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Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:25:43 GMT
Attempt On Life of Mozambican Football Star
[AIM] Maputo -- Unknown assailants made an apparent attempt on the life of the Mozambican international football star, Reinildo Mandava, on Thursday in the central province of Zambezia, according to a report on the independent television station, STV...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:20:12 GMT
Cement Companies Wail Against Competition
[AIM] Maputo -- Seven of the 16 cement companies operating in Mozambique have called on the government to keep the price of cement high.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:24:26 GMT
ENI Confirms It Will Launch Mozambique LNG Project in 2022
[AIM] Maputo -- The Italian energy company ENI has confirmed that it will start production of liquefied natural gas at the Coral South gas field off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado in 2022.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:22:32 GMT
'Iron Fist' Against Sexual Abuse, Announces Public Works Minister
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Joao Machatine, on Friday announced that the government will not tolerate the sexual abuse of young girls by the employees of contractors working on road projects in Zambezia and Nampula provin...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:18:44 GMT
Number of Active Covid-19 Cases Now Over 1,000
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported on Thursday that the number of active cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease has topped 1,000 for the first time since 15 May.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:52:02 GMT
Namibia Pitted Against Senegal, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique in Cosafa Cup
[Namibia Economist] The Brave Warriors was drawn in Group C of the 20th edition of the COSAFA Cup alongside Senegal, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe on Thursday.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:59:39 GMT
Terrorists Behead Four in Palma
[AIM] Maputo -- Islamist terrorists beheaded four people last Sunday, in the town of Palma, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in Thursday's issue of the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocambique".

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:59:39 GMT
'Traditional Healers Involved in Human Trafficking'
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Attorney-General's Office (PGR) has accused the country's "traditional healers" of involvement in the trafficking in people and in human body parts.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:59:39 GMT
Justice Minister Suspends Management of Women's Prison
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Minister of Justice, Helena Kida, has suspended the entire management of the Maputo Special Penitentiary for Women (EPEMM), better known as the Ndlavela Women's Prison, the independent television station STV reported on T...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:59:38 GMT
Employers Want Continued Wage Freeze
[AIM] Maputo -- The Confederation of Mozambican Business Associations (CTA) on Wednesday said there should be no rise in the minimum wages, because of the negative consequences of the restrictive measures imposed to halt the spread of the Covid-19 re...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:59:38 GMT
Vodaphone Foundation and UNHCR Expand Education for Refugees
[AIM] London -- The British charity, the Vodaphone Foundation, and the United Nations Refugee Agency, the UNHCR, have opened two Instant Network Schools in northern Mozambique to help with the education of nine thousand children who are missing their...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:59:35 GMT
New Covid-19 Cases Exceed 100 for Second Time This Week
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported that, for the second time this week, the number of new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease exceeded 100.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:03:08 GMT
South Africa Asks for More Mozambican Power
[AIM] Maputo -- The South African Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, has at last admitted that South Africa needs to purchase more power from Mozambique, in order to cover the deficit caused by the closure of coal-fired power s...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 05:59:47 GMT
'Aid to the Displaced Should Also Go to the Local Population to Avoid Tensions'
[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- "The interventions must integrate aspects of good coexistence between the displaced and the local population. The aid should not go only to the displaced, totally ignoring the local population", said His Exc. Mgr. António J...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:03:11 GMT
Commission of Inquiry to Probe Forced Prostitution At Women's Prison
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Minister of Justice, Helena Kida, said on Wednesday that a commission of inquiry has been set up to probe allegations that guards at the Maputo Special Penitentiary for Women (EPEMM), better known as the Ndlavela Women'...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:03:10 GMT
Increased Urban Moblity Paves the Way for Third Wave of Covid-19
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities have warned that the increased mobility of the population in the country's urban centres in recent weeks could create the conditions for a third wave of the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 respir...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:03:10 GMT
Response to Covid-19 Guided By Evidence, Says Minister
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican authorities, according to Health Minister Armindo Tiago, are relying on the use of the available scientific evidence as their guiding light in responding to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, in a context wh...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:03:10 GMT
Government Aims to Improve Forestry Management
[AIM] Maputo -- Nampula (Mozambique), 16 Jun (AIM) - Mozambique is launching a programme to improve forestry management in the face of illegal logging and other malpractices which are costing the country incalculable amounts.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:03:10 GMT
Funding Crisis Hits Aid for Northern Mozambique
[AIM] London -- A lack of funds is hampering the efforts of aid agencies to provide life saving assistance and protection to 1.1 million people in the northern Mozambican provinces of Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula, according to the United Nations ...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:03:10 GMT
Mobile Phone Operators and Regulator in Negotiations
[AIM] Maputo -- Two of Mozambique's mobile phone operators, TMcel and Vodacom, met in Maputo on Tuesday, under the mediation of the regulator, the Mozambique National Communications Institute (INCM), in an attempt to prevent Vodacom from denying TMce...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:03:04 GMT
Covid-19 Positivity Rate On the Rise
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported on Tuesday that the Covid-19 positivity rate (the proportion of people tested who prove to be infected by the disease) for the previous 24 hours was 8.6 per cent.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:44:29 GMT
DP World Begins Maputo-Harare Rail Service
[AIM] Maputo -- DP World, the company that holds the concession to operate the container terminal at Maputo Port, has launched a rail service between the port and Harare, reducing the transit time for containers travelling between Mozambique and Zimb...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:44:29 GMT
Vodacom Threatens to End Connection With Tmcel
[AIM] Maputo -- The mobile phone company Vodacom-Mocambique (a subsidiary of the South African company Vodacom) has threatened to end its interconnection with the publicly owned company TMcel, which would make it impossible for TMcel subscribers to r...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:44:29 GMT
Community Development Reduce Poaching in Conservation Areas
[AIM] Maputo -- The wide variety of initiatives crafted by the South Africa-based Peace Parks Foundation has not only contributed to reducing poaching in several Mozambican conservation areas, but has also boosted the livelihoods of thousands of peop...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:44:29 GMT
Renamo Leader Accuses Government of Violating Agreement
[AIM] Maputo -- Ossufo Momade, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has accused the government of violating the peace agreement that he signed with President Filipe Nyusi in •ugust 2019, according to Tuesday's issue of the independe...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:44:26 GMT
Health Ministry Concerned At Rise in Covid-19 Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Monday expressed concern at the rise in the number of cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease reported over the past few days, warning that this could signal the advent of a third wave of the dis...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:34:01 GMT
Grave Concerns for Rwandan Asylum Seeker
[HRW] Nairobi -- Acknowledge his Detention; Ensure Access to Lawyer; Block Any Return to Rwanda

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:44:21 GMT
High Level of New HIV Infections
[AIM] Health Minister Armindo Tiago on 31 May revealed that the country ranks fourth 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, 15 Jun 2021 12:44:19 GMT
Unicef to Increase Support for Victims of Terrorism
[AIM] The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has promised to increase its support for child victims of terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado from US$51 to US$90 million.

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:44:16 GMT
Government Appeals for Humanitarian Aid
[AIM] The Mozambican government on 2 June reiterated its appeal to the international community to mobilise more humanitarian assistance for the victims of terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. At a meeting in Maputo with the diplomatic ...



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