[VOA] Gaborone -- Botswana sent 296 troops to Mozambique Monday to join soldiers from other Southern African Development Community, or SADC, countries. The SADC troops are being deployed for the first time to quell a deadly Islamist insurgency in Cab...

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago on Monday received 302,400 doses of vaccine against the Covid-19 respiratory disease, donated by the US government, through the COVAX global initiative.

[AIM] Maputo -- The terrorist groups known locally as "Al Shabaab" have wrecked the health and education services in those parts of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado where they operate.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago warned on Saturday that, in some provinces, hospitals are in danger of running out of intensive care beds for Covid-19 patients.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi declared on Sunday that there is no reason to fear the presence of foreign troops in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday reported a further 25 deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 1,528 new cases.

[AIM] Maputo -- South Africa will lead the troops of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) against the terrorist groups operating in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, with Botswana assisting, but Mozambique will have an ov...

[AIM] Maputo -- On Friday, according to the latest statistics from the Mozambican Health Ministry, there were 511 people hospitalised with the Covid-19 respiratory disease - the highest figure since the start of the pandemic.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government on Thursday promised to work to ensure the success of the mission of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in eliminating the terrorist groups operating in parts of the northern province of Cabo D...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Education Ministry is working with the Attorney-General's Office (PGR) to investigate how 88 teachers were hired illegally in Mecanhelas district in the northern province of Niassa.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Maputo Higher Appeals Court (TSR) has upheld the verdict of the Maputo City Court which found Setina Titosse, the former chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Agricultural Development Fund (FDA) guilty of the theft of 170 m...

[AIM] Maputo -- The first batch of the 11 million doses of vaccine against Covid-19 promised by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on 15 July will arrive in the country next Monday, according to Health Minister Armindo Tiago.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's publicly owned Electricity Company, EDM, on Friday started to replace obsolete cables and pylons over about seven kilometres in the inner Maputo neighbourhood of Malhangalene, in a bid to improve the quality of power reac...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Thursday reported a new record for the number of cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease diagnosed in a single 24 hour period.

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has reportedly put on standby its contingent of troops to be deployed in conflict-torn Mozambique as government finalises modalities, NewZimbabwe.com can reveal.

[AIM] Maputo -- The trial of 19 people accused of crimes in relation with the scandal of Mozambique's "hidden debts" has been set for 23 August, according to a report in Wednesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Mediafax".

[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 15 July announced a series of new restrictive measures intended to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 respiratory disease and prevent any possible collapse of the Mozambican health system. Mozambique is now in the grip ...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Attorney-General's Office (PGR) has announced that criminal charges are being brought against the Chinese company Feishang Resources Africa Ltd, and nine individuals in connection with the attempt to export illegally to...

[AIM] Maputo -- The proposed new dam at Mphanda Nkuwa, on the Zambezi river, 60 kilometres downstream from the existing dam at Cahora Bassa, in the western Mozambican province of Tete, could start generating electricity in 2030, according to the offi...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported a further 20 deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 1,224 new cases.

[AIM] Maputo -- The northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado needs at least 12,000 tonnes of food a month to cater for the requirements of hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes by islamist terrorists, according to Cesar Tembe...

[AIM] Maputo -- The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is putting increasing strains on the capacity of Mozambican hospitals, the Deputy National Director of Public Health, Benigna Matsinhe, warned on Monday.

[ISS] Rwanda has sent 1 000 soldiers and police to conduct combat and security operations in Mozambique's gas-rich northern Cabo Delgado province. The area has been hit by terrorism and violent extremism since 2017.

[AIM] Maputo -- Dozens of drivers of mini-buses (known colloquially as "chapas") went on strike on Monday in the northern Mozambican city of Pemba, in protest at what they called "excessive inspection" of their vehicles by the traffic police.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Bank of Mozambique has appointed a senior member of its staff, Zaitina Raul Chitaule, as resident inspector of Standard Bank, following the recent decision to suspend this bank from all foreign currency operations.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambique National Communications Institute (INCM), the regulatory body for telecommunications, has decided to limit, by the end of August, the amount of bonus the three mobile phone operators in the market may offer to subscribe...

[This is Africa] Frelimo, which governs Mozambique, has squandered the enormous political capital it enjoyed at independence. It now remains in power through violence, intimidation, harassment, and threats.

[The Conversation Africa] Forty-six years ago, Samora Machel, the leader of Mozambique's liberation movement and the country's first president, stood before a euphoric crowd at Machava Stadium and declared the complete and total independence of Mozam...

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, in his capacity as the current chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has warned that the current rioting and looting in South Africa may have knock-on effects throughout t...

[AIM] London -- The Australian based mining company MRG Metals on Friday announced that samples taken from its concession at Nhacutse, which lies in its Corridor South project in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, confirm that Nhacutse contain...