Mozambique
Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:04:04 GMTTriton Minerals Committed to Resuming Graphite Project
[AIM] London -- The Australian mining company Triton Minerals, which holds the rights to three graphite deposits in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, has announced that its senior directors and management recently visited Mozambique t...
Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:04:01 GMTGovernment Approves Strategy Against Money Laundering
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has approved the Strategy to Prevent and Combat Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Nuclear Proliferation (2023-2027), a document that aims to monitor effective actions of national coordination and inte...
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:41:03 GMTValidation Workshop On the Biomass Energy Survey Report for Mozambique
[African Union] Maputo, Mozambique -- The African Energy Commission (AFREC) together with the Ministry of Minerals and Energy (MIREME) of Mozambique, hosted a validation workshop in with various key stakeholders, officials of MIREME, cooperation part...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:39:56 GMTLack of Funds Interrupts Humanitarian Services in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- International Non-Governmental Organizations operating in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, in the regions affected by terrorism, say that the lack of resources for humanitarian actions has been the cause of successive...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:37:43 GMTMozambique Purchases Over One Million Vaccines Against Foot and Mouth Disease
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambique Veterinary Authority intends to import over a million doses of vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease to respond to the outbreak confirmed in the districts of Chifunde, MarĂ¡via and Moatize, in the central province of T...
Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:04:04 GMTOver 4,000 "Chapas" Will Have Electronic Ticketing
[AIM] Maputo -- Just over 4,000 minibuses, colloquially known as chapas, have been identified for the installation of electronic ticketing in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Region.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:38:10 GMTCovid-19 - Nine New Cases and 25 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday reported a further nine cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 25 recoveries.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:32:37 GMTTanker En Route to Pick Up First Mozambique LNG
[AIM] London -- The tanker British Mentor is on its way to the northern province of Cabo Delgado to pick up the first-ever supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) produced in Mozambique.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:53 GMTThirteen Cases of Polio Confirmed
[AIM] The number of confirmed cases of polio in Mozambique has risen to 13, according to Domingos Guihole, head of the Department of Surveillance in the Ministry of Health, cited by the television station, STV.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:51 GMTMozambique Purchases Foot-and-Mouth Vaccines
[AIM] The Mozambique Veterinary Authority is to import over a million doses of vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease in response to the confirmed outbreak in the districts of Chifunde, Maravia, and Moatize, in the central province of Tete.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:33:50 GMTPolice Apologise for Wrongful Arrests
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican police have apologized for arresting four people last week, two Mozambican citizens and two South Africans, who were allegedly in possession of 32 illegal shotguns.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:54 GMTPresident Asks If District Elections Are Feasible
[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 10 August insisted that there must be further reflection on the viability of holding elections to district assemblies in 2024, as proposed in the decentralisation package adopted in 2018.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:53 GMTGovernment Relaxes Entry Visa Rules
[AIM] The Mozambican government on 16 August announced new immigration rules intended to attract more tourists and investors. These will be submitted for approval to the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:53 GMTRehabilitation of 5,000 Kilometres of Roads Planned
[AIM] The Mozambican government plans to pave or rehabilitate about 5,000 kilometres of road in the centre and north of the country by 2024, using funds from the European Union and the World Bank, according to a report in the Maputo daily "Noticias" ...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:53 GMTAnnual Inflation Reaches Almost 12 Per Cent
[AIM] Mozambique's annual inflation rate has reached almost 12 per cent according to the latest figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:53 GMTPrime Minister Calls for Increased Use of Renewable Energies
[AIM] Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane on 10 August instructed the National Energy Fund (FUNAE) to continue implementing programmes and projects for the mass use of renewable energies.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:53 GMTContainers of Illegal Hardwoods Seized
[AIM] The Mozambican authorities in the city of Pemba, capital of the northern province of Cabo Delgado have seized 63 containers full of precious hardwoods that were about to be illegally exported to China.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:52 GMTDissidents Seek to Overthrow Renamo Leadership
[AIM] A group of dissidents from Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has announced its intention to dethrone the current Renamo leadership, and head a coalition of parties that can take power from the ruling Frelimo Party.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:52 GMTSupreme Court Seeks Strategies for Fight Against Poaching
[AIM] The President of the Mozambican Supreme Court (TS), Adelino Muchanga, has expressed his concern about the persistence of poaching in the country. According to Muchanga, speaking on 18 August in Maputo at the launch of the Manual for Training an...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:52 GMTUkraine May Supply Wheat to Mozambique
[AIM] The Ukrainian government has assured Mozambique that it is willing to provide the country with wheat. The guarantee was given in Maputo on 19 August by the Ukrainian ambassador, Liubov Abravitova, after she was received by Helder Injojo, the fi...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:52 GMTUs Donates U.S.$41 Million in Emergency Aid
[AIM] The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$41 million from the United States government to cover emergency humanitarian aid in Mozambique, particularly in the north, where it is assisting over 900,000 people, mostly displaced...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:52 GMTRenamo Military Base in Montepuez Closed
[AIM] A thirteenth Renamo military base has been closed under the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme, agreed by the government and Renamo as part of the General Peace Agreement of August 2019. During the closing ceremony on...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:52 GMTSADC Extends Military Mission in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] The countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on 17 August renewed the mandate of the SADC military mission in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:52 GMTNearly 350,000 Hectares of Land Revert to the State
[AIM] The Ministry of Land and Environment has over the last 12 months taken back nearly 350,000 hectares of land which had been granted to users who then allowed it to lie idle. "In the period under review, 658 plots were inspected, corresponding to...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:52 GMTCocaine Seized At Maputo Airport
[AIM] The Mozambican authorities have arrested a citizen from Ivory Coast at Maputo International Airport after cocaine was found in his luggage. According to a spokesperson for the National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic), the drug was hidde...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:49 GMTPresident Inaugurates Vegetable Oil Factory
[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 18 August inaugurated a new vegetable oil factory in the city of Cuamba, in the northern province of Niassa. The factory is owned by the Niassa Cotton Company (SAN), which is part of the Portuguese Joao Ferreira dos Sa...
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 07:56:22 GMTU.S. Donates U.S.$41 Million Dollars in Emergency Aid
[AIM] Maputo -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received from the United States government 41 million US dollars to cover emergency humanitarian aid in Mozambique, particularly in the north, where it is assisting over 900,000 people...
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 06:49:23 GMTNo More Blackouts? - Energy Minister Seals Zambia and Mozambique Power Import Deals
[New Zimbabwe] Energy and Power Development Minister, Soda Zhemu has announced Zimbabwe has sealed a new power import deal with Zambia while it has retained others with Mozambique and South Africa.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:53:23 GMTOver 7.5 Million Children Will Be Vaccinated Against Polio
[AIM] Maputo -- The fourth round of the polio vaccination campaign against polio in Mozambique, which starts on Thursday and closes on Sunday, will cover over 7.5 million children, under five years of age.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:53:23 GMTCovid-19 - 19 New Cases and 92 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported a further 19 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease and 92 recoveries.