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Tue, 25 May 2021 14:58:33 GMT
Mozambique's Ruling Party Expects SADC Summit to Approve Military Deployment
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, expects the government to give the Southern African Development Community (SADC) approval for the deployment of a military force that will assist in the fight against terrorism in the northe...

Wed, 26 May 2021 07:56:40 GMT
Mozambique 'Hidden Debt' Sucks in Big Fish
[CAJ News] Maputo -- MOZAMBIQUE faces the ignominy of having a sitting president, and his predecessor, being hauled overseas for alleged corruption as the multibillion dollar 'hidden debt' scandal threatens to claim the big fish.

Tue, 25 May 2021 15:07:01 GMT
Covid-19 Pandemic Hit Family Planning Coverage in 2020
[AIM] Maputo -- Family planning coverage in Mozambique in 2020, fell by 32 per cent across the country, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, though the first quarter of 2021 was marked by an encouraging 41 per cent recovery.

Tue, 25 May 2021 14:55:32 GMT
Statistics Institute Delegates Powers
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Higher Statistics Council (CSE) on Monday granted authorisation to produce official statistics to the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, the Mozambican Tax Authority (AT), and the National Health Institute (INS).

Tue, 25 May 2021 14:51:45 GMT
Covid-19 - Samples Sent to South Africa for Gene Sequencing
[AIM] Maputo -- To date the Mozambican health authorities have not detected the Indian variant of the coronavirus in patients suffering from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:29:32 GMT
Defence Forces Re-Occupy Diaca and Namacunde
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican defence and security forces, early on Friday morning, occupied the Diaca administrative post in Mocimboa da Praia district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, driving out islamist terrorists, who had been using D...

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:25:51 GMT
Only 323,000 People Vaccinated in Mozambique to Date
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities have vaccinated 323,097 people against the Covid-19 respiratory disease, according to Health Minister Armindo Tiago, cited by the independent television station STV.

Tue, 25 May 2021 14:13:39 GMT
Lesotho Name Strong Squad for Mozambique, Eswatini Friendlies
[Cosafa] Lesotho coach Thabo Senong has named a 24-man squad to face Mozambique and Eswatini in the upcoming friendly matches scheduled for early June in Maputo as the Mountain Kingdom country begins its preparations for the 2021 edition of the regio...

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:28:29 GMT
First Lady Calls For Stronger Commitment to Treatment of Obstetric Fistulas
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's First Lady, Isaura Nyusi, has called on fellow Mozambicans and the international community to commit to a mass awareness drive about the obstetric fistula, a tragic injury which affects women, in order to reduce its impac...

Tue, 25 May 2021 08:25:40 GMT
Mozambicans Show Generosity to Those Fleeing Violence As Food Scarcity Looms
[RFI] Attacks by jihadists in the north of Mozambique have terrorised the population, who have been forced to flee the violence. Many Mozambicans have opened their homes to accommodate the displaced, but host families are already struggling with thei...

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:20:57 GMT
No Covid-19 Deaths Over the Weekend
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities have announced that on Saturday and Sunday no deaths were recorded from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:11:08 GMT
Next Frelimo Congress Will Be Held in 2022
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party will hold its 12th Congress from 23 to 28 September 2022, at the premises of the Central Party School in the southern city of Matola.

Mon, 24 May 2021 08:46:32 GMT
Millions in Urgent Need of Aid in Cabo Delgado Province
[Nation] More than 1.2 million people urgently need health assistance in Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday in a statement, signaling a further burden on a region already pummeled by an insur...

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:51:30 GMT
Cabo Delgado - Foreign Military Intervention May Intensify Violence
[ANGOP] Mozambican State Councilor Raul Domingos warned today of the risk of intensifying violence in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, with a foreign military intervention, defending the removal of the "socio-economic root" of the conflict.

Sat, 22 May 2021 17:19:02 GMT
Nyusi Calls SADC Security Summit
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, in his capacity as the current chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has called an extraordinary summit of the "Double Troika" of SADC for next week, in order to discuss t...

Sat, 22 May 2021 17:19:07 GMT
Three More Covid-19 Deaths and 24 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- After three days in which no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease were registered, the Mozambican health authorities reported on Friday that three people had fallen victim to the disease in the previous 24 hours.

Fri, 21 May 2021 13:09:10 GMT
International Energy Agency Says No Future for Mozambique Gas
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Mozambique's gas fields cannot be developed if global warming is to be kept to 1.5º above pre-industrial levels, according to a dramatic International Energy Agency (IEA) report published Tuesday (18 May). The...

Fri, 21 May 2021 12:45:48 GMT
Chang Extradition Dilemma Paralyses SA President Ramaphosa
[ISS] The question of whether to extradite former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang either to his home country or the United States (US) is ticking like a timebomb on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's desk.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:54 GMT
Work On Mpanda Nkuwa Dam to Start in 2024
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government announced on Thursday that work on the Mpanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam on the Zambezi river, in the western province of Tete, will begin in 2024.

Fri, 21 May 2021 13:19:01 GMT
Govt Still Blocking Aid to Palma
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] There is still no aid reaching up to 20,000 people not being allowed to leave Quitunda near Palma. Finally Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has spoken out. "Significant restrictions are placed on the scale up of...

Fri, 21 May 2021 13:14:51 GMT
Total Will Return Only With Peace and Tranquillity
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] "As soon as Cabo Delgado has peace again, Total will return," the president of the French oil and gas company, Patrick Pouyanee, promised Monday (17 May). President Filipe Nyusi confirmed Tuesday (18 May) that ...

Fri, 21 May 2021 13:11:25 GMT
Global 2º Compared to 1.5º for Mozambique - Hotter, Drier, Worse Cyclones; South Hit Hardest
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] IEA cites extensively a report by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), which is so detailed that it is possible to estimate the difference between global warming of 1.5º and 2º for Mozambique...

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:56 GMT
Nampula Assembly Calls for Vigilance Against Terrorism
[AIM] Maputo -- Nampula (Mozambique), 21 May (AIM) - The Nampula Provincial Assembly in northern Mozambique is appealing for vigilance among local communities to prevent the spread of terrorist activities from the neighbouring province of Cabo Delgad...

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:56 GMT
Road Maintenance Costs 800 Million Dollars a Year
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique needs 800 million US dollars every year to guarantee maintenance and paving of the national road network, according to the Minister of Public works, Joao Machatine.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:56 GMT
96 Per Cent Coverage in Second Vaccination Phase
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities vaccinated 240,965 people with the first dose of vaccine against the Covid-19 respiratory disease during the second phase of the vaccination campaign, that ran from 19 April to 15 May.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:55 GMT
Almost 90,000 Pensions for Veterans Fixed
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Thursday that to date 89,028 pensions have been fixed for veterans of Mozambique's national liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rule.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:55 GMT
Third Consecutive Day With No Covid-19 Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities announced on Thursday that, for the third consecutive day, no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease have been reported.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:52 GMT
Relocation Reunites Elephant Herds in Zinave National Park
[AIM] Maputo -- Mabote (Mozambique), 21 May (AIM) - Mozambique's National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), in partnership with the South African-based Peace Parks Foundation on Thursday concluded the relocation of about 40 elephants to th...

Fri, 21 May 2021 11:08:02 GMT
In Mozambique, an Obstetric Fistula Survivor's Journey From 'I Was Nothing' to 'I Am Capable of Everything'
[UNFPA] Mocuba -- Beatriz Sebastião suffered in silence. She had no friends in the neighborhood or at school. When she went to church, she sat alone. When she went to the river, other women mocked her before leaving to bathe elsewhere.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:57:55 GMT
Three Defect From'renamo Military Junta'
[AIM] Maputo -- Three members of the dissident "Renamo Military Junta", fled from Junta bases in the central Mozambican province of Manica this week, and presented themselves to the authorities, saying they wished to join the current demobilisation o...



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