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Mozambique

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:22:08 GMT
Mozambique Among the Top Four Countries for New HIV Infection Rates
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago said on Monday that the country ranks in fourth position on the list of countries with high rates of HIV infections, with a national average rate of new infections estimated at 364 cases a day.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:22:08 GMT
Mozambican Debt Remains Unsustainable
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's public debt remains "unsustainable", according to the latest annual report on the debt from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and hence the country remains debt distressed.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:22:07 GMT
Shortage of Vaccines Compromises Covid-19 Vaccination
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Deputy National Director of Public Health, Benigna Matsinhe, warned on Monday that the late arrival of vaccines against the Covid-19 respiratory disease could compromise the Ministry of Health's vaccination calendar.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:22:07 GMT
Electronic Sealing and Tracking System Detects 25 Violation Attempts
[AIM] Maputo -- At least 25 violations of transit procedures have been recorded between January and May, since the installation of an electronic sealing and tracking system for goods in transit along the Beira Corridor in the central Mozambican provi...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:22:04 GMT
Third Consecutive Day With No Covid-19 Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Monday reported the third consecutive day without any deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:05:12 GMT
Govt Signs Gas and Energy Deals
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government and cooperation partners on Monday in Maputo signed the technical and commercial agreements for the Temane Gas and Energy Projects, in the southern province of Inhambane, paving the way for the start, by the ...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:50:54 GMT
Former Rwandan Journalist Ntamuhanga Cassien Abducted
[AIM] Maputo -- Men wearing Mozambican police uniforms have kidnapped a former Rwandan journalist, Ntamuhanga Cassien, who was living in exile in Mozambique, according to a report carried by Monday's issue of the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocam...

Mon, 31 May 2021 13:53:33 GMT
South Africa Says Send Troops; Tanzania Says No Troops, Instead Negotiate, Develop
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] South Africa is pressing for urgent military intervention in Cabo Delgado, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told Reuters (21 May) in a telephone interview. Since 2008 SADC has had a regional defence...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:56:58 GMT
Tractors Distributed to Nampula Farmers
[AIM] Maputo -- 42 of the 115 emerging small commercial farmers (PACEs), integrated into Mozambique's flagship agricultural development programme Sustenta, have now received tractors and other equipment in the northern province of Nampula.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:54:26 GMT
Opposition Party Schedules Congress for December
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), the second largest opposition force in the country, has scheduled an extraordinary congress, to elect a new Party President, for 3-5 December, in the central city of Beira.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:52:27 GMT
War, Intervention, and Solidarity
[AfricaFocus] "No amount of international military assistance will, within two years, create a fighting force that can combat the insurgency. Two other factors complicate external support. Foreign intervention is likely to provoke a response from Isl...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:28:13 GMT
Fossil Fuels, Debt, and Corruption
[AfricaFocus] "The scandal of Mozambique's "hidden debts" has already cost the country at least 11 billion US dollars, and has plunged an additional two million people into poverty, according to a detailed study of the costs and consequences of the d...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:11:19 GMT
Football Body Turns Down Mambas Invitation
[The Herald] Senior Sports Reporter

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 04:56:47 GMT
Mozambique's Difficult Decade - Three Lessons to Inform Next Steps
[The Conversation Africa] At the start of the last decade, Mozambique's prospects looked stellar. Following from the early 1990s, when peace finally arrived after a devastating and protracted armed conflict, this vast country in Southern Africa could...

Mon, 31 May 2021 10:29:42 GMT
267 Recoveries From Covid-19, and 7 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Saturday reported that a further 267 people have been declared fully recovered from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

Mon, 31 May 2021 10:29:37 GMT
Nyusi Lays First Stone for Tete Railway Reconstruction
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Saturday laid the first stone in the reconstruction of the railway in the western province of Tete that links the Dona Ana bridge over the Zambezi river to Vila Nova da Fronteira, on the border wit...

Sat, 29 May 2021 15:57:08 GMT
True Cost of Hidden Debts Already Over U.S.$11 Billion
[AIM] Maputo -- The scandal of Mozambique's "hidden debts" has already cost the country at least 11 billion US dollars, and has plunged an additional two million people into poverty, according to a detailed study of the costs and consequences of the ...

Sat, 29 May 2021 15:57:57 GMT
No Need for Cotton Subsidy This Year
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government announced on Thursday that it will no longer subsidise the price of raw cotton, paid to the producers.

Sat, 29 May 2021 15:57:29 GMT
Mayor Promises Measures Against Police Brutality
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mayor of Maputo, Eneas Comiche, has promised that measures will be taken against four members of the municipal police who were caught on camera on Wednesday savagely beating an informal vendor.

Fri, 28 May 2021 15:52:40 GMT
African Leaders Reaffirm Support for Mozambique
[SAnews.gov.za] The Double Troika Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has reaffirmed its solidarity with Mozambique, and its continued efforts in addressing terrorism and ensuring lasting p...

Fri, 28 May 2021 08:29:36 GMT
SADC Vows to Stamp Out Terrorism
[The Herald] Lincoln Towindo recently in MAPUTO, Mozambique

Fri, 28 May 2021 08:08:44 GMT
Helping Girls Manage Menstrual Health and Hygiene in Crises and Beyond
[UNFPA] Maputo/Luanda -- MAPUTO, Mozambique/LUANDA, Angola - It can be challenging enough when a girl gets her first period - she may not even know what is happening to her body. Now put her in a situation in which she's been displaced or vulnerable ...

Thu, 27 May 2021 13:14:22 GMT
What Would It Take to Stabilise Cabo Delgado?
[ISS] Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province is caught up in a security challenge that has captured global attention. The situation endangers tens of thousands of lives and has destabilised northern Mozambique. It also potentially threatens foreign direc...

Sat, 29 May 2021 15:58:14 GMT
Covid-19 - One More Death and 24 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Friday reported another death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 24 new cases.

Fri, 28 May 2021 08:22:38 GMT
Regional Military Intervention in Mozambique Is a Bad Idea. Here's Why
[The Conversation Africa] Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi has called an extraordinary summit of the leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) this week. He wants them to deliberate on plans announced in early May to send 3,000 ...

Thu, 27 May 2021 14:04:54 GMT
Tanzania Will Not Send Troops to Mozambique
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Tanzania will not send troops to Mozambique to counter insurgents in gas rich Carbo Del Gado Province which is close to the border between the two countries.

Thu, 27 May 2021 09:15:53 GMT
Mnangagwa Leaves for Mozambique to Attend Double Troika Summit
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa has left for Maputo, Mozambique to attend an extraordinary Sadc Double Troika meeting being convened to help tackle insurgency in the country.

Thu, 27 May 2021 16:23:09 GMT
Judges Told to End Impunity for Criminals
[AIM] Maputo -- The President of Mozambique's Supreme Court, Adelino Muchanga, on Thursday urged judges to take decisions that will close down the organised crime networks that are a major concern for Mozambican society, reports the independent telev...

Thu, 27 May 2021 16:23:08 GMT
Third Wave of Pandemic Inevitable, but Can Be Delayed
[AIM] Maputo -- A third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic will inevitably hit Mozambique, and might prove more severe than the second wave, warned the Deputy General Director of the National Health Institute (INS), Eduardo Samo Gudo, on Wednesday night.

Thu, 27 May 2021 16:23:08 GMT
Unemployment Not the Cause of Terrorism, Says Governor
[AIM] Maputo -- The governor of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, Valigy Tauabo, has described as false the frequent claim that unemployment is the main reason why young people join the terrorist groups active in the province, accordi...



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