Mozambique

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:36:03 GMT
Assembly Approves Agreement On Transfer of Sentenced Prisoners
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Wednesday approved three agreements on the transfer of sentenced prisoners between Mozambique and the neighboring countries of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:37:47 GMT
Nyusi Encourages Arab Businesses to Boost Investment
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has encouraged Arab businesses to strengthen their investment in the country, taking into account that economic cooperation must bring mutual benefits that consolidate respect and prosperity.

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:36:52 GMT
Government Grants Hydrocarbon Rights to Eni in Angoche
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has granted the exclusive right to conduct hydrocarbon exploration and production operations in the Angoche A6-C Offshore Area, off the coast of the northern province of Nampula, to ENI Mozambico SpA, a subsi...

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:34:45 GMT
Venancio Mondlane Meets With Portuguese Far Right
[AIM] Maputo -- Venancio Mondlane, the independent candidate for the Mozambican presidential elections scheduled for 9 October, on Wednesday met in Lisbon with the Portuguese far right party Chega (a name which could be translated into English as "En...

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:52:30 GMT
'Poor and Rural Mozambicans Hit Hard By Lack of Access, Connection to Electricity Grid
[Afrobarometer] Majority of citizens say their government is doing a poor job of providing a reliable supply of electricity.

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:26:23 GMT
Momade Begins Pre-Election Tour
[AIM] Maputo -- Ossufo Momade, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, on Saturday began a "pre-campaign' tour of the country's provinces, prior to the presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled for 9 October.

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:26:11 GMT
Frelimo Committee Approves Its Election Manifesto
[AIM] Maputo -- The Central Committee of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party approved on Friday unanimously the party's manifesto for the presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled for 9 October.

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:34:57 GMT
CNE Says CAD is not a coalition, So Rejects Its Lists of Candidates
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Venancio Mondlane's attempt to have candidates stand for parliament and provincial assemblies has failed, although he will still stand as an independent candidate for President. CAD (the Democratic Alliance Coa...

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:36:54 GMT
Robbers Armed With AK47s Hit Brazilian Mega-Church in Maputo
[AIM] Maputo -- Four individuals, wearing masks and carrying AK47 assault rifles stole six million meticais (about 94,000 US dollars, at the current exchange rate) while it was being carried in a car belonging to the Brazilian Universal Church of the...

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:39:59 GMT
Concerned At Lack of Money for Roads
[AIM] Chimoio -- The mayors of Mozambique's 65 municipalities are worried at the scarcity of the money needed to repair access roads, and the late disbursement of what little money does exist.

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:38:43 GMT
Electricity Restored to Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- The publicly-owned electricity company, EDM, restored on Tuesday the supply of electricity to the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, after it was cut to over 160,000 people on Monday as a result of an anomaly in the high-vo...

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:37:48 GMT
Supplies of Plaster Reach Nampula Hospitals
[AIM] Maputo -- The crisis of a shortage of plaster in hospitals in the northern Mozambican city of Nampula is over - at least for another couple of weeks.

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:42:12 GMT
IMF Imposes Wage Cuts, Accepts 'Weak Non-Mining Growth' So Mozambique Remains Just Mineral Exporter
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The IMF has imposed a major wage freeze, which implies wage cuts over the next three years. In effect, government has agreed that its total wage bill of $3.3bn this year must fall to $3.0 bn next year, and $2.9...

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 05:28:14 GMT
Chapo Pledges to Turn Cities Into Thematic Capitals
[AIM] Maputo -- Daniel Chapo, the candidate of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party for the presidential election scheduled for 9 October, has pledged to turn the country's provincial capitals into thematic capitals, if he is elected.

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 04:34:27 GMT
Amend Electoral Law to Avoid Fraud, Demands Renamo Candidate
[AIM] Maputo -- The candidate for governor of Maputo province from Mozambique's main opposition party Renamo, Antonio Muchanga, has insisted that the only way of eliminating electoral fraud is to amend the electoral legislation to allow the recountin...

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 04:34:27 GMT
Managers Accused of Embezzlement in Zambezia
[AIM] Maputo -- The Attorney-General's Office (PGR) in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia is investigating three public sector managers, who are suspected of stealing ten million meticais (157,000 US dollars, at the current exchange rate) wh...

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 04:27:39 GMT
Jihadis in Northern Mozambique Use Rape As a Weapon of War
[DW] Forced marriages of girls are common in Cabo Delgado. NGOs report that minors are abducted and systematically forced to marry members of jihadi terrorist groups.

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:35:49 GMT
Two Ivory Traffickers Arrested
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) has announced that on Tuesday it aborted an attempted sale of two elephant tusks in Pemba, capital of the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 04:56:56 GMT
Botswana Pledges Continued Support for Mozambique After Regional Troops Leave
[VOA] Maputo, Mozambique -- Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has promised to continue supporting Mozambique in its fight against violent extremism in the oil-and-gas rich province of Cabo Delgado, even after the imminent departure of southern A...

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:23:29 GMT
Constitutional Council Ruling Delays Candidate Lists
[The Open University] CC ruling that CNE did not follow law forces delay to publish candidates lists, but CNE rushing to publish next week

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:57:23 GMT
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana Team Up for Regional Rail Project
[New Zimbabwe] Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Botswana are collaborating on a major infrastructure project that includes upgrading the Beira-Zimbabwe-Botswana railway system and constructing a new deepwater mineral port in southern Mozambique.

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:19:39 GMT
Ambassadors From Mozambique Spain Present Credentials to Seychelles' President
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles and Mozambique are to work on collaborating more in the areas of tourism, the fight against piracy, and agriculture, said the newly accredited high commissioner of Mozambique.

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:47:39 GMT
Mozambique Can Learn From Other African Countries About Hosting IDPs
[ISS] Assisting internally displaced people is crucial for humanitarian and security reasons, but the government has no plan to support them.

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:52:48 GMT
Mob Attacks Police Station for Alleged Release of Murderer in Moatize
[AIM] Maputo -- A crowd in Caphiridzange locality, in Moatize district, in the central Mozambican province of Tete, have attacked and vandalized the local police station for the alleged release of a criminal involved in murder.

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 08:11:33 GMT
Constitutional Council Overules National Elections Commission
[AIM] Maputo -- The Constitutional Council, Mozambique's highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law, has ordered the National Elections Commission (CNE) to receive the nomination papers for parliamentary candidates from the Democrati...

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 05:01:31 GMT
Mozambique to Gather Experience From East Timor
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government intends to gather experience from East Timor in managing the country's sovereign wealth fund, which was approved in December by the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic.

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:48:28 GMT
96 Sernic Arrests Two for Attempting to Kidnap Minors in Chimoio
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo, 5 Jul (AIM) =96 Mozambique=92s National Criminal Investigation Serv= ice (SERNIC) has arrested two individuals for attempting to kidnap two mino= rs, in Chimoio city, capital of the central province of Manica.

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:46:52 GMT
Hidden Debts - Those Responsible Will Face Justice, Pledges PGR
[AIM] Maputo -- Maputo, 7 Jul (AIM) =96 The Mozambican Attorney-General=92s Office (PGR) ha= s stressed that the out-of-court settlement reached last week with the Port= uguese Commercial Bank (BCP) and VTB of Russia does not prevent Mozambican = pro...

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 05:01:29 GMT
SAMIN Formally Withdraws From Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- The Southern African Development Community Military Mission to Mozambique (SAMIM), which had been helping Mozambican forces fight Islamist terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado since July 2021, has formally left the coun...

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:02:22 GMT
Government Withdraws Mining Licenses in Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- The authorities in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado have ordered the withdrawal of mining licenses because some businesses, which were granted licenses years ago, are not investing.

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