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Mozambique

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:30:04 GMT
Mozambique Had No Snakebite Data. A Study Filled the Gap - And the Results Are Scary
[The Conversation Africa] Every year between 20,000 and 32,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa die after being bitten by snakes. That's more than five times the number of deaths caused by hippos, crocodiles, elephants, lions and buffalo combined.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:42:15 GMT
Government Promised IMF Big Wage and Staff Cuts
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The government promised the IMF big wage and staff cuts in order to gain IMF approval in May of a $456 mn Extended Credit Facility. The total civil service wage bill is to be cut by 17% by 2026, a cut of $425 m...

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 05:06:59 GMT
'Mother, I Cannot Marry This Man. I Am Too Young. I Want to Continue My Studies'
[UNFPA] Marta* was 13 years old when her mother told her she would have to marry a 73-year-old man. No longer able to afford schooling her, her mother saw marriage as the only solution. When Marta refused, she was asked to leave home.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:45:57 GMT
The Impact of Economic Empowerment On the Lives of Women and Girls in Mozambique
[Spotlight Initiative] In Mozambique, with the support of the Spotlight Initiative, thousands of women and girls have joined Village Savings and Loan Associations, enabling them to open and manage their own businesses.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:43:32 GMT
Graphite Has a Place in the U.S.-China Battle
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Africa and Mozambique are part of a growing confrontation between the US and China. Mozambique was one of five African countries invited to the United States convened Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) which U...

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:44:13 GMT
Interest Rates Up 2 Percent - Aid Down, Borrowing Up
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The base interest rate was raised from 15.25% to 17.25% by the Bank of Mozambique (BdM) on 30 September. The Association of Mozambican Banks (AMB) said it would maintain the prime rate, the interest charged by ...

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 07:36:42 GMT
Bishop of Nacala: 'Terrorists Want Us to Believe That This is a Religious War, But it is Not'
[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- "Terrorists want us to believe that this is a religious issue, but it is not", says Msgr. Alberto Vera Aréjula, Bishop of Nacala, in northern Mozambique, where since 2017 armed groups sow death and destruction.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 07:59:26 GMT
Fear and Displacement Continue After Five Years of Conflict in Cabo Delgado
[MSF] Almost one million people are currently displaced in northern Mozambique after fleeing their homes in search of safety, due to the conflict that started in Cabo Delgado province in October 2017.

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 06:56:01 GMT
Five Years of Violence Have Forced Nearly a Million to Flee
[UN News] Nearly one million people have fled extreme violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups in northern Mozambique over the past five years, the UN refugee agency UNHCR reported on Tuesday.

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:35:58 GMT
Mozambique's People Should Come Before Resources
[ISS] Is an obsession with gas profits leading African countries to neglect the security of local populations?

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 07:12:14 GMT
Who is General Nkubito, the New Rwandan Contingent Commander in Mozambique?
[New Times] Maj Gen Eugene Nkubito, the joint task force commander of Rwanda security forces (RSF) in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique's northernmost Province, gave us a stick-to-the-script kind of briefing soon after we landed in Afungi, on September 26.

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:47:49 GMT
Cabo Delgado - What Rwandan and Mozambican Forces Are Doing After Securing Two Districts
[New Times] Maj Gen Eugene Nkubito, the joint task force commander of Rwandan security forces in Mozambique's northernmost Province of Cabo Delgado, is not daunted by the huge task at hand, he told The New Times in an exclusive interview.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 07:44:06 GMT
In Cabo Delgado, Rwandan Medics Are Overwhelmed but Not Intimidated
[New Times] For the second time in a month, on Wednesday, September 28, a Rwanda security forces' medical team set out, in the morning, to attend to patients in Olumbi, a remote village 50 kilometers from their base camp in Afungi, Palma district.

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 04:27:18 GMT
Tanzania and Mozambique Join Hands to Explore Hydrocarbons
[The Exchange] Promising recent resource finds in Mozambique and Tanzania bode well for Africa's future. Exploration is being pursued with renewed vigour, and the world's energy companies are keenly eyeing the continent.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:20:29 GMT
Migration Across Zimbabwe Border Challenges Both Nations
[Global Press Journal] Mount Selinda, Zimbabwe -- The region straddling the Mozambique-Zimbabwe line is "the same community." But that carries consequences for Zimbabwe's health care system, security and environment.

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:46:35 GMT
Cabo Delgado - Over 130,000 People Returned Home as Security Improves
[New Times] As the plane carrying journalists to the Rwanda security forces' area of responsibility in Cabo Delgado Province approached the Afungi Airstrip on Monday, September 26, a line of seven small fishing vessels lingered, far below, closer to ...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:57:56 GMT
Media Accreditation Window Opens for Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations Mozambique 2022
[CAF] The media accreditation window for the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations Mozambique 2022 is now open.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:31:09 GMT
COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship - Perfect Rehearsal Before Afcon in Mozambique
[CAF] Mozambique will be hoping to successfully defend their regional title when the Cosafa Beach Soccer Championship gets underway in Durban, South Africa on Sunday. The competition will see eight teams battle it out for the crown of the Southern re...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:36:51 GMT
The Forgotten Conflict in the North Is Increasingly At the Centre of the Interests of African and Non-African Powers
[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- Northern Mozambique where the Comboni missionary Sister Maria De Coppi, among others, was killed on September 6 during the attack on the Chipene mission (see Fides, 7/9/2022), is increasingly at the center of the interest of...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:46:29 GMT
Exciting Clashes in the Group Stage of Mozambique 2022
[CAF] The first round of the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations Mozambique 2022, scheduled for 21-28 October, will be hotly contested.

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:24:43 GMT
President Assures Western Energy Companies of Security in Troubled Region
[VOA] Maputo -- Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi has called on Western energy companies to resume work in Cabo Delgado Province, saying security has improved around the town of Palma. But clashes are continuing between federal forces and other Afr...

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 19:43:54 GMT
Insurgents Move South, Mounting Attacks in Nampula Province
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Insurgents attacked in two districts of Nampula province, Erati and Memba, in the past two weeks, in the biggest move south from Cabo Delgado. They moved from Ancuabe thorough Chuire districts in Cabo Delgado, ...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 06:58:50 GMT
We Must Give Young People a Future - Bishop of Pemba
[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- "There cannot be first class and second class victims". "The response to jihadists cannot be solely military but it is necessary to give hope to young people who would otherwise be tempted to recruit into jihadist ranks". Th...

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:40:07 GMT
'We Can Eliminate Violence If We Work Together' - Multi-Sectoral Teams Are Eliminating Gender-Based Violence in Mozambique
[Spotlight Initiative] Judite Nota is 36 years old and has been a Mozambican Government employee for over 13 years. She has always worked to eliminate gender-based violence (GBV) as her primary professional and personal goal. Today, she is Head of th...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 06:56:43 GMT
The Attack On the Chipene Mission Is Part of a Larger Offensive
[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- The attack on the Chipene mission in which Sister Maria De Coppi was killed (see Fides, 7/9/2022) is not an isolated event, but is part of a progression of attacks by insurgents (likely linked to the self-declared Islamic St...

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 07:21:44 GMT
MPLA Vice President in Maputo to Attend Frelimo Congress
[ANGOP] Maputo -- The vice-president of the ruling MPLA party Luísa Damião arrived Thursday in the Maputo, Mozambique, to participate in the 12th congress of the FRELIMO party, slated for 23 - 28 Sept.



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