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Mozambique

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:52:18 GMT
Human Rights Watch Denounces Use of Child Soldiers
[AIM] London -- The international NGO, Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Wednesday denounced the use of child soldiers by the Islamic State linked terrorist group in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:58:10 GMT
Minister Pledges No Chicken Scarcity At Christmas
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Minister of Agriculture Celso Correia has pledged that there will be no scarcity of chickens during the coming festive season, despite the constraints caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, reports the independent television stat...

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:50:48 GMT
Hidden Debts - 'Ask My Wife', Says Former Security Chief
[AIM] Maputo -- The former head of Mozambique's Security and Intelligence Service (SISE), Gregorio Leao, on Thursday told the Maputo City court that he knows nothing about the various real estate deals struck by his wife, Angela Leao, using bribes pa...

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:45:31 GMT
Covid-19 - 90 New Cases, Mostly in the North
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday announced a further 90 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, overwhelmingly in the north of the country.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:16:14 GMT
The Department of State Celebrates the Dedication of the New U.S. Embassy in Maputo
[State Department] In a display of the enduring friendship and strategic partnership with Mozambique, U.S. Ambassador Dennis Walter Hearne, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) Managing Director Tracy Thomas, Mozambican Minister of Mineral R...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 05:37:33 GMT
Govt Needs U.S.$300 Million to Rebuild Cabo Delgado
[Nation] Mozambique needs $300 million to rebuild insurgency-hit Cabo Delgado Province, the country's Prime Minister said Monday.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:19:07 GMT
Cabo Delgado - Women, Children Bear Brunt of Militants' Savagery
[New Times] Some weeks before July 9, when Rwanda deployed 1,000 troops to Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, to help fight armed extremists linked to the Islamic State and restore state authority, the terrorists had pounced on the remote village of ...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:38:23 GMT
Children Trained to Fight, Deployed Against Army - HRW
[HRW] Johannesburg -- An Islamic State (ISIS) linked armed group in northern Mozambique is kidnapping boys and using them to fight government forces in violation of the international prohibition on the use of child soldiers, Human Rights Watch said t...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:17:40 GMT
South Africa Edge Malawi, Angola and Mozambique Draw
[Cosafa] Hosts and holders South Africa claimed a 2-1 victory over Malawi, while Mozambique and Angola played to a 2-2 draw in the opening Group A matches at the 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship in Nelson Mandela Bay on Tuesday.

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 07:16:44 GMT
Kagame Says Troops Will Stay Put in Cabo Delgado to Ensure Stability
[Nation] President Paul Kagame has praised the Rwandan troops deployed to fight insurgents in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique for their good work fighting insurgents.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:42:41 GMT
Rwanda's President Kagame in Mozambique for State Visit
[East African] Rwanda's President Paul Kagame arrived in Mozambique Friday for a two-day state.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:06:36 GMT
Mobile Phone Services Being Restored in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- The three mobile phone companies operating in Mozambique (TMcel, Vodacom and Movitel) hope to restore their services in full in Palma. Mocimboa da Praia and Muidumbe districts, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, within a matter...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:06:35 GMT
Nyusi Declares 'Full Confidence' in Armed Forces
[AIM] Maputo -- Nampula (Mozambique), 23 Sep (AIM) - Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday declared that he has full confidence in the performance of the Mozambican Armed Forces (FADM).

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:06:32 GMT
Covid-19 - Three Deaths and 79 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- After four days in which no deaths from Covid-19 were reported, the disease claimed three more victims on Wednesday.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:28:45 GMT
Govt Approves Reconstruction Plan for Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has approved the Reconstruction Plan for the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which envisages the restoration of social and economic infrastructures wrecked during the incursions by ISIS terrorists.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:32:45 GMT
Inflation of 0.19% in August
[AIM] Maputo -- The average level of prices in Mozambique rose by 0.19 per cent in August, according to the latest figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE), based on the consumer price indices for the three largest cities (Maputo, Nampula...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:25:49 GMT
Tenants of State Housing May Face Eviction
[AIM] Maputo -- 424 tenants of the Mozambican government's Housing Promotion Fund (FFH) owe the FFH about three million US dollars in back rent, according to Wednesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Mediafax".

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:24:34 GMT
Covid-19 - 90 Per Cent Decline in Mortality
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported on Tuesday that this was the fourth consecutive day with no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:48:45 GMT
Access to Justice Remains Challenge for Mozambicans
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario declared on Monday that access to justice remains a major challenge for the great majority of Mozambicans, particularly in the more remote areas of the country, despite efforts mad...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:04:53 GMT
Court Sentences Chinese Citizen to 14 Years Imprisonment For Crimes Against Wildlife
[AIM] Maputo -- The Inhambane Provincial Court in southern Mozambique has sentenced a 51 year old Chinese citizen, Liu Rong Wu, to 14 years imprisonment, for his involvement in an environmental crime consisting of an attempt to smuggle about nine kil...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 05:30:47 GMT
Kenya, Mozambique Clash for Spot in Afrobasket Quarters
[Nation] Kenya will face Mozambique on Wednesday night for a spot in the quarterfinals against 11-time winners Senegal at the ongoing Fiba AfroBasket Championships in Yaounde, Cameroon.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:48:45 GMT
Hidden Debts - 'I Was Just Following Orders'
[AIM] Maputo -- Khessaujee Pulchand, one of the 19 defendants in Mozambique's "hidden debts" trial, said he opened bank accounts for operations he knew nothing about, because "I was following orders".

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:48:45 GMT
Hcm Fire Brought Under Control
[AIM] Maputo -- A fire which broke out on Monday afternoon in Maputo Central Hospital (HCM), Mozambique's largest health unit, has now been brought completely under control, although it severely damaged four of the six rooms of one of the surgery blo...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:48:44 GMT
Hidden Debts - Money Laundering At the Foreign Exchange Bureau
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo. 21 Sept (AIM) - One of the 19 defendants facing charges in connection with the scandal of Mozambique's "hidden debts" on Tuesday admitted to the Maputo City Court that he had allowed his employers in a foreign exchange bureau ...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:48:38 GMT
Covid-19 - No Deaths for Third Consecutive Day
[AIM] Maputo -- On Monday, for the third consecutive day, the Mozambican health authorities reported no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:04:45 GMT
Chakwera Says Govt Looking Into Malawi - Mozambique Boarder Disputes
[Nyasa Times] Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera says government is working tirelessly to bring an amicable solution to the simmering boarder disputes between Malawians and Mozambicans in the volatile Mangochi boarder area of Makanjira.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:46 GMT
SADC Forces Dismantle Terrorist Base
[AIM] Maputo -- The military forces of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Saturday announced that they had dismantled a terrorist base in Macomia district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:46 GMT
Multisector Team Dismantles Illegal Timber Yard
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Agency for Environmental Quality Control (AQUA) and the National Inspectorate of Economic Activities (INAE) have jointly dismantled a timber yard which was unlawfully exploiting wood in the administrative post of...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:46 GMT
Defence Minister Unaware of Landmine Use By Isis Terrorists
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Defence Minister Jaime Neto said on Monday in Maputo that he was not aware of the use of landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by ISIS terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:46 GMT
Hidden Debts - Judge Gives Defendant Five Days to Produce Evidence
[AIM] Maputo -- The Maputo City Court on Monday gave one of the defendants in the trial of 19 people charged with various offences arising from Mozambique's largest ever financial scandal, known as the case of the hidden debts, five working days to d...



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