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Thu, 27 May 2021 05:14:56 GMT
Delay in Sending Regional Forces to Mozambique Could Exact a High Price
[The Conversation Africa] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is poised to intervene militarily on the side of the Mozambican government to stop the emerging deadly Islamist insurgency in the Cabo Delgado Province, in the north of the c...

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:54:07 GMT
Government Abolishes Public Postal Service
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government announced on Tuesday that it has decided to abolish the state owned postal service, Correios de Mocambique.

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:54:07 GMT
Call for Transparency in Party Financing
[AIM] Maputo -- One of Mozambique's most senior jurists, Flavio Menete, a former chairperson of the Bar Association (OAM), on Tuesday called for transparency in the financing of political parties, reports Wednesday's issue of the independent newsshee...

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:54:05 GMT
EDM Renews Contract to Supply Electricity to Lesotho
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's publicly owned Electricity Company, EDM, will for the next 12 months supply between five and 35 Megawatts of power to the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC).

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:50:33 GMT
Senong Names Lesotho Squad for Mozambique, Eswatini Friendlies
[CAF] Lesotho coach Thabo Senong has named a 24-man squad to face Mozambique and Eswatini in the upcoming friendly matches scheduled next June in Maputo, as the Mountain Kingdom country begins its preparations for the 2021 edition of the regional COS...

Wed, 26 May 2021 12:20:10 GMT
Mwinyi Attends SADC Summit in Maputo
[Daily News] ZANZIBAR'S President Dr Hussein Mwinyi will attend an extraordinary double Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to be held in Maputo on Wednesday.

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:55:13 GMT
Nyusi Inaugurates Cement Plant
[AIM] Matutuine -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday inaugurated a new cement plant, Dugongo Cement, in the southernmost district of Matutuine, which results from a 330 million US dollar investment by the Chinese West International Holdi...

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:54:07 GMT
Former Mayor of Pemba On Trial
[AIM] Maputo -- The trial on corruption charges of the former mayor of the northern Mozambican city of Pemba, Tagir Carimo, resumed on Wednesday, reports the Maputo daily "Noticias".

Wed, 26 May 2021 13:54:07 GMT
Covid-19 - Two Deaths and 30 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported two deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, after three consecutive days without any deaths.

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...

Thu, 27 May 2021 07:50:58 GMT
Supporting the Dignity of Menstruating Women and Girls Displaced By Conflict
[UNFPA] Pemba -- The day that the violent conflict began in Palma on March 24, Rosina* left her home and fled into the bush - and was caught off guard by her period. "This was a very challenging moment as I was not carrying anything that could help m...

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...

Thu, 27 May 2021 07:48:35 GMT
An Obstetric Fistula Survivor's Journey From 'I Was Nothing' to 'I Am Capable of Everything'
[UNFPA] Mocuba, Zambezia Province -- Beatriz Sebastião suffered in silence. She had no friends in the neighbourhood 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 else...

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.



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