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The municipal authorities in Chimoio city in Mozambique have announced plans to expand the morgue at the main provincial hospital citing rising Covid-19 deaths. City mayor João Ferreira has confirmed the expansion. The project will include expanding the mortuary building and refrigeration capacity at a cost of $5,300 in Manica …

Mozambican authorities have warned of an upcoming cyclone that will affect the central provinces of Zambézia and Sofala and the southern province of Inhambane. The National Meteorological Institute (Inam) predicts the cyclone will land on February 13. This will be Mozambique’s third cyclone in the current rainy season after Cyclones …

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced Thursday that in order to curb the coronavirus pandemic, the southern African nation will go under night curfews from Friday following. A first curfew in Mozambique since the civil war ended in 1992. The curfew will run from 5th February until 7th March. The curfew …

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has offered amnesty to citizens who joined the Islamist insurgency in the gas-rich northern province of Cabo Delgado. President Nyusi promised that there will be no retaliation against those who surrender and return to their families. He made the pledge on Wednesday as the country paid …

In January, Mozambique recorded 210 deaths from Covid-19. According to the health ministry, it is its worst month since the pandemic started. The number is more than half of the 367 deaths recorded from the disease. The southern Africa country also confirmed 20,012 new cases in January, about a half …

Mozambique police boss has reshuffled officers previously stationed at the Namaacha border, which neighbours eSwatini and South Africa, for allegedly taking bribes to allow illegal migration. Police chief Bernardino Rafael announced that all members of the border force were facing disciplinary proceedings. Mr Rafael acknowledged that the bribery allegations did …

Hundreds of residents in Mozambique’s Buzi District are waiting at the Guara Guara administrative post to be evacuated after their houses were destroyed by Cyclone Eloise. Some residents who spoke to a local daily Noticias say they have been queuing for three days now. The National Institute for Disaster Risk …

The confiscation of alcohol during raids conducted by Mozambique’s police to enforce Covid-19 restriction measures has been condemned by the main opposition party Renamo. Last weekend, police raided bars and restaurants and confiscated alcoholic drinks. Bars had been ordered to close under new measures and restaurants had their opening hours …

Three Nigerians, a South African and a local on suspicion of belonging to an international network of traffickers of cocaine, were arrested by the Mozambican police. According to the spokesperson for the Maputo City Police Command, Leonel Muchina, the five alleged drug traffickers were detained in the in the neighbourhood …

The United Nations says that an Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique has created a humanitarian crisis. The World Food Programme(WFP) said the cost of food had soared and that the violence had limited access to water, sanitation and education. Read more: While pursuing jihadists, four Nigerien soldiers are killed About …