Inhambane turnout is mixed, with high turnout in Funhalouro district. In the Natal Ngovene Primary School, in Mabote district, there were enormous queues on the second day, and the registration of all the voters could not be finished by 17:30. In some places there was an early rush. Brigade members from the Salamanga community, in […]
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In Chiure district, registration is only taking place within the municipality. No administrative post has an operational registration team. Officially, shortage of transport is cited as the reason, but the main motive is the lack of security and the fact that roads are impassable. In Ibo and Quissanga districts, the conditions have not yet been […]
CIP is being denied press credentials in Maputo City, Maputo province, Gaza, Nampula and Tete, despite applications have been made two to three weeks ago. In Cabo Delgado, Niassa, Sofala and Inhambane applications were made less than two weeks ago and credentials were distributed yesterday (Monday18 March). The Public Integrity Centre (CIP) is publisher of […]
In Inharongue and Danga EPCs, Buzi, Sofala, registration brigade members have allegedly been instructed to attend first to Frelimo members who come with the saguta (village heads) and party branch secretaries. This was denounced by the MDM District Political Delegate in Búzi, Fernando Gaissa. He also alleged that there is an attempt to block accreditation […]
Geneva — This is a summary of what was said by Antonella d’Aprile, WFP Country Director in Mozambique to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This week marks five years since Cyclone Idai struck, affecting more than 2 million people across Mozambique, Malawi […]
Authorities in Mozambique report that some 14,000 people have been affected by the severe Tropical Storm Filipo across central and southern Mozambique, with two people killed and more than a dozen others injured. Humanitarian partners on the ground are carrying out assessments – including on the needs of women and girls – in districts that […]
It is impossible to know the true results of last year’s municipal elections because the National Elections Commission (CNE) and Constitutional Council (CC) can change results in secret and without explanation. In Mozambique’s democracy, these two bodies, not the voters, decide who wins. There were elections in 65 municipalities on 11 October 2023, but which […]
Millions of people have nothing left to eat but wild roots as they have lost their crops to repeated extreme weather Tropical storm Filipo has hit Mozambique today, leaving hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of humanitarian support. The storm, which made landfall in Inhambane province in Mozambique, comes just a year after […]
Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due to an escalation of armed violence in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The new wave of displacements is taking place against the backdrop of a protracted cholera outbreak, heightening the risk of infectious diseases for displaced families and host […]
Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due to an escalation of armed violence in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The new wave of displacements is taking place against the backdrop of a protracted cholera outbreak, heightening the risk of infectious diseases for displaced families and host […]
Maputo — The intense heat that has been hitting southern Mozambique in recent days has caused the loss of over 4,000 hectares of various crops in Maputo province alone. Over the past week, the maximum temperature soared to 40 degrees Celsius, accompanied by a lack of rainfall, which is believed to be related to the […]
Geneva — Attacks and fear of attacks in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, have triggered the displacement of almost 100,000 people, including more than 60,000 children, in the past month, the UN Children’s Agency, Unicef, is reporting. “Children separated from their families are at risk of violence and exploitation, including recruitment and use by armed groups,” […]
Maputo — The peasant militia known as “naparamas’ on Friday killed two Islamist terrorists near the Megaruma River, which separates the districts of Chiúre and Ancuabe, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. According to Wednesday’s issue of the independent newssheet “Carta de Moçambique’, citing local sources, during the confrontation with the terrorists, two […]
Over the past four years, Spotlight Initiative’s comprehensive approach to eliminating violence against women and girls has changed lives and communities in Mozambique. This 30-minute documentary shines a light on the Initiative’s impact through the stories and voices of the women who took part. From youth groups to women’s economic empowerment activities, it demonstrates why […]
Geneva — UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned about the escalating humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, as the recent surge in violence by non-state armed groups continues to force thousands of people to flee towards southern districts in search of safety. Since the latest outbreak of violence and attacks on civilians at […]
Maputo — Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has claimed that, despite the terrorism that has been plaguing some districts of the northern province of Cabo Delgado since 2017, the country is relatively stable. According to government figures, the latest wave of attacks by Islamist terrorists in Cabo Delgado has displaced more than 60,000 people over the […]
Maputo — The Mozambican government needs about 100 million dollars to implement the pilot rail electrification project, from Maputo city to the border with South Africa at Ressano Garcia, over a length of 88 kilometres. According to Transport Minister Mateus Magala, who was speaking to reporters on Thursday, in Maputo, after a meeting with the […]
Cape Town — Renowned Mozambican abstract textile artist Lizette Chirrime is showing her first artistic fashion line in Cape Town, South Africa, as the first presentation by Art Africa of their Community Residency program. “I noticed that people reject their own identity and rather embrace Western styles and traditions,” Chirrime said, reflecting on her work […]