Mozambique

[New Times] The death toll from Cyclone Chido in Mozambique has climbed to 73, with 543 individuals reported injured, the country's disaster relief agency announced on Thursday, December 19, Xinhua reports.

[AIM] Maputo -- A consortium formed by the Mozambican Ombudsman, Isaque Chande, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), and the Central Commission for Public Ethics (CCEP), has claimed that the security forces committed excesses and used disproportionate force against the demonstrators who have been protesting against the allegedly fraudulent results […]

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican and South African governments have decided to strengthen security measures along the highway which links the two countries and the Ressano Garcia border in order to mitigate disruptions of trade during any further mass demonstrations called by the presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane in protest against the allegedly […]

[AIM] Maputo -- Over a hundred adult education and literacy workers, in the central Mozambican city of Beira, on Wednesday went on strike in protest at the non-payment of overtime allowances that the government has allegedly owed them for the past three years.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane has accused the current president, Filipe Nyusi, of attempting to cling on to power.

[UN News] Humanitarians continue to assess the impact of Tropical Cyclone Chido in Mozambique and to support affected families, the UN reported on Wednesday.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa and Mozambique have agreed to enhance diplomatic channels for continuous engagement to minimise disruptions to trade and supply chains amid the ongoing post-election turmoil in the neighbouring country.

[AIM] Maputo -- The former director of Infrastructure Services in the northern Mozambican Province of Nampula, Gil de Carvalho, was detained on Monday for allegedly ordering the sale of state property to his relatives.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican hotel companies and their service providers have already lost more than half a billion meticais due to the post-election protests called by followers of presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane.

[AIM] Maputo -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has disbursed four million dollars in support of the victims of tropical cyclone Chido, which hit the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula on Saturday.

[AIM] Maputo -- The known death toll from tropical cyclone Chido, which hit several districts in the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula on Saturday, has risen from 15 to 34.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government on Tuesday admitted that it does not have the money to pay education and health professionals for the overtime worked in 2023 and 2024.

Powerful storm in drought-hit region confirmed to have killed 45 people in Mozambique and 13 in MalawiMayotte before and after: satellite images show damageThe death toll from Cyclone Chido has continued to rise, with authorities confirming that 45 people were killed in Mozambique and 13 in Malawi.French officials said the number of deaths on the Mayotte […]

[UN News] Tropical Cyclone Chido struck northern Mozambique over the weekend, bringing torrential rains and powerful winds that caused devastation for communities in Cabo Delgado province.

[Unicef] Thousands of homes immediately destroyed in Cabo Delgado, a province grappling with protracted conflict; UNICEF concerned about the spread of waterborne diseases and large-scale displacement

[AIM] Maputo -- The international NGO "Save the Children' has announced that about 650,000 children and their families are in danger as a result of tropical cyclone Chido, which hit the northern Mozambican provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula on Saturday, causing the death of at least 15 people.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Political Commission of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party has expressed its concern at the mass demonstrations that have been taking place in the country since 21 October and has called on the government to take concrete measures to relieve the cost of living.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane has threatened that the country will descend into chaos if the Constitutional Council, the country's highest body in matters of electoral law, does not declare that he won the 9 October presidential election.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican authorities have confirmed the death of 15 people as a result of tropical cyclone Chido, which hit several districts of the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula on Saturday.

[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- "If we know the truth about the election, we will move towards peace. If it is an electoral lie, we will plunge the country into the abyss, chaos and disorder," warned Venancio Mondlane, candidate of the opposition party PODEMOS, who came second in the presidential elections on October 9 (see Fides, 9/10/2024). Mondlane contested […]

[VOA] Maputo, Mozambique -- At least 34 people were killed and 43 injured when Cyclone Chido smashed into three northern provinces of Mozambique on Sunday and Monday. The head of the country's disaster management agency says the numbers are preliminary, as rescue teams search through rubble.

[SAnews.gov.za] International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Ronald Lamola will lead a delegation of South African ministers in a bilateral engagement with Mozambique on Wednesday, 18 December 2024.

[RFI] Cyclone Chido claimed at least 34 lives after sweeping across Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced Tuesday.

Authorities impose night-time curfew to prevent looting as dozens reported killed across Mozambique and MalawiThe search for missing people has continued on the French territory of Mayotte, after Cyclone Chido devastated the islands on Saturday before sweeping through south-eastern Africa, where the death toll is climbing in Mozambique and Malawi.Large […]

[SAnews.gov.za] Twenty-seven teenage boys are set to be repatriated home to Mozambique after resurfacing from the Stilfontein unused mines more than a month ago, the Department of Social Development in the North West said.

[AIM] Maputo -- Unknown assailants kidnapped and severely beat a senior figure in the opposition Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) on Saturday night in the central city of Beira.

[AIM] Maputo -- Several districts of the northern Mozambican provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula were hit on Sunday by torrential rain and heavy winds as a result of the passage of intense tropical cyclone Chido.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has compared the attacks on cholera treatment units to the Islamist terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

[AIM] Maputo -- A major fire broke out on Saturday in a coal processing area belonging to the Indian company Vulcan, in Moatize district, in the central Mozambican province of Tete.

[savethechildren_uk] Up to 650,000 children [1] and their families are in danger after Cyclone Chido tore through northern Mozambique, Save the Children has warned.