Civil society groups cite Palma terrorist attack, oppose restarting project Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | French and Mozambican civil society groups have filed a criminal suit against French energy giant, TotalEnergies, in Paris, accusing it of “manslaughter and negligence” during the terrorist attack on Palma, in northern Mozambique about 30 …
Read More »Uganda’s Dr Sozi appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Mozambique
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Catherine Sozi was appointed as the UN Resident Coordinator in Mozambique by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. With the host government’s approval, she took up her assignment on July 1, 2023. Sozi brings more than 18 years of cumulative international experience and results at the UN …
Read More »Cyclone Freddy kills more than 200 in southern Africa
Blantyre, Malawi | Xinhua | Tropical Cyclone Freddy has continued to cause devastation in the southern African region as the death toll from disasters such as flash floods and mudslides continues to rise. In Malawi, where the impact of the cyclone looks the most severe, the death toll has risen …
Read More »Tropical storm Ana kills 18 in Mozambique
Maputo, Mozambique | Xinhua | At least 18 people died because of the passage of the tropical storm Ana, which devastated the center and north of Mozambique, announced the spokesman of the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) Paulo Tomas, on Thursday. The spokesperson was speaking through a live …
Read More »Trouble over Mozambique’s gas
The discovery offered major promise for a very poor county but has instead led to escalation of armed conflict | THEO NEETHLING | Recent events in Palma, a town in the volatile Cabo Delgado province in the north of Mozambique, have taken bloodshed in the region to new levels. Dozens …
Read More »Mozambique’s resource curse
How natural gas blessing is turning into a curse | THE INDEPENDENT | When dozens of local and foreign citizens were killed in an assault by insurgents in the northern Mozambique town of Palma in Cabo Delgado province in the last week of March, security observers described it as a …
Read More »UN seeks aid workers caught up in Mozambique
Maputo, Mozambique | XINHUA | The United Nations is trying to contact humanitarian workers caught up in Mozambique attacks while on stand-by to aid residents of Palma town, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. “We always make sure that our presence on the ground, our staff and related aid workers, …
Read More »Mozambique to assess possibility of using TB vaccine for COVID-19
Maputo, Mozambique | XINHUA | Health authorities in Mozambique will start conducting a study in this month to assess the possibility of using the Tuberculosis vaccine to combat COVID-19 infections in the country, Radio Mozambique reported on Friday. According to the report citing the research coordinator for acute respiratory infections …
Read More »Mozambique state calls for ‘conviction’ of police officers in poll observer murder
Xai-Xai, Mozambique | AFP | Mozambique’s public prosecutor on Thursday called for an “exemplary conviction” of six elite officers accused of murdering a poll observer ahead of national elections last year, but denied any state involvement in the killing. Prosecutor Leonardo Cumbe’s remarks marked the end of a trial in the …
Read More »EU casts doubt on credibility of Mozambique election
Maputo, Mozambique | AFP | The European Union on Friday cast doubt on the credibility of Mozambique’s ruling party’s victory in last month’s election, saying its observers detected a litany of “irregularities and malpractices” and called on authorities to clarify them. Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi won a new five-year …
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