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Thu, 01 Apr 2021 05:35:38 GMT
South African Military Company Will Not Extend Contract with Mozambique
[Daily Maverick] The South African private military company credited with saving many lives during a major attack by Islamic State-linked insurgents in the northern Mozambican town of Palma over the last week seems to be on its way out. The Dyck Advi...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:22:20 GMT
Cabo Delgado Insurgency Has Mozambique On a Knife Edge
[ISS] Last week the world witnessed a dramatic attack on the Mozambican town of Palma in the country's northern Cabo Delgado province. The death toll is still unknown. Many foreigners were also attacked, which has led to heightened international atte...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:37:56 GMT
Writing About Sexuality in Maputo, Mozambique in Contemporary Times
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African contin...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:12:30 GMT
Fisheries Closed Season Should Not Be Seen As Penalty
[AIM] Maputo -- The Minister of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Augusta Maita, said on Wednesday that the closed season for surface water prawns should not be seen as a penalty, but a move intended to safeguard the importance of fishing resourc...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:12:29 GMT
Defence Forces Say They Are Hunting Down Militants
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican defence and security forces say they have launched a manhunt against any terrorists who may still be left in the town of Palma, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:12:25 GMT
Covid-19 - Three Deaths, 174 New Cases, and 280 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported a further three deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, 174 new cases, and 280 full recoveries.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:12:30 GMT
Don't Lose Focus, Nyusi Urges
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday called on Mozambicans to remain calm and not to "lose focus" in response to the islamist terror attack against the town of Palma, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:12:30 GMT
Poacher Sentenced to 16 Years
[AIM] Maputo -- A poacher who was caught in Mozambique's largest conservation area, the Niassa National Reserve (REN), in the far north of the country, has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:11:50 GMT
Thousands Will Flee Cabo Delgado Violence, Predicts UN
[allAfrica] United Nations alarmed at Cabo Delgado 'horror' in Mozambique

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:22:37 GMT
Body of South African Killed in Mozambique Attack Repatriated
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has expressed gratitude to the Mozambican government for the assistance provided to South African citizens affected by the recent terrorist attacks.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:58:07 GMT
Offshore Gas Finds Offered Major Promise - What Went Wrong
[The Conversation Africa] Recent events in Palma, a town in the volatile Cabo Delgado province in the north of Mozambique, have taken bloodshed in the region to new levels. Dozens of people were killed when hundreds of Islamist militants stormed the ...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:58:09 GMT
Portugal Mobilises Military to Fight Mozambique's Militants
[RFI] Portugal will send a team of 60 troops to former colony Mozambique after an attack by an Islamic State-linked jihadist group against a northern town, the country's minister of foreign affairs said on Tuesday.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:34:38 GMT
UN Scaling up Aid for Victims of Brutal Attack
[VOA] Geneva -- The UN.'s International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that more than 3,360 deeply traumatized survivors of last week's massacre in Palma District in northern Mozambique have arrived in Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado prov...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:43:49 GMT
Renamo Demobilisation Complete in Manica
[AIM] Maputo -- The demobilisation of the militia of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has now been completed in the central province of Manica, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by Mirko Manzoni, the personal representative to Moz...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:43:48 GMT
Islamic State Claims Attack On Palma, and Uses Fake Photo
[AIM] Maputo -- The international terrorist network calling itself "Islamic State" has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack against the town of Palma in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 05:43:35 GMT
The 'Million-Dollar Question' - Who are Cabo Delgado's Insurgents?
[DW] In just three years, an Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique has killed an estimated 2,600 people. Last week's attack on the town of Palma, which lasted days, should worry neighboring countries, experts say.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 04:24:17 GMT
Between 10 and 15 South Africans Still Missing in Palma Attacks
[Daily Maverick] Pretoria has accounted for 43 of the South Africans caught up in the major insurgent assault on the northern Mozambique town of Palma over the past few days -- but 10 to 15 citizens still remained unaccounted for.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:43:48 GMT
Inae Promises That Bread Price Will Not Rise
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government's National Inspectorate of Economic Activities (INAE) has announced that it is working to ensure that the price of bread does not rise on 1 April, as threatened by the National Association of Mozambican Baker...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:43:48 GMT
No Minimum Wage Negotiations Until June
[AIM] Maputo -- Negotiations on an increase in the Mozambican minimum wage will not resume until June, according to a report in Tuesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Mediafax".

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:43:48 GMT
Avoid Crowds Over Easter, Health Ministry Warns
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Monday urged all Mozambicans and tourists to avoid crowds during the impending Easter festivities.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:33:33 GMT
Mozambique Attack - 43 South Africans Accounted for, One Dead
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African High Commission in Maputo on Monday said it has accounted for the 43 South Africans affected by the recent attacks in northern Mozambique.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:15:52 GMT
Cne Spokesperson Resigns
[AIM] Maputo -- The spokesperson of Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE), Alice Banze, has resigned only three days after she was elected to the post.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:15:52 GMT
Germany Grants Over Seven Million Usd for Business Recovery
[AIM] Maputo -- The German development bank KFW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) will disburse a six million Euro (more than seven million US dollars) non-refundable emergency grant, to assist Mozambique's micro, small and medium companies (MPME) fa...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:15:52 GMT
Junta Members Can Rejoin Renamo
[AIM] Maputo -- The General Secretary of Mozambique's largest opposition party, Renamo, Andre Majibire, has promised that members of the dissident "Renamo Military Junta" can rejoin Renamo, if they voluntarily leave their camps in the bush and join t...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:15:52 GMT
Second Dose of Vaccine for Health Workers
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican health workers on Monday began receiving the second dose of the virocell vaccine, against the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:15:45 GMT
Covid-19 - Two Deaths, 186 New Cases and 108 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday announced a further two deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, 186 new cases, and 108 full recoveries.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:33:31 GMT
Statement By Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore On Situation of Children Following Attack On Palma, Mozambique
[Unicef] New York -- "We still do not know the full impact that the deadly militant attack in Palma, northern Mozambique, has had on children, but we fear that it will be brutal.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:29:43 GMT
World Bank Support to Improve Learning and Empower Girls in Mozambique
[World Bank] Washington -- In agreement with the Government of Mozambique, the World Bank approved new financial support for a project that focuses on increasing learning readiness and girls' retention in upper primary and lower secondary grades of b...

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:35:51 GMT
Mozambican Forces Fighting to Drive Back Terrorists
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican defence and security forces launched an offensive on Sunday against Islamic State terrorists in the northern town of Palma, reports Sunday's issue of the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocambique".

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:22:27 GMT
'Let's Pray for our Brothers in Palma' Where the Situation is Dramatic
[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- At least 7 victims are among the people who fled from the Amerula Hotel in a convoy that was attacked, in an ambush, by armed terrorists. This was announced by a spokesman for the Mozambican army, which has carried out an op...



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