Mozambique

[AIM] Maputo -- Five Mozambican civil society organisations have demanded information from the Attorney-General's Office (PGR) about what measures, if any, have been against those responsible for the murder of hundreds of protesters following the post-election unrest of late 2024 and early 2025.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Confederation of Business Associations (CTA) has called on the government to avoid "at all costs' the closure of the Mozal aluminium smelter, on the outskirts of Maputo.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican publicly owned electricity company, EDM, in the central province of Zambezia, suffered losses of 3.8 million meticais (60,000 US dollars) during this year, due to theft and sabotage.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Friday declared that Mozambicans living abroad are "a strategic reserve of great value' for the economic and social development of the country.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican and US governments on Tuesday signed in Washington a five year bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Thursday said that, when he took office in January ,"I found a functioning country, but one that was profoundly weakened'.

[MSF] To respond to the needs of the more than 100,000 people who were forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique a few weeks ago, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched an emergency intervention in Nampula province. Since 4 December, MSF teams have been providing medical care and essential services in the areas of Eráti district with the highest […]

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican police and the Attorney-General's Office (PGR) on Saturday seized over 40 million meticais in banknotes (625,000 US dollars at the current exchange rate) from a Maputo residence.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Bank of Mozambique has received about 109 million US dollars to put into operation the country's Sovereign Wealth Fund, according to the Bank's governor, Rogerio Zandamela.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Saturday approved the plan and budget (PESOE) for 2026.

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[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Health Ministry has recorded 169 deaths from cholera out of about 40,000 cases recorded in the first nine months of this year.

[AIM] Maputo -- Although a climate of public order and tranquillity is generally prevalent throughout Mozambique, terrorist groups remain active in the "Northern Operational Theatre' (i.e. parts of Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces), Prime Minister Benvinda Levi admitted on Wednesday.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Attorney-General, Américo Letela, has called on the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) to carry out investigations that target not only the perpetrators of the crimes, but also those who ordered them.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo believes that the diversification of the economy is crucial for the country's inclusive development, citing the sectors of tourism, agriculture and mineral resources as fundamental for new investments.

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[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican authorities have detained five individuals allegedly involved in illegal transport of timber on the border between the districts of Chiúta and Moatize, in the central province of Tete.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo has called for full respect for the Highway Code in order to prevent bloodshed on the roads, following a traffic accident that killed seven people on Sunday in Manhiça district, about 90 kilometres north of Maputo, along the main north-south highway (EN1).

[AIM] Maputo -- Tomás Matola, chairperson of Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company that operates the Cahora Bassa dam, on the Zambezi River in the central Mozambican province of Tete, has called for the creation of a National Defence Fund (FDN) for better response against various threats, especially islamist terrorism.

[AIM] Maputo -- Sweden has announced that it is gradually closing down its bilateral cooperation with Mozambique.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo declared on Saturday that the working class is "the central pillar for the construction of the economic independence of Mozambique'.

[UN News] The ongoing emergency in northern Mozambique continues to worsen as prolonged attacks by non-state armed groups in Nampula trigger one of the largest displacement surges of the year, the UN warned on Friday.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Bank of Mozambique, in its role as regulator of the national financial system, has announced that companies and individuals can only use their bank cards abroad to make payments of up to six million meticais (94,000 US dollars at the current exchange rate) per year.

[AIM] Maputo -- The European Commission on Thursday removed Mozambique from the European Union's list of high-risk jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in combating financial crime, where it had been included since 2023, following an update from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Ussene Isse has announced the creation of a multi-sector team to investigate the theft of medicines in the central province of Tete, following reports of the use of antiretroviral drugs in chicken farming.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa and Mozambique have reaffirmed their commitment to advancing regional collaboration in skills development through the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Education and Training, which guides joint efforts to address shared educational and training priorities.

[Unicef] New York/Maputo -- Tens of thousands of children displaced as families forced to flee in wake of attacks by armed non-state actors

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Wednesday inaugurated a natural gas processing plant in Inhassoro district, in the southern province of Inhambane.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities have vaccinated a total of 22,022 people against Mpox in a five-day campaign in the northern province of Niassa, the epicentre of the Mozambican outbreak of the disease.