Maputo — The National Council of Mozambique’s main opposition party, Renamo, has effectively prevented Venancio Mondlane, the Renamo candidate for mayor of Maputo in last year’s municipal elections, from running for the Renamo presidency at the party congress, scheduled for mid-May. In the early hours of Monday morning, the Council approved a profile for candidates […]
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Maputo — Somali pirates have released the Bangladeshi-flagged merchant vessel “Abdullah’, hijacked over a month ago, long with its 23 member crew – but only after a ransom of five million US dollars was paid. The European Union Naval Force (EU NavFor) in a statement on 15 April confirmed the release, adding its Operation Atalanta […]
Friday the 5th of April 2024 marks the beginning of the withdrawal of SAMIM Force. The Contingent to withdraw was the Elements of Botswana Contingent from Cabo Delgado in Mozambique. The contingent arrived in the mission area in October 2023. SAMIM mounted a well-attended farewell parade graced by the presence of SAMIM Acting Head of […]
Maputo, Mozambique — At least 97 people died when an overloaded boat capsized and sank off the coast of Mozambique late Sunday, state-run Radio Mozambique reported, citing local officials. Radio Mozambique on Monday quoted Silveiro Nauaito, administrator of Mozambique’s northern province of Nampula, as saying those aboard the boat, largely women and children, were traveling […]
A makeshift ferry with nearly 130 people on board sank off the northern coast of Mozambique. Authorities said some passengers were attending a fair, while others were trying to escape a deadly cholera outbreak. A makeshift ferry capsized and sank off the northern coast of Mozambique Sunday, killing more than 90 people on board, according […]
Maputo — The health authorities at Nampula Central Hospital (HCN), in northern Mozambique, have been forced to remove the eyes of nine patients due to complications caused by self-medication for hemorrhagic conjunctivitis. Since the outbreak of conjunctivitis, the authorities have recorded over 8,000 cases in seven provinces. The first case was diagnosed on 13 February […]
Maputo — Reports from four northern Mozambican districts indicate that local directors of the Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) are attempting to prevent independent observation of the current voter registration. The anti-corruption NGO, the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP) says that in Ribaue and Larde (in Nampula province), and in Mecufi and Ancuabe (in Cabo […]
Maputo — Mozambique’s National Meteorology Institute (INAM) is forecasting torrential rain and floods for Friday in southern Mozambique. According to INAM meteorologist, Acácio Tembe, the torrential rain, which will vary from 30 to 50 millimeters in 24 hours, is expected to hit the provinces of Gaza and Inhambane and Maputo province and city. “The forecast […]
Fugutive and murder suspect Peter Dube has been arrested at the Robert Mugabe International Airport after he was deported from Mozambique after evading police for close to two years. Dube had been deported to Mozambique by Irish officials after he claimed that he was a Mozambican using identity and travel documents with the false name […]
Maputo — Mozambique’s relief agency, the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), has announced that almost 220.000 people may be at risk of food insecurity in the central province of Sofala as a result of a lack of rain which is believed to be related to the “El Niño’ phenomenon. According to […]
Maputo — The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambique (CPMO), meeting in Maputo on Wednesday, announced a cut in its main interest rate of 75 base points. Thus the bank’s Monetary Policy Rate (MIMO) falls from 16.5 to 15.75 per cent. According to a CPMO release, “this decision is supported by the consolidation […]
Maputo — Mozambique’s relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD) has deployed technical teams to monitor tropical storm “Gamane’, which has swept across Madagascar, leaving a trail of destruction behind it. According to INGD chairperson, Luísa Meque, who was speaking to reporters on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the working visit she paid to […]
Electoral authorities are repeating the misconduct of last’s year municipal elections, registering Frelimo voters first the then when they get to opposition voters waiting in the queue, the registration machine “breaks down”. And CIP correspondents have been denied press credentials in four provinces. And as in last year’s registration, the fraud is brazen and done […]
Our correspondents report that many of the registration posts that were not working in the city and province of Maputo Monday due to torrential rains had reopened on Wednesday. In Maputo city, the information was confirmed by STAE Central. According to STAE spokesperson Regina Matsinhe, there are eight brigades that have not yet reopened in […]
Frelimo has delayed until May its special Central Committee to choose its presidential candidate. There are major divisions within the party, no short list and no obvious front-runner. Legal action by Venâncio Mondlane forced Renamo head Ossufo Momade to agree a party congress on 15-16 May to choose a candidate. Momade is seen as a […]
The police on 26 March reported the fatal stabbing of a typist at voter registration post no. 259, located in the Napote EP1, in Muiane locality, in the Alto Ligonha administrative post, in Gilé district. The police say the murder happened at 00:02 on 25 March, about 100 metres from the voter registration post. A […]
Maputo — The Association of United Mozambican Health Professionals (APSUSM) has threatened to resume its nationwide strike as of Thursday supposedly because the Health Ministry (MISAU), has failed to fulfill promises made in the negotiations. The strike had been suspended in August 2023. Neither APSUSM nor the Health Ministry gave any reliable figures as to […]
Maputo — At least four people have died and around 50,000 have been affected by the heavy rain that has been falling, since Sunday morning, in southern Mozambique. According to the head of the National Department of River Basin Management, Agostinho Vilanculo, who was speaking on Monday, in Maputo, at the Technical Council for Disaster […]