Mozambique
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 16:44:27 GMTTruckers Block Mozambique-South Africa Motorway
[AIM] Maputo -- Truckers from South Africa on Wednesday morning blocked the motorway between South Africa and Mozambique, on the South African side of the border, in the latest protest against rising fuel prices.
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 08:16:11 GMTNyusi Invites Italy to Invest in the Northern Region
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has expressed interest in seeing Italy finance the Programme for Resilience and Integrated Development of the Northern Region (PREDIN) which aims to promote the recovery of basic conditions for sustai...
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 08:16:11 GMTSenior Frelimo Official in Tete Charged With Embezzlement
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Public Prosecutor's Office is charging the First Secretary of the ruling Frelimo Party in the western province of Tete, Goncalves Jemusse, of acts of corruption, dating from when he was administrator of the Tete distric...
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 08:16:11 GMTCovid-19 - 91 New Cases, No Deaths, No Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported a further 91 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 08:16:11 GMTThird Round of Polio Vaccination Campaign Launched
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Health Ministry on Tuesday launched the third round in the national campaign of vaccination against polio.
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 08:16:09 GMTFuel Suppliers Warn of Risk of Stock Rupture
[AIM] Maputo -- Fuel distribution companies in Mozambique believe that the climate of uncertainty that characterizes the current business environment in the sector could lead to a rupture in supplies in the coming months.
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 18:14:25 GMTUrban Transport Crisis Persists, Amid Doubts as to Viability of 'Passenger Subsidy'
[AIM] Maputo -- Even after the government and operators of the minibuses, commonly known as "Chapas", which provide much of the passenger transport in Mozambican cities, claimed they had reached an agreement, the transport crisis has persisted at the...
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 08:17:15 GMTMozambique and Italy Sign Agreement to Reinforce Bilateral Cooperation
[ANGOP] Mozambique and Italy signed this Tuesday, July 5, in Maputo, an agreement of general principles to strengthen bilateral cooperation, as part of a working visit that Italian head of state, Sergio Mattarela, is making to the African country.
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:09:22 GMTDistrict Electon Chairpersons Take Office
[AIM] Maputo -- The chairperson of the Maputo City Provincial Elections Commission, Ana Chemane, on Tuesday urged the chairpersons of the city's seven district elections commissions (CDEs) to refrain from party political activities.
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:09:21 GMTPM Wants Better Supervision of Natural Gas Projects
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, on Monday challenged the National Petroleum Institute (INP) to improve the inspection of the natural gas exploration and production projects, currently under way.
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:09:21 GMTLabour Ministry Ensures 21,000 Jobs in South Africa
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Labour, through the National Directorate of Migrant Labour (DTM), ensured the maintenance of more than 21,000 jobs for Mozambicans in neighbouring South Africa in 2021, according to Labour Minister Margarida...
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:09:21 GMTNyusi Asks China to Help Rebuild Main North-South Road
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has requested assistance from China for the rehabilitation of the country's main north-south highway (EN1).
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:09:21 GMTCovid-19 - 43 New Cases and 185 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Monday reported a further 43 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 185 recoveries.
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:33:22 GMTOver 300 Police Officers Expelled Due to Involvement in Crimes
[AIM] Maputo -- At least 326 officers of the Mozambican Police force (PRM) were expelled from the corporation in 2020 for being involved in crimes, including actions of excessive force and violence against citizens.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 07:43:40 GMT6,000 People Uprooted From Their Homes Receive Household Essentials
[ICRC] Maputo -- To respond to a new wave of displacement in Northern Mozambique the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) distributed this week household essentials to 6,000 people. The displaced families arrived in Mieze, Cabo Delgado pro...
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:33:23 GMTRepatriation of Mozambicans From Malawi This Month
[AIM] Maputo -- The voluntary repatriation of about 1,600 Mozambican families, from Nsanje in Malawi, where they fled from tropical cyclone Ana in January, will start this month.
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:33:23 GMTMaputo Passenger Transport Paralysed
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo, 4 Jul - The operators of minibuses, colloquially known as "chapas", which provide much of the passenger transport in Maputo, went on strike on Monday morning for several hours, demanding the right to hike their fares, in respo...
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:33:23 GMTCovid-19 - 53 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday reported a further 53 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:33:20 GMTMaputo-Kigali Direct Flights From August
[AIM] Maputo -- The Rwandan national airline, RwandAir, will start operating direct flights between Maputo and Kigali, in August.
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:42:59 GMTMilitary Support Reduces Deaths in Mozambique - Ambassador
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Mozambican ambassador to Angola, Osvalda Joana, said in Luanda that the support of the SADC and Rwandan military made it possible to reduce the number of deaths in the country, between 2020 and 2021, by 82 percent.
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:50:52 GMTInsurgents Have Destroyed 31 Health Units
[AIM] Maputo -- Islamist terrorists have destroyed 31 of the 130 health units that existed in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to Health Minister Armindo Tiago, cited in Thursday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais".
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:46:39 GMTPolice Dismantle Amphetamine Factory in Katembe
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican police on Wednesday announced the dismantling of a drugs factory in the Maputo municipal district of Katembe.
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:44:29 GMTCivil Society Demands Greater Inclusion of Women
[AIM] Maputo -- The prominent Mozambican civil society body, the Institute for Multi-Party Democracy (IMD), through the Women's Political Academy, has demanded greater inclusion of women as candidates in the lists for the forthcoming municipal and ge...
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:40:09 GMTNyusi Demands Scientific Responses for Local Problems
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President, Filipe Nyusi, on Tuesday challenged higher education institutions to produce scientific knowledge to solve the local problems that the country has been facing, instead of simply awarding academic titles.
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:27:23 GMTCNE Seeks Strategies for Elections in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) is looking for safe measures to conduct voter registration for next year's municipal elections in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, following the terrorism that has been plaguing p...
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:11:06 GMTBritish Cotton Company Pulling Out of Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- The British company Plexus, which had a commitment to purchase cotton from 50,000 peasant farmers in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, has suddenly announced that it is pulling out, alleging security reasons, although ...
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:10:13 GMTCNE Trying to Secure Funds From Donors
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) is dependent on foreign donors, known tactfully as "cooperation partners" to produce the funding required to prepare the 2023 municipal and 2024 general elections.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:03:10 GMTParliamentarians Want Prisons Moved Away From Central Maputo
[AIM] Maputo -- Parliamentarians of the Commission for Constitutional Affairs, Human Rights and Legality (CACDHL) of the Mozambican Parliament (Assembly of the Republic), have called for moving prisons from the central areas of Maputo City to the out...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:02:40 GMTMinister of Interior Demands Services Free From Corruption
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Interior Minister, Arsénia Massingue, has demanded humanized, organized and quick provision of services in the National Immigration Service (SENAMI), free from corruption.
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...