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Mozambique

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:34 GMT
Six Sentenced for Facilitating Illegal Ruby Mining
[AIM] Maputo -- The Montepuez district court, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado has sentenced seven people to 18 months imprisonment for facilitating the illegal mining of rubies in the concession granted to the company Montepuez Ru...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:34 GMT
High Commissioner Presents Credentials to UK Monarch
[AIM] London -- Mozambique's new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Albertina MacDonald, on Tuesday presented her credentials to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:33 GMT
Private Companies Cooperate in Acquiring Vaccines
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican private companies have acquired over 500,000 doses of vaccine against the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and are offering 120,000 of these doses to the government, Health Minister Armindo Tiago announced on Tuesday.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:33 GMT
Fight Against Terrorism Top Priority for Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday demanded that the newly appointed Secretary of State for the northern province of Cabo Delgado, Antonio Supeia, make further efforts in the fight against the terrorism that has plagued pa...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:33 GMT
No Recoveries From Covid-19 Reported On Tuesday
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported on Tuesday that, over the previous 24 hours, no Covid-19 patients were declared recovered from the disease.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:53:30 GMT
18 Months to Liquidate the Post Office
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo. 9 Jun (AIM) - The Mozambican government's Institute for the Management of State Holdings (IGEPE) has announced the creation of a commission of liquidators with the job of winding up the affairs of the publicly owned postal ser...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:52:25 GMT
Mozambique Ties With Eswatini and Wins Friendly Tournament
[CAF] After beating Lesotho 5-0 on 2 June and drawing 1-1 this Tuesday with Eswatini, Mozambique's national team won the friendly triangular friendly football tournament, held at the Estadio Nacional de Zimpeto, in Maputo, inserted in FIFA date.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:31:18 GMT
Likuena Humiliated in Mozambique
[Lesotho Times] THE senior national soccer team, Likuena, was yesterday afternoon thumped 5-0 by Mozambique in a friendly in Maputo.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 15:09:36 GMT
Child Kidnapping Being Used As Warfare Tactic in Mozambique, Aid Groups Say
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Kidnapping victims are frequently exposed to further trauma such as witnessing beheadings or seeing their homes being set alight, says Save the Children

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:29:43 GMT
Unicef to Increase Support for Child Victims of Terrorism
[AIM] Maputo -- The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has promised to increase its support for child victims of terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado from 51 to 90 million US dollars.

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:28:33 GMT
5,000 Hectares of Mangrove Forest to Be Restored
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government intends to restore mangrove forests over an area of 5,000 hectares across the country, by 2022, according to the national director of maritime and fishery policy, Felismina Antia.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:09:20 GMT
Violence and Displacement in Cabo Delgado - Women and Children Particularly Affected
[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- Women and children are the victims most affected by the violence and the consequences of displacement in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, where since 2017 over 700,000 people have been forced to abandon ...

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:54:26 GMT
Nyusi Holds Virtual Meeting With Charles Michel
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Monday held a virtual meeting with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, at which the two men discussed the defence and security situation in Mozambique, and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:54:23 GMT
Covid-19 - One Death, 31 New Cases and 25 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities announced on Monday that, after three days without any deaths in Mozambique from Covid-19, the disease has claimed another victim.

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:29:04 GMT
Cooking Gas Shortage Should End By Wednesday
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has promised that the shortage of cooking gas in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area will be over by Wednesday.

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:04:25 GMT
'Not Ashamed to Be HIV Positive' - Overcoming Multiple Forms of Discrimination in Mozambique
[Spotlight Initiative] Married at 12 years old, Gilda*, now 34, had all the odds stacked against her. A rural woman, she survived physical and sexual violence at the hands of two husbands and had seven children. After she contracted HIV from her seco...

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 07:26:21 GMT
Tanzania Accused of Expelling 3,800 Mozambicans
[AIM] Maputo -- The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), citing the Mozambican border authorities, says that in May Tanzanian forcibly expelled almost 3,800 Mozambicans who were seeking refuge from terrorist attacks against Palma dist...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:00:32 GMT
Strengthen Coastal Resilience to Protect Communities
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Minister of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Augusta Maita, said on Monday that cyclones Idai and Kenneth, which hit the country in 2019, raised the urgency of placing coastal resilience at the top of the marine go...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:00:29 GMT
Forests Being Lost to Produce Wood Fuel
[AIM] Maputo -- The southern Mozambican province of Inhambane is losing about a thousand hectares of forest a year, mostly for the production of wood fuel, reports Monday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais".

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:00:31 GMT
Us Finances Medical Courses for Mozambican Military
[AIM] Maputo -- 40 Mozambican soldiers and health professionals have completed two training programmes on emergency lifesaving tactics on the battlefield, according to a Monday press release from the United States embassy.

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:00:26 GMT
Covid-19 - 32 New Cases, but No Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease on Sunday, the third consecutive day when there have been no Covid-19 fatalities.

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:09:32 GMT
Mozambique and Tanzania Should Address Transnational Threats
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Defence Minister, Jaime Neto, said on Saturday that both Mozambique and Tanzania need to develop renewed investigative capabilities which allow them to identify vulnerabilities, so as to reduce or eradicate the transnationa...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:09:31 GMT
Nyusi Challenges Isced to Commit to Distance and Online Training
[AIM] Maputo -- Chimoio (Mozambique), 5 Jun (AIM) - Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi challenged on Friday the Resource Centre of the Higher Institute of Science and Distance Learning in Chimoio (ISCED), in the central province of Manica, to commit t...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:09:30 GMT
Covid-19 - 54 New Cases, but No Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Friday reported a further 54 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory illness, bringing the number of Covid-19 cases diagnosed in Mozambique to 71,019.

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:09:28 GMT
Provincial Director Sentenced to Five Years
[AIM] Maputo -- The Cabo Delgado Provincial Court in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado on Friday sentenced the former administrator of Mueda district, Maria Nhalivilo to five years imprisonment for crimes of corruption.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:53:13 GMT
Mozambique Starts Friendly Tournament With Win Over Lesotho
[CAF] Mozambique's national team, The Mambas, started the three-team friendly tournament by defeating Lesotho 5-0 on Wednesday at Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto in Maputo.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:22:38 GMT
Lawyer Unable to Contact Abducted Rwandan Refugee
[AIM] Maputo -- The lawyer for Rwandan refugee Nyamuhanga Cassien, who was allegedly kidnapped from Inhaca island in the Bay of Maputo on 23 May, has been unable to establish contact with his client, and believes he has been handed over to the Rwanda...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:47:48 GMT
Government Appeals for Increased Humanitarian Aid
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government on Wednesday reiterated its appeal to the international community to mobilise more humanitarian assistance for the victims of terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:47:48 GMT
Reduction in Cases Does Not Mean End of Pandemic
[AIM] Maputo -- The reduction in the number of new cases of Covid-19 in recent weeks, and in the number of deaths and hospitalisations from the disease does not mean the end of the pandemic, warned Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago on Wednesda...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:47:47 GMT
Covid-19 - Number of Cases and Positivity Rate Rising
[AIM] Maputo -- According to the Mozambican health authorities, a further 72 people were diagnosed with the Covid-19 respiratory disease on Wednesday.



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