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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:48:10 GMT
PM Demands Unrelenting Stance Against Corruption
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Wednesday demanded that the new leadership of the General Inspectorate of the Public Administration take an unrelenting and proactive approach in the fight against corruption.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 07:57:02 GMT
Change Will Come From Us - a Conversation With Quitéria Guirengane
[African Arguments] Quitéria Guirengane is a Mozambican female activist and the President of the Mozambican Young Women Leaders' Network. Trained in social and organizational psychology, Quitéria is today one of the most prominent female activists ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:48:10 GMT
Sabotage Leads to Power Cuts
[AIM] Maputo -- Recent power cuts in central Maputo were the result of the theft of components from transformer posts and other electrical installations, according to a report in Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:48:05 GMT
Covid-19 - Just One Death Reported On Wednesday
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported just one death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease - the lowest death toll for any 24 hour period so far this year.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:48:10 GMT
Emergency Work On Zambezia Road Promised
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Minister of Public Works, Joao Machatine, has promised that earthworks will begin shortly to make passable key stretches of a regional road in the central province of Zambezia, reports the independent television station S...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:50:48 GMT
Bank of Mozambique Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
[AIM] Maputo -- The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambique (CPMO), meeting in Maputo on Wednesday, decided to leave the bank's key interest rates unchanged.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:50:47 GMT
Terrorists 'Must Regret Attacking Mozambique' - Nyusi
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi declared on Tuesday that the new leadership of the Mozambican Armed Forces (FADM) must act so that the terrorists operating in parts of the northern province of Cabo Delgado "regret ever having dared ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:50:48 GMT
More Cuban Health Professionals Arrive
[AIM] Maputo -- A group of 39 Cuban health experts in intensive care, including doctors and nurses, will join Mozambican frontline workers, over the next few days, in providing health care to patients hospitalised in Covid-19 isolation centres.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:50:47 GMT
Nyusi Challenges Acipol to Diversify Training Courses
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday challenged the Police Science Academy (ACIPOL), in Maputo, to continue diversifying its training courses in the fields of public security and administration of justice, pivotal for the co...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:50:47 GMT
U.S. Grant for Water and Sanitation
[AIM] Maputo -- The United States government and the Mozambican Ministry of Public Works have signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate the investment of more than 90 million dollars which the US is currently providing to strengthen and expa...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:50:47 GMT
Authorities Concerned With Violations of Covid-19 Decree
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Inspectorate of Economic Activities (INAE) has expressed its increasing concern at the violations, of the presidential decree enacted to stop the spread of the Covid-19 respiratory disease across the country.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:50:42 GMT
Covid-19 - Three Deaths, 287 New Cases and 310 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported a further three deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, 287 new cases and 310 recoveries.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 05:33:49 GMT
U.S. Boosts Country's Fight Against Terror Threats
[Nation] The United States government is deploying its Special Operations Forces to train Mozambican marines for two months as part of renewed support for efforts to prevent the spread of terrorism and violent extremism.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:06:35 GMT
Mozambique Militants Beheading Children - NGO
[East African] Mozambican militants are beheading children instilling fear in the north of the country, a British charity group reported on Tuesday.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:37:04 GMT
U.S. Military Joins the Fight Against Isis in Mozambique
[Daily Maverick] Army Green Berets are already training Mozambique marines -- report.

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:04:29 GMT
Children As Young As 11 Brutally Murdered in Cabo Delgado As Conflict Intensifies
[savethechildren_uk] Maputo -- Children as young as 11 are being beheaded in the Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado, Save the Children said, as conflict continues to displace thousands. The agency recently spoke to displaced families who reported ho...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:07:35 GMT
U.S. Provides Military Training to Mozambican Marines
[Africom] U.S. Embassy in Mozambique Mozambique -- On March 15, the U.S. Government and the Government of Mozambique launched a two-month Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) training program. U.S. Special Operations Forces will train Mozambican m...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:51:16 GMT
United States Training Mozambican Marines
[AIM] Maputo -- United States Special Operations Forces have begun to train Mozambican marines, according to a press release from the US embassy.

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:51:16 GMT
Nearly 6,000 Households Facing Hunger in Manica
[AIM] Maputo -- Chimoio (Mozambique), 16 Mar (AIM) - About 6,000 people are on the verge of a severe food crisis over the next four months, as result of poor yields recorded in the first half of the farming season (2020/21) in Tambara district, in th...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:09:32 GMT
Activists Are Working Together to Break the Silence On Intimate Partner Violence
[Spotlight Initiative] Eight girls sit on straw mats in a dusty courtyard in Gaza province, southern Mozambique. They share their stories about abuse, violence and overcoming trauma.

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:51:16 GMT
Ariel Glaser Donates Two Mobile Clinics
[AIM] Maputo -- The Ariel Glaser Foundation, an NGO working against paediatric AIDS in Mozambique, on Monday delivered two mobile clinics which will extend access to health services to nearly 3,000 youths living in Maputo city and the adjacent city o...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:51:16 GMT
Mozambique to Receive FAO Assistance to Fight Illegal Fishing
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique will receive, over the next two years, technical assistance from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in the framework of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), to combat illegal, unregulated and...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:51:16 GMT
Over 46,000 Health Workers Vaccinated
[AIM] Maputo -- Between 8 and 13 March, a total of 46,439 health professionals in Mozambique had been vaccinated against the Covid-19 respiratory disease, according to the Deputy National Director of Public Health, Benigna Matsinhe.

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:51:13 GMT
Mozambique to Conduct National Small Scale Mining Census
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy will conduct this year the first census of the small-scale mining sector across the country, which will serve as a fundamental tool for better and sustainable management.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:57:58 GMT
Mozambique Loses Latest Round in London 'Hidden Debts' Case
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique has lost the latest round of a court case in London, where the British judges ruled that the London High court was not the appropriate jurisdiction for Mozambique's complaint against the Abu Dhabi based group, Privinvest.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 04:45:08 GMT
'Triple Threat' of Climate Change, Conflict and Covid-19 - Urgent Funding Needed
[UN News] Two years after Tropical Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth swept through Mozambique in March 2019, killing hundreds and leaving more than two million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, UN chief António Guterres has recalled t...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:57:58 GMT
Experts Studying Causes for Mass Death of Fish in Gaza
[AIM] Maputo -- A multi-sector task force consisting of experts in agriculture, fisheries, water and the environment is working round the clock to identify the root causes of the mass death of fish in Lake Sulwe, in Mandlakazi district, in the southe...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:57:57 GMT
Nhongo Refuses to Demobilise 'Renamo Military Junta'
[AIM] Maputo -- Mariano Nhongo, leader of the self-styled "Renamo Military Junta", has labelled his former colleague, Andre Matsangaissa Junior, "a traitor", and has once again refused to demobilise the Junta's remaining fighters, reports Monday's is...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:57:54 GMT
Covid-19 Positivity Rate Remains Relatively Low
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday reported a further three deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 220 new cases.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:25:40 GMT
Covid-19 - Eight Deaths, 359 New Cases and 322 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Friday announced a further eight deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 359 new cases.



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