Mozambique

Mozambican president calls for more investment in natural resource industries

MAPUTO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi has encouraged foreign investors to plow money into the country's natural resource industries.

President Nyusi made the remarks in his address Monday at the inauguration of the 58th Maputo International Fair, the country's most prominent trade exhibition that will end Sunday in Ricatla, Maputo province.

Lavrov scolds US envoy to South Africa for allegations about weapons supplies to Russia

MAPUTO /Mozambique/, May 31. /TASS/: US Ambassador to Pretoria Reuben Brigety, who alleged that South Africa had provided Russia with weapons, should mind his own business, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference on Wednesday.

Mozambique works to contain cholera outbreak after cyclone

QUELIMANE, Mozambique (AP) — Weeks after massive Cyclone Freddy hit Mozambique for a second time, the still-flooded country is facing a spiraling cholera outbreak that threatens to add to the devastation.

There were over 19,000 confirmed cases of cholera across eight of Mozambique’s provinces as of March 27, according to U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, a figure which had almost doubled in a week.

Car accident kills 17 in central Mozambique

MAPUTO, March 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 people, including three children, were killed in a deadly road accident in central Mozambique on Saturday morning, the state radio channel Radio Mozambique reported on Sunday.

Another three people suffered serious injuries in the accident that occurred in the Nhamatanda district, central province of Sofala, involving a passenger minibus and a truck, according to the report, quoting Sofala's Secretary of State, Stella da Graca.

Mozambique jihadi violence spreads despite military effort

NANJUA, Mozambique (AP) — Fleeing beheadings, shootings, rapes and kidnappings, nearly 1 million people are displaced by the Islamic extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique.

The 5-year wave of jihadi violence in Cabo Delgado province has killed more than 4,000 people and scuppered international investments worth billions of dollars.

Mozambican president urges young people to keep away from crimes

MAPUTO, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi called on Monday the youth of the country to reject invitations of joining terrorist groups or illegal activities in face of the difficulties in finding jobs and the high cost of living.

The president was speaking to representatives from all over Mozambique during the launching ceremony of the country's seventh National Youth Conference in Maputo, where he saluted the young soldiers defending the nation against terrorists at the front line in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Mozambique launches new round of polio vaccination campaign

MAPUTO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Mozambique's health ministry launched Wednesday the country's third round of the vaccination campaign against polio targeted at children under 5 years of age in the country.

According to the Minister of Health Armindo Tiago who spoke at the launch of the campaign in Maputo, the exercise will take place from Thursday to Sunday.

Mozambique cyclone death toll rises to 53

  MAPUTO, March 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a cyclone that lashed northern Mozambique last week has risen to 53, authorities in the northern Nampula province said.

  The last official toll was 22 but 31 more bodies have been found in Mossuril district in the wake of Cyclone Gombe, local authorities said late Wednesday.

  The area on the Indian Ocean coast is largely inaccessible now as road links have been disrupted by felled trees.

Tanzanian jihadist killed in Mozambique – police

MAPUTO, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A suspected Tanzanian jihadist leader has been killed in Mozambique, two weeks after another militant leader from the East African country was captured by military forces.

Tuahil Muhidim is accused of leading jihadist operations to occupy Mocimboa da Praia on the northern coast of Cabo Delgado province in 2020.

The death was announced on Sunday by police chief Bernardino Rafael during a military parade in Magoma, about 11km from Naquitungue, where Muhidim was killed together with one of his partners on Saturday.

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