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Wed, 07 Dec 2022 09:51:25 GMT
Basketball - APR Off to Maputo Ahead of 2022 Africa Champions Cup for Women
[New Times] APR women basketball players, on Wednesday December 7, departed for Maputo, Mozambique for the forthcoming the 2022 FIBA Africa Champions for women.

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:49:17 GMT
War Continues, With New Attack in Nampula
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The Cabo Delgado civil war continues, with insurgents moving south into mining areas, Chiure district, and down to the Lúrio River and again into Nampula province. There have been attacks near the two main roa...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:46:28 GMT
U.S.$2 Billion Still Lacking to Rebuild After 2019 Climate Emergency Cyclones
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Higher sea temperatures in the Mozambique Channel caused by the climate emergency made the 2019 cyclones Idai and Kenneth particularly devastating. They killed more than 1000 people in Mozambique, displaced 420...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:43:25 GMT
Ending War Needs More Than Military Force, Say Catholic Bishops
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Ending war needs more than military force; End normalised corruption and give youth hope of a better future, say Catholic bishops

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:30:23 GMT
HIV Infections Still Rising
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The number of adults infected by HIV has risen by more than 350,000 in six years, according to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Health on 1 December. Data is from the 2021 Survey on Assessing t...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:16:14 GMT
Govt Domestic Borrowing Up U.S.$900 Million This Year - a 25% Jump
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Due to falling foreign aid and loans, government borrowed an additional $900 mn from local banks and bondholders, reported Bank of Mozambique (BdM) in its quarterly economic report (2 Dec). Government domestic ...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:13:26 GMT
US-China Battle for Cabo Delgado Graphite Continues - With High Profits But Few Jobs
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] With Chinese money, the Australian Triton Minerals will go ahead with its Ancuabe, Cabo Delgado, graphite mine, it announced on 1 December. In September Shandong Yulong Gold committed a further investment of $3...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:10:32 GMT
War Continues With Heavy Fighting in Nangade and Macomia and Spread South-West
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The heaviest fighting continues in two places that will worry TotalEnergies. The map below shows insurgents have not been pushed far out of the two gas districts of Palma and Mocimboa da Praia, which TotalEnerg...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:07:29 GMT
As Rwandan Troops Hit 2500, Total May Accept a Security Zone
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] TotalEnergies and France seem to be inching toward resuming work on the gas inside a protection zone run by Rwanda, while the war continues elsewhere in Cabo Delgado. TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne has said...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:01:27 GMT
Water Looks OK in Mozambique, But Not in Zimbabwe
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Mozambique's main dams are at least half full and Cahora Bassa is 82% full, very good for this time of year, just before the rains. This comes from the daily Boletim Hidrológico Nacional of the Departamento de...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:53:35 GMT
Damning Evidence in Secret Debt Trial
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] There is damning evidence against 10 of the 19 people accused in the $2 bn secret debt trial, but no evidence against 9 lesser figures who had handled money but had no reason to know it was stolen, said Judge E...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:35:09 GMT
Thousands of Displaced Returning Home, but Face Problems, Says OMR
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The best current pictures of zones of insecurity, areas of return, and motivation for return is given in a 1 November study by Joao Feijó of the OMR (Rural Observatory), based on extensive October interviews. ...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:13:03 GMT
Rwanda Welcomes Support of European Peace Facility to Joint Operations in Cabo Delgado
[Rwanda Govt] Kigali -- Rwanda today welcomed the support of the European Peace Facility, in the form of ?20 million to contribute to the continued deployment of the Rwanda Defence Force in Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique. Rwandan Security Forces...

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:57 GMT
Unicef Faces Huge Funding Gap for Mozambique
[AIM] The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that it has only received US$18.1 million for its life-saving services for women and children in Mozambique affected by conflict, Cyclone Gombe, and Tropical Storm Ana.

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:57 GMT
9.4 Million Cases of Malaria This Year
[AIM] The Mozambican health authorities diagnosed 9.4 million cases of malaria in the first nine months of this year, according to Health Minister Armindo Tiago. This was an increase of 20 per cent on the 7.8 million cases diagnosed in the same perio...

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:57 GMT
President Nyusi Invites Finnish Businesses to Invest
[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 17 November invited businesses to invest in Mozambique and take advantage of the enormous opportunities the country has to offer. The Nyusi delivered this invitation during the Mozambique-Finland Business Forum in Hels...

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:56 GMT
President Nyusi Urges Greater Competitiveness From Hcb
[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 27 November challenged the managers of Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company that operates the Cahora Bassa dam in the western province of Tete, to continue to develop as a competitive energy supplier. The ...

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:56 GMT
USAID Support for Water and Sanitation
[AIM] The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on 28 November announced that it is launching a four-year programme to support market-based approaches to improve access to sanitation and encourage improved hygiene practices in se...

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:56 GMT
President Inaugurates Solar Power Systems
[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 27 November urged residents of the Chintholo administrative post, in Cahora Bassa district, in the western province of Tete, to actively participate in fighting against theft and vandalisation of electrical equipment.

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:56 GMT
New Cashew Processing Factory Being Commissioned
[AIM] Another cashew processing factory will shortly begin operations in the northern province of Nampula, bringing the total number in the country to 12. Deputy Agriculture Minister Olegario Banze made this announcement on 23 November in Nassaruma, ...

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:56 GMT
IMF Enthusiastic About Mozambican Economy
[AIM] The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on 21 November that it has completed its first review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement with Mozambique, which will give the country access to 45.44 milli...

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:56 GMT
Government Approves National Contingency Plan
[AIM] The Mozambican government on 22 November approved the National Contingency Plan for the 2022-2023 rainy season, which is budgeted at 12.5 billion meticais (US$ 195 million).

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:55 GMT
Mozambique's Annual Inflation Rate Falls
[AIM] Mozambique's annual inflation rate fell from 12.01 per cent in September to 11.83 per cent in October, according to the latest figures issued by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:55 GMT
New Municipalities Cost U.S.$1.6 Million
[AIM] Minister of State Administration Ana Comoana has revealed that the establishment of 12 new municipalities, as proposed by the government, will have a budgetary impact of over 100 million meticais (US$1.6 million), an amount to be fully supporte...

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:21:48 GMT
President Nyusi Inaugurates Coral Sul LNG Project
[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 23 November formally inaugurated the Coral Sul Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project, which is anchored off the coast of the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Speaking in the Cabo Delgado provincial capital, P...

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:06:33 GMT
'Girls Should Be Able to Focus Only On Their Studies' - How Activism Changes Girls' Lives in Mozambique
[Spotlight Initiative] Mogovolas -- With notebooks in her arms and a bright smile, Maria*, 16, is getting ready for another school day. She is in the 9th grade in Mogovolas district, Nampula province, Mozambique, and dreams of becoming a nurse.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 06:24:30 GMT
"Girls Should Focus On Their Studies" - How Activists Are Changing Girls' Lives in Mozambique
[UNFPA] With notebooks in her arms and a bright smile, Maria*, 16, is getting ready for another school day. In the 9th grade in Mogovolas district, Nampula province, she dreams of becoming a nurse.

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 07:19:25 GMT
Mozambican Authorities Deport 80 Malawians
[Nyasa Times] Immigration authorities in Mozambique have deported at least 80 Malawians who went to the country without travel documents.

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:25:17 GMT
IMF Executive Board Concludes the First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for the Republic of Mozambique
[IMF] Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the first review under the three-year ECF arrangement for Mozambique. [1] The Board also completed the financing assurances review and approved the authoriti...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 19:01:59 GMT
Mozambique Makes First Export of Liquefied Natural Gas
[The Exchange] President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi announces first export of Liquefied Natural Gas from Cabo Delgado



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