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Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:32:20 GMT
Mozambique President Felipe Nyusi Due to Arrive in Tanzania Today
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Mozambique President Felipe Nyusi is due to arrive in Tanzania today for a two-day official visit

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:09:52 GMT
AU's Peace and Security Council Played 'Marginal Role' in 2020 Crises
[ISS] The African Union Peace and Security Council's (PSC) response to emerging crises in 2020 was marginal. This is primarily because the AU's ability to intervene in crises is restricted by its principles of national sovereignty (non-interference) ...

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:21:16 GMT
Police Deny Involvement in Illegal Migration
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Frontier Police on Friday denied involvement in the illegal immigration of Mozambicans into South Africa, a denial that came a few hours after the independent television station STV had broadcast a detailed report on th...

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:20:48 GMT
New Record for Coronavirus Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Friday announced the diagnosis, in the previous 24 hours, of a further 521 infections with the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:33:54 GMT
Frontier Police Complicit in Illegal Migration
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican frontier police are complicit in a highly organised scheme whereby illegal Mozambican migrants are smuggled into South Africa, according to an investigation undertaken by the independent television channel STV.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:33:53 GMT
New Legislation Protects Whale Sharks and Manta Rays
[AIM] Maputo -- New fishing legislation takes effect in Mozambique on Friday, offering full protection to whale sharks, manta rays and all species of mobula rays (also known as devil rays).

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:33:52 GMT
India Renews Agreement to Import Mozambican Pigeon Peas
[AIM] Maputo -- The Indian government has decided to renew its agreement with Mozambique to import Mozambican pigeon peas for a further five years, according to the outgoing Indian ambassador, Rajeev Kumar.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:33:48 GMT
Covid-19 - Four Deaths, 294 New Cases and 314 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Thursday reported four more deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 294 new cases - but in the same period 314 people recovered from Covid-19.

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:57:17 GMT
Lack of Funds Threatens WFP Food Aid
[AIM] Maputo -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that shortage of funds may force it to reduce, or even halt, food aid to people displaced from their homes by the terrorist attacks in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo D...

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:57:17 GMT
Border Crisis - Mozambique Retaliates
[AIM] Maputo -- Since the South African authorities will not accept Covid-19 rapid tests carried out at Mozambican facilities, Mozambique has decided to retaliate by refusing to allow into the country anybody with a South African Covid-19 rapid test.

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:57:16 GMT
Defence Forces Will Destroy Terrorists, Claims Minister
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican defence and security forces are in a state of high morale, claimed Defence Minister Jaime Neto on Wednesday, and they are benefiting from technical and material capacity building allowing them to pursue the groups that,...

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:57:16 GMT
Chalane Caused Seven Deaths, Affected Over 73,000 People
[AIM] Maputo -- Tropical cyclone Chalane which last week battered the central Mozambican provinces of Manica and Sofala caused seven deaths and affected 73,500 people.

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:57:10 GMT
Chaos On the Mozambique/South Africa Border
[AIM] Maputo -- The situation at Ressano Garcia, the main border post between Mozambique and South Africa, has descended into chaos, with some travelers waiting for four days (Sunday to Wednesday) to cross the border, and with no sign that anything r...

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:57:18 GMT
Water Crises in Maputo and Nampula
[AIM] Maputo -- The Greater Maputo Metropolitan Region could face restrictions in its water supply, unless it rains heavily in southern Mozambique in the near future.

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:57:14 GMT
Covid-19 Hospitalisations Reach New Record
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities in Wednesday announced another death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 19 new hospitalisations of people suffering from the disease.

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 08:36:20 GMT
Mozambique Begin U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Preparations
[Cosafa] Mozambique's Under-20 team began the first of two training camps this week as they prepare to participate as the COSAFA champions at the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Mauritania next month.

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:29:17 GMT
Fishery Authorities Seize Over 1.5 Tonnes of Crab in Beira
[AIM] Maputo -- The Fisheries Inspection authorities in the central Mozambican province of Sofala have seized 1,591 kilos of live mangrove crabs along the coastline of Beira City, from fishermen who caught the crustaceans in breach of the closed seas...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:24:09 GMT
Action Promised Against Police Commander Accused of Child Marriage
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Public Prosecutor's Office has promised to take action against a police commander who contracted marriage with a 16 year old girl, according to a report in Wednesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocamb...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:19:54 GMT
Cholera Outbreak Claims One Life in Montepuez
[AIM] Maputo -- A cholera outbreak in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado has spread to Montepuez district, so far claiming one life out of 11 confirmed cases that have checked into the local Cholera Treatment Centre, according to a repo...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:12:37 GMT
Covid-19 - 79 New Cases Reported
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported a further 79 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:04:31 GMT
Total Stops Work At Afungi
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] "Total has suspended all construction work at its LNG project on the Afungi peninsula in Cabo Delgado, following a spate of violent incidents close to the LNG site," reports Zitamar. (4 Jan) A new outbreak of C...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:06:41 GMT
INS Hopes to Detect New Coronavirus Variants
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Health Institute (INS) is investing in acquiring the equipment necessary to detect new variants of the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 respiratory disease, according to Sergio Chicumbe, the INS Director of R...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:26:21 GMT
Police Confirm Clash With Terrorists At Quitunda
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican police have confirmed a clash between the police and terrorist infiltrators on New Year's Day in the resettlement town of Quitunda, in Palma district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:25:04 GMT
Covid-19 - Two More Deaths and 154 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Monday reported a further two deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 154 new cases.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 06:45:54 GMT
Health Minister Hopes Covid-19 Vaccines Will Arrive in May/June
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago expects that the country will receive one of the vaccines against the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 respiratory disease between May and June.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 06:45:42 GMT
Covid-19 - Infections Hit New Record
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported on Sunday that the number of people diagnosed with the Covid-19 respiratory disease in the previous 24 hours - 341 - broke all records.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:32:08 GMT
Insurgents Attack in Total's Concession Area
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Insurgents reached the gates of the Afungi LNG project on Friday 1 January. After a series of ever closer attacks, Total evacuated most of its staff from Afungi and Palma last week. Fighting continued yesterday...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:18:05 GMT
Cyclone Chalane Raced Through, Doing Limited Harm
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Cyclone Chalane passed across Mozambique in just one day, 30 December, making landfall in Muanza, north of Beira, passing over Chimoio, and on to Zimbabwe. The storm killed seven people and affected 5,400 famil...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 06:45:57 GMT
This Will Be 'Decisive Year' for Beating Terrorism
[AIM] Maputo -- 2021 will be "the decisive year" for defeating terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to Maj-Gen Eugenio Mussa, the commander of the government forces in the province.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 06:45:56 GMT
2021 Military Registration Begins
[AIM] Maputo -- Military registration for Mozambicans aged 18 and above began throughout the country on Monday and is scheduled to last until 28 February.



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