Mozambican police seized about $ 16,000 in counterfeit banknotes which investigators say were fabricated by a regional union specializing in printing counterfeit currency. Police said they had arrested two Angolans, and arrest warrants for other suspects would be issued. “Mozambican, Angolan and South African nationals were suspected to be part …
Read More »Mozambique: banking services restored in the north
The banking services which had been discontinued due to insecurity in the region and a lack of electricity supply, have been restored in the northern Mozambican town of Mueda in the restive Cabo Delgado province. Local media say civil servants living in the area used to travel to Montepuez, 220km …
Read More »Mozambique : three people beheaded by jihadists
Three people have been beheaded in a village in Quissanga district in the jihadist-hit northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. According to some reports, the macabre act, the cause of which is unknown at the moment, would be the work of insurgents linked to the Islamic State group fleeing the …
Read More »Mozambique: president Nyusi warns against fake vaccination cards
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi denounced the sale of cards proving vaccination against Covid-19. He said the action “endangers the health and life of all”. President Nyusi urged the public to be vigilant. “We want to draw attention, once again, to regret the situation of buying and selling vaccination cards. This …
Read More »New boss for Mozambique jail after prostitution exposé
A new boss is taking over the running of Mozambique’s Ndlavela Women’s Penitentiary, where it was found that inmates there had been forced into prostitution. Herminia Nhamuze was sworn in as the new director, replacing Albertina Dimande. She had been removed in June during investigations into the allegations first exposed …
Read More »Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu on official visit to Rwanda
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has arrived in Kigali on her first official visit to Rwanda. She is expected to hold talks and have a joint press conference with President Paul Kagame later in the day. President Samia’s two-day visit is aimed at strengthening relations, and the pair will sign …
Read More »Covid-19: Cuban health workers provide aid in Mozambique
In order to help Mozambique respond to the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of 39 Cuban intensive care health experts have been received in the country. On Tuesday, the doctors and nurses joined another group of 14 healthcare workers who had arrived in the country in January. Read also: Activist jailed …
Read More »US to train Mozambique troops fighting insurgents
Two months, is the time the American special operations forces will spend training troops in Mozambique in an attempt to prevent the spread of militant Islamist violence in the north of the country. Insurgents have staged regular attacks in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province since 2017, leaving at least 2,500 …
Read More »Mozambique and DR Congo rebels classified as terrorists by the United States
The US has designated rebel groups in Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique as foreign terrorist organisations. It said the groups, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and Al Ansar al-Sunna, locally known as al-Shabaab in Mozambique, were affiliated to the global jihadist group Islamic State (ISIS). Their leaders have been named …
Read More »At least 25 deaths after ‘wild plant meal’ in Mozambique
Twenty-five people belonging to the same family were among 35 people who died in Mozambique’s northern Muecate district after reportedly eating wild plants and fruits, the authorities say. Local officials say instances of people eating wild fruits, tubers and even wild grass have recently been reported in the region. According …
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