAttacks in Macomia and Mocimboa DA Praia
[AIM] Maputo -- Islamist terrorists killed three people and injured a further two in attacks last Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Macomia and Mocimboa da Praia districts in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in Monday's iss...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:33:04 GMTChissano Points to Education As Key to Ending Terrorism
[AIM] Maputo -- Former Mozambican president, Joaquim Chissano, believes that education and raising awareness constitute the best ways to fight the terrorism that has been plaguing parts of the northern province of Cabo Delgado since 2017.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:32:59 GMTMozambique Ready to Face Monkey Pox
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government says it is prepared with financial, human and material resources to face monkey pox, a disease that has already been detected in several countries, including neighboring South Africa.
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:27:56 GMTCovid-19 - 89 New Cases, No Deaths and No Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Saturday reported a further 89 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:27:55 GMTNyusi Warns of 'Real Threat' to Country's Independence
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Saturday expressed his concern at the involvement of some of "our fellow countrymen" with the terrorist groups who have been attacking parts of the northern province of Cabo Delgado since October 2...
Sun, 26 Jun 2022 07:31:49 GMTMalawi, Mozambique Police Agree on Tight Security on the Border
[Nyasa Times] Police officers from Mwanza Police Station in Malawi and Zobue Police Station in Mozambique, on Friday shared notes on how best they could tighten security on the Mwanza-Mozambique border so that citizens of both countries staying in th...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:02:53 GMTMozambique's Reversal of Fortune
[CFR] Mozambique is at a moment of peak international leverage, but faces significant domestic challenges.
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:36:44 GMTInsurgents Infiltrate New Areas
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Insurgents are attacking farther south than ever before, with attacks just 45 km from Pemba, and the first attacks in Nampula province. The main N1 road and mining projects were disrupted. As predicted, the hea...
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:55:07 GMTU.S.$292 Million Needed for Elections
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) needs 18.7 billion meticais (about 292 million US dollars, at the current exchange rate) for voter registration and other preparations, ahead of next year's municipal elections and the ...
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:55:07 GMTCovid-19 - 96 New Cases, One Death and 75 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported a further 96 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:55:07 GMTSuspected Terrorist Recruiters Detained
[AIM] Maputo -- The police in the central Mozambican city of Beira have detained three Somalis and two Kenyans who are accused of recruiting young Mozambicans to joint the islamist terrorist groups operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:55:06 GMTCivil Society Wants Sovereign Fund Before Start of Gas Production
[AIM] Maputo -- The Civic Movement on the Sovereign Wealth Fund (MCFS) has called for the urgent approval of the bill on the Sovereign Wealth Fund for Mozambique before the start of the production of natural gas in the Rovuma basin, off the coast of ...
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:54:59 GMTAmurrane Murder - Trial Begins in Nampula
[AIM] Maputo -- The trial of two people accused of murdering Mahamudo Amurrane, the mayor of the northern city of Nampula in 2017, began on Wednesday, before the Nampula Provincial Court.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:59:45 GMT1.7 Million Mozambicans Are Taking Anti-Retroviral Drugs
[AIM] Maputo -- Currently about 1.7 million HIV-positive Mozambicans are undergoing treatment with the life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs (ARVT), according to Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane, speaking on Wednesday at the opening session of a meeti...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:15:09 GMTMinister Urges Tougher Action Against Terrorism
[AIM] The Minister of the Interior, Arsenia Massingue, has encouraged the Mozambican Defence and Security Forces, and their allies from Rwanda and SADC (Southern African Development Community) to continue intensifying actions against the terrorism th...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:15:07 GMTMozambique Annually Discards 100,000 Tonnes of Plastic
[AIM] The Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibaze, revealed on 13 June that 100,000 tonnes of plastic waste are annually discarded into the environment, polluting the country's rivers and oceans. Maibaze, who was speaking in Maputo at a semin...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:59:45 GMTSome Policemen Working for Terrorists, Accuses Minister
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Interior Minister, Arsenio Massingue, has accused some policemen (whom she did not name) of passing secret information on to the islamist terrorists operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:15:12 GMTCne Proposes Voter Registration for First Quarter of 2023
[AIM] Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) has proposed that voter registration ahead of the municipal elections scheduled for 11 October 2023 should be held between January and March.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:15:11 GMTMinister Defends Maximising Benefits of the Sea
[AIM] The Minister of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Lidia Cardoso, on 8 June called for maximising the benefits that the sea offers. Speaking in Maputo, during a seminar held as part of the celebrations of World Oceans Day, Cardoso stressed t...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:15:11 GMTMinister Calls for Research to Accelerate Transformation of Agriculture
[AIM] The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Celso Correia, considers research a priority for Mozambique to accelerate the transformation of the agricultural sector on a national scale. "Research is the heart of the transformation of agri...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:15:10 GMTBan On Meat Imports From Zimbabwe
[AIM] The Mozambican government has prohibited the import of animals and animal products and by-products from Zimbabwe due to the resurgence of cases of foot-and-mouth disease in that country.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:15:10 GMTJustice Minister Promises Protection of People With Albinism
[AIM] No crime against albinos will go unpunished in Mozambique, declared Justice Minister Helena Kida in Maputo on 13 June. Speaking at a ceremony to mark International Albinism Awareness Day, Kida called for a determined fight against the myths and...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:15:09 GMTRenamo Demands Elections for District Assemblies Must Go Ahead
[AIM] Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has insisted that elections for district assemblies must go ahead in 2024, even though there is no clarity on what these assemblies will do or how they will be paid for.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:15:08 GMTNorway Donates U.S.$3.1 Million to Protect Women and Children
[AIM] The government of Norway has donated US$3.1 million to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to safeguard the health and protection needs of conflict-affected women and girls in northern Mozambique.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:14:59 GMTPresident Nyusi Promises to Alleviate Cost of Living
[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 14 June promised that the government will soon take measures to alleviate the cost of living, which is rising largely due to increases in the world market price of fuel and grain.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:14:57 GMTCovid-19 - Over 150 New Cases in 24 Hours
[AIM] The Mozambican health authorities on 14 June reported 151 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, the largest number of new cases in a single 24 hour period since 27 January, when 301 cases were reported.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:14:53 GMTMozambique Elected to UN Security Council
[AIM] The United Nations General Assembly on 9 June elected Mozambique to the Security Council as a non-permanent member. Mozambique received 192 votes out of the 193 members of the UN. The 193rd member, Venezuela, was unable to vote since it is in a...