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Mozambique

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 04:30:50 GMT
Tanzania is Reportedly Turning Mozambican Refugees Away - UN
[allAfrica] Geneva -- United Nations agencies say they do not have access to Palma in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:38:35 GMT
Drawing The Line On Malaria
[allAfrica] A recent survey conducted by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and Gallup International shows that African youth are determined to end malaria. Conducted across six countries - Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Afric...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:48:50 GMT
SADC Zeroes in On Mozambique
[The Herald] The impact of the Mozambican insurgents is a concern to the whole SADC region and appropriate action will be taken by regional leaders to remedy the situation, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Professor Amon Mur...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:43:11 GMT
Restrictive Measures to Avoid Third Wave of Pandemic
[AIM] Maputo -- The deputy general director of Mozambique's National Health Institute (INS), Eduardo Samo Gudo, on Tuesday said the government's decision to keep in force all the restrictive measures imposed to halt the spread of the Covid-19 respira...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:40:30 GMT
30,000 in Need of Assistance Inside Palma District
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican relief agency, the National Disaster Risk Management and Reduction Institute (INGD), warned on Monday that there are about 30,000 people still inside the district of Palma, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, who ...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:35:33 GMT
Japan Suspends Mozambique's Debt Service
[AIM] Maputo -- The Japanese government has suspended the servicing of Mozambique's debt to Japan, amounting to 92 million meticais (about 1.3 million US dollars).

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:32:53 GMT
No Covid-19 Deaths for Two Consecutive Days
[AIM] Maputo -- On Monday, for the second consecutive day, the Mozambican health authorities recorded no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:32:08 GMT
Curfew Extended to All Provincial Capitals
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Monday night announced that the curfew in place since February in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area (Maputo and Matola cities and Boane and Marracuene districts), as a measure to combat the spre...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 07:51:33 GMT
Over 10,000 Flee Mozambique Town After Jihadist Attacks
[VOA] Geneva -- The United Nations reports more than 11,000 people have fled the coastal town of Palma in northern Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province since jihadist insurgents attacked the town nearly two weeks ago.

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 07:05:14 GMT
Refugee Crisis Clouds Army Gains Against Insurgents
[DW] Mozambican forces claim to have retaken the ransacked town of Palma from armed Islamist fighters. Despite this success, a glaring refugee crisis looms as regional bodies dither on providing military support.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:01:22 GMT
Mozambique - Poverty and Inequality Fuel Violent Extremism (Part One)
[Daily Maverick] On 24 March 2021, insurgents commenced a sophisticated and bloody attack on the town of Palma, in the far north of Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province. The attack lasted for five days, according to some reports, and has made world new...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:21:57 GMT
SADC Condemns Mozambique Insurgency
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has labelled heinous acts of cowardice the continued terrorist attacks in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:54:45 GMT
Armed Forces Take Control of Palma After Attack by Insurgents
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican armed forces have taken full control of the town of Palma, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, driving out the remaining islamist terrorists who had attacked the town on 24 March.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:48:56 GMT
Government Regains Control of Key Coastal Town
[VOA] Maputo -- Mozambique's government said it is reclaiming territory from Islamic State-affiliated insurgents that besieged the key northern coastal town of Palma, with some of the thousands of civilians who fled now going back to take stock of th...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:46:55 GMT
SA Repatriates Nationals Trapped in Northern Mozambique
[SAnews.gov.za] Government has deployed support to the South African High Commission for the repatriation of its citizens trapped in Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, amid concerns over the security situation in that region.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:45:06 GMT
SADC to Determine Course of Action On Mozambique Security Situation
[Botswana Daily News] Harare -- SADC will ensure that the integrity and sovereignty of Mozambique is not assaulted by dissident, rebellious and non-state forces that undermine the democratic credentials of peace in the region, says President Dr Mokgw...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:19:30 GMT
Mozambique Axe Coach Goncalves After Nations Cup Failure
[Cosafa] Mozambique coach Luis Goncalves became the second victim of African Cup of Nations failure when he was sacked on Thursday, the country's football federation said.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 06:15:55 GMT
Fisheries to Collect Over Six Million Usd in Revenue
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Ministry of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries (MIMAIP) plans to collect 425 million meticais (over six million US dollars) in revenue during the 2021 fishing campaign, which was recently opened across the country.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 06:15:53 GMT
Second Day in a Week With No Covid-19 Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday recorded no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, over the previous 24 hours.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:58:04 GMT
SADC Troika Heads to Maputo
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa will on Thursday join SADC leaders that make up the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation to explore avenues of putting an end to the terrorist attacks that have rocked Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:57:07 GMT
Regional Leaders to Meet in Maputo for Talks On Response to Insurgency
[Daily Maverick] Regional leaders will discuss the crisis in Mozambique on Thursday at a 'double troika' summit of the Southern African Development Community.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:56:06 GMT
Tanzanian Police Reaction to Palma - 'We're Safe'
[AIM] Maputo -- The Tanzanian police have claimed that the islamist terrorists operating across the border in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado pose no threat to Tanzania.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:55:17 GMT
SADC to Discuss Cabo Delgado Situation
[AIM] Maputo -- The Organ on Politics, Defence and Security of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will meet some time in the coming week, to discuss the terrorist attacks in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:27:45 GMT
Caution Needed in Mozambique
[The Herald] The SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security meets this week to discuss the growing security problem in north-eastern Mozambique, which last week saw a serious attack on the town of Palma right on the Tanzanian border.

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:26:40 GMT
Violence in Cabo Delgado - "Many Have Seen Dead Bodies Along the Way"
[MSF] Amparo Vilasmil is MSF mental health activity manager in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. She is part of a team operating in Montepuez, the second most populous city in the province and one of the destinations for people fleeing recent attacks in the ...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 08:29:17 GMT
Govt Sends Troops to Evacuate Nationals in Mozambique
[RFI] South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa held an urgent meeting with his Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapsia-Nqakula on Saturday following his announcement that he had sent troops to Mozambique to evacuate South Africans trapped in the wake of rec...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 21:48:12 GMT
Firm Abandons Construction Site in Cabo Delgado
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Total on Friday abandoned its installations on Afungi peninsula. All Total staff have been withdrawn, unlike the closure on 1 January when a skeleton staff was left behind. This suggests that Total expects the ...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 08:06:09 GMT
French Gas Giant Total Closes Plant After Mozambique Jihadist Attacks
[RFI] French energy giant Total has shut its operations and withdrawn all staff from a site in northern Mozambique following last week's deadly jihadist attack in the area, security sources said.

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 07:53:13 GMT
Survivors From Mozambique Attack Stream Into Pemba Safe Haven
[VOA] Pemba -- More than a week after jihadis staged a deadly raid on the northern Mozambican town of Palma, survivors streamed Thursday into the port of Pemba, the capital of gas-rich Cabo Delgado province.

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:31:49 GMT
Tanzania, Mozambique Ink Broadband Deal
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- The government has signed a contract worth Sh2.4 billion with Mozambique that will see Tanzania's National ICT Broadband Backbone being extended to the southern African nation, a minister said.



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