• At Least Three Mozambicans Die in Building Collapse in South Africa

  May 15, 2024 | 14:43 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- At least three Mozambicans have died after a building under construction collapsed, last Monday, in the South African city of George.

• George Building Collapse - South Africa Appeals to Embassies for Money to Repatriate Foreign Workers

  May 15, 2024 | 12:38 pm

  [New Zimbabwe] The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) said it is working with embassies and high commissions of countries including Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to facilitate the repatriation of foreign nationals who lost their lives in the George[…]

• Child Soldiers Used in Raid On Cabo Delgado Town

  May 15, 2024 | 09:06 am

  [HRW] Johannesburg -- Islamist Armed Group Deploys Boys as Young as 13 in Attack on Macomia

• Timely Outbreak Response, Enhanced Surveillance Halts Wild Poliovirus Transmission in Southern Africa

  May 14, 2024 | 16:30 pm

  [WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville/Lilongwe/Maputo -- Following thorough assessments in Malawi and Mozambique, an independent Polio Outbreak Response Assessment Team (OBRA) today recommended the closure of the wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) outbreak in Malawi and Mozambique, marking a significant milestone in the[…]

• Insurgent Food Raid on Macomia Was Big and Well Organised

  May 14, 2024 | 14:21 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The insurgent raid on Macomia town Friday morning 10 May was the largest and best organised since the insurgents took the coastal town of Mucojo, 40km east of Macomia town, on 10 February. The raid[…]

• In the North of the Country - Two Jihadist Attacks Within Two Days

  May 13, 2024 | 18:03 pm

  [Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- Jihadists fighters linked to the Islamic State carried out two major attacks within two days in the Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique. The attack on Macomia (capital of the district of the same name) on May[…]

• Terrorists Murder Ten and Loot Food and Vehicles in Macomia

  May 13, 2024 | 18:03 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- Islamist terrorists killed at least ten people, looted food, and stole 15 vehicles during their attack on Friday against the town of Macomia, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

• Terrorists Driven Back From Macomia

  May 13, 2024 | 18:02 pm

  [AIM] Magude -- The Mozambican defence and security forces have driven back the islamist terrorists who, on Friday morning, attacked the town of Macomia in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

• Jihadist Attack At Dawn in the Macomia District - the Population Flees Into the Forest

  May 13, 2024 | 18:01 pm

  [Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- Since the early hours of today, May 10, an attack carried out by jihadists linked to the Islamic State has been underway in the district of Macomia, in the province of Cabo Delgado, north of Mozambique.[…]

• Confirms Terrorist Occupation of Macomia

  May 13, 2024 | 18:01 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday morning confirmed that islamist terrorists have occupied the town of Macomia, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

• Rwandan Forces Kill Terrorists in Mocímboa DA Praia

  May 13, 2024 | 18:00 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- Rwandan troops, who are helping the Mozambican Defence and Security Forces (FDS) to fight islamist terrorism in the northern Province of Cabo Delgado, have killed an unspecified number of jihadists in Calugo and Ulo, in Mocímboa da[…]

• Who Profits From the Climate Emergency?

  May 13, 2024 | 15:46 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] "Hundreds of the world's leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5ºC above preindustrial levels this century", compared to the agreed target of 1.5ºC, a Guardian (8 May) survey revealed.https://bit.ly/3WCkhj0 This[…]

• What About The Gas?

  May 13, 2024 | 15:44 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Mozambique's huge off-shore gas field is controlled by two consortia. Area 1 nearest the coast is led by the French TotalEnergies and area 4 further off-shore by the US ExxonMobil, both of which have highest[…]

• Big Rise in Insurgent Activity in Past Month

  May 13, 2024 | 15:32 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] A major insurgent attack on Macomia town at 05.00 Friday morning (10 May) underlined the increase in insurgent activity since the end of Ramadan a month ago. An estimated 100 insurgents entered the town on[…]

• Frelimo Not Returning Voter Cards Collected Two Weeks Ago in Alto Molócuè

  May 13, 2024 | 15:26 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Frelimo political leaderships in many places have been collecting voters' cards, which supposedly belong to voters. In the municipality of Alto Molócuè, and in five villages in Zambézia province Frelimo promised to return the cards,[…]

• Assembly Candidates Must Be Submitted by 10 June; Presidential Deadline Extended to 25 June

  May 13, 2024 | 15:24 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] 43 parties, coalitions and citizens' lists have registered with the National Elections Commission (CNE) for the 9 October election, the CNE said today in a press conference. The full list is on https://bit.ly/Moz-El-CNE-10May24

• Mozambique Battles Islamist Attack in Cabo Delgado

  May 13, 2024 | 09:26 am

  [DW] President Nyusi said that the military was embroiled in a fight against insurgents in the northern town of Macomia. The town is in a gas-rich province where Islamic State-linked militants launched an insurgency in 2017.

• Angolan and Namibian Troops Leave Mozambique After 3 Years

  May 9, 2024 | 17:34 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- According to the South African platform "DefenceWeb', a farewell ceremony for the Angolan and Namibian contingents, held at the airport in the Cabo Delgado provincial capital, Pemba, saw soldiers honored with mission service medals as well as[…]

• Civil Society Call for Strategies to Balance Savings and Consumption

  May 9, 2024 | 17:33 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- Civil society organizations have called for the adoption of strategies that allow for a balance between savings and consumption in implementation of the Sovereign Wealth Fund in Mozambique, so that the revenues resulting from the exploitation of[…]

• University Students Condemn New Telecommunication Tariffs

  May 9, 2024 | 17:32 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- A group of university students have submitted a letter to the Mozambican National Communications Institute (INCM), the regulatory body for telecommunications, contesting the new tariffs for voice, data and SMS services, which they claim have been increased[…]

• Mozambique - Daniel Chapo, 47, Announced As Ruling Party's Candidate in October Presidential Election

  May 8, 2024 | 18:07 pm

  [New Times] The ruling party in Mozambique, Frelimo, has announced Daniel Franciso Chapo, a member of its Central Committee, as the party's candidate in the presidential election in October, state media reported on Monday, according to Xinhua.

• Ruling Party Nominates Presidential Candidate

  May 8, 2024 | 06:50 am

  [VOA] Maputo -- Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party picked Daniel Francisco Chapo, the 47-year-old governor of a southern province, to be its candidate for October's presidential election, after heated internal debates that lasted three days.

• Women and Girls in Mozambique to Benefit From New Initiative Combatting Gender-Based Violence

  May 6, 2024 | 17:19 pm

  [World Bank] WASHINGTON -- Women and girls in Mozambique are set to benefit from a new initiative to address Gender-based Violence (GBV), approved by the World Bank Board of Directors on April 30. The Capacity Building for Improved Gender-based Violence[…]

• Terrorists Raid Mazeze Administrative Post

  May 6, 2024 | 17:13 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- A group of Islamist terrorists has raided Mazeze administrative post, in Chiúre district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

• Armies Pursue Terrorists in Mozambique's Nampula Province

  May 6, 2024 | 13:25 pm

  [New Times] After dislodging Islamic State-linked terrorists from major towns and villages in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique's northernmost province, Rwandan and Mozambican troops continued to pursue the terrorists southwards into the neighbouring province of Nampula, it emerges.

• CNE Admits Huge Fake Registration - More Than Half a Million Ghosts Can Vote in October

  May 3, 2024 | 18:35 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] There are 587,941 more registered voters than there are voting age adults in Mozambique, the National Elections Commission admitted this morning. And it stressed that the figure is really larger, because communication difficulties mean not[…]

• STAE Told to Register Children in Nyamayabue

  May 2, 2024 | 17:41 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The number of potential voters seeking to register Nyamayabue, Mutarara, Tete has jumped. In the first fortnight of April, the Nyamayabue municipal area saw only 2 and 3 people registered per brigade per day. Mutarara[…]

• Zimbabweans and Malawians Registering?

  May 2, 2024 | 17:39 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Zanu and the MCP may be mobilizing Zimbabweans and Malawians to register as Mozambican voters. The people benefit because their voters card serves as an ID document and they can go in and out of[…]

• Assembly Amends Election Laws

  May 1, 2024 | 17:37 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Tuesday passed a series of amendments to the electoral legislation, some of which might increase transparency and avoid fraud.

• - Government to Register 15 Million Undocumented Women

  May 1, 2024 | 17:36 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Justice Ministry intends to register and issue birth certificates and identity cards to about 15 million women.