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Mozambique

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:28:54 GMT
Nation Stares Into Uncertain Future After Insurgent Attacks
[Nation] Attaining peace and stability for northern Mozambique has been an arduous task for members of the civil society, with violence on the rise in the region.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:07:52 GMT
Inside al Shabaab – Poverty Drives Recruitment, Say Insurgents
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] An important new picture of the inside of al Shabaab is provided by interviews with 23 women who had been captured and eventually escaped, in a study published yesterday by João Feijó, one of the most importa...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:20:35 GMT
Cabo Delgado Through a Human Rights Lens - Amnesty International Sounded the Alarm but Nobody Listened
[Daily Maverick] In the past few months, Mozambique has captured international headlines for the 'insurgency' taking place in the resource-rich province of Cabo Delgado. The insurgency has been brewing for years under the radar of the international c...

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 02:13:05 GMT
Fresh Clashes in Mozambique's Restive Cabo Delgado Province
[RFI] New fighting has broken out in Mozambique's northern town of Palma, some three weeks after an attack by hardline Islamist militants killed dozens of people and displaced thousands from their homes.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:09:54 GMT
Mozambique Bans Poultry Imports From South Africa
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government announced on Thursday that it has banned the import of live birds (domestic and wild), as well as bird meat, feathers and eggs from South Africa due to an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) ...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:07:53 GMT
Militants Destroy Over 100 Cabo Delgado Schools
[AIM] Maputo -- Terrorist raids have destroyed 104 schools in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, almost 12 per cent of the 900 schools in the province, according to the Provincial Directorate of Education.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:12:16 GMT
No Attack Against Mueda
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican defence and security forces on Friday categorically denied that there had been any terrorist attack the previous night against the town of Mueda, or a second attack against Palma, both in the northern province of Cabo D...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:09:22 GMT
Nyusi Challenges Commonwealth to Fund Climate Change
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday challenged the Commonwealth to take a leading role in building a sustainable future, by advocating for and mobilising more resources to finance climate change programmes and resilience act...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:08:55 GMT
Second Consecutive Day With No Covid-19 Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Thursday announced that, for the second consecutive day, no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease have been reported.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:59:52 GMT
Govt Gives Way to Business Protest On Border Fee
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government is preparing to suspend collection of new fee charged on vehicles crossing the country's borders, reports Thursday's issue of the independent newssheet "Mediafax".

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:46:48 GMT
Second Phase of Vaccine Rollout to Target Over 216,000 People
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Health expects to immunise 216,771 people in the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, starting on Monday across the country.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:43:24 GMT
Four Arrested Over Covid-19 Test Forgeries
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) has arrested four individuals, suspected of being members of an organized criminal gang, whose activities, conducted from the Ressano Garcia border post, consisted of the f...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:40:44 GMT
Govt Resettles Households Living Within Limpopo Park
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday inaugurated the first 120 houses in the Salane resettlement village, which are part of a projected 1,200 residences for households who had been living within the boundaries of the Limpopo...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:38:21 GMT
Police Commander Orders Manhunt Against Military Junta
[AIM] Maputo -- The General Commander of the Mozambican police force. Bernadino Rafael, on Wednesday ordered a manhunt against all followers of the dissident "Renamo Military Junta" who refuse to surrender and join the current demobilization of the R...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:10:36 GMT
Son of Businessman Kidnapped in Quelimane
[AIM] Maputo -- Unidentified armed men on Thursday night kidnapped the son of a prominent businessman, Nathoobai, in the central Mozambican city of Quelimane, reports the independent television station STV.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:00:42 GMT
Jacaranda Recovers Banana Production in Monapo
[AIM] Maputo -- The Jacaranda banana production company has fully restored activities within 15,000 hectares in Metocheria locality of Monapo district, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, after an outbreak of the Panama disease that cause...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:45:45 GMT
No Covid-19 Deaths in Seven Days in April So Far
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported no further deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease on Wednesday.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:50:53 GMT
WFP Appeals for U.S.$82 Million to Help Displaced People
[East African] The UN says it will need at least $82 million to feed and provide basic necessities to thousands of people displaced by an ongoing insurgency in Mozambique.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:39:39 GMT
SADC Parliamentary Forum Committee Calls for Action to Combat Strife in Mozambique
[Parliament of South Africa] The escalating strife in Mozambique took centre stage at a statutory meeting of the Standing Committee on Democratisation, Governance and Human Rights and Constitutionalism of the Southern African Development Community Pa...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:27:30 GMT
We Cannot Sit Back, Watch Mozambique Terror - President
[The Herald] ROBUST action will be taken against insurgents in neighbouring Mozambique as an attack on any member state is an attack on all, while in Zimbabwe Zanu PF structures should ensure communities are on high-security alert to preserve the pea...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:29:20 GMT
Terrorists Stole Perhaps a Million Dollars in Palma
[AIM] Maputo -- The Islamist terrorists who attacked the town of Palma in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado on 24 March stole over 30 million meticais (about 536,000 US dollars at current exchange rates) from one of the town's banks, a...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:29:20 GMT
Two Arrested Over Attack On Police Station
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican police have arrested two individuals suspected of involvement in an armed attack early on Saturday morning against a police station in the administrative post of Capirizanje, in Moatize district, in the central Mozambic...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:29:17 GMT
Covid-19 - Three Deaths, 79 New Cases and 500 Recoveries
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported a further three deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, 79 new cases and 500 recoveries.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 05:41:15 GMT
'Large, Likely Long-Lasting' Crisis Looms Over Cabo Delgado - UNICEF
[UN News] The Cabo Delgado region in northern Mozambique is staring at a "large and likely long-lasting" humanitarian crisis, with nearly a third of its population displaced, worsening hunger and rising risk of deadly diseases, the United Nations Chi...

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:39:34 GMT
Govt Working With Mozambique to Assist Trapped Zim Nationals
[The Herald] Government is working with Mozambican authorities to establish the number of Zimbabweans nationals who were entrapped during the attack of Palma town in Mozambique on March 24.

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:15:30 GMT
Bakers Unilaterally Increase Price of Bread
[AIM] Maputo -- Some bakers in Maputo and in the neighbouring city of Matola have unilaterally decided to increase the price of bread since Friday last week, a move which has a severe impact on the purchasing power of poor urban households.

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:15:00 GMT
Mozambique Will Vaccinate Over Two Million Livestock
[AIM] Maputo -- A livestock vaccination drive underway across Mozambique will immunise more than two million animals against diseases such as anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, brucellosis, lumpy skin disease, Newcastle fever and rabies, according to a...

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:14:25 GMT
Mozambican Defence and Security Council Meets
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Defence and Security Council (CNDS), meeting in Maputo on Friday, praised the collaboration between the population and the defence and security forces to eliminate threats to security.

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 07:54:18 GMT
Insurgency - Maputo Not Keen on 'Local' Intervention
[East African] Mozambique is reluctant to accept troops from neighbouring member states of the Southern Africa Development Community to fight Islamic insurgents in the north of the country, after retaking the town of Palma that had fallen to the mili...

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 06:39:26 GMT
Northern Mozambique Faces Extended Humanitarian Crisis, UN Warns
[VOA] Geneva -- U.N. agencies warn northern Mozambique is facing a long-lasting humanitarian and protection crisis as conflict, hunger and disease grip hundreds of thousands of people in the region.



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