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Mozambique Counts Deadly Cost of Dineo

Mozambique Counts Deadly Cost of Dineo

CASH strapped Mozambique is appealing for funds to curb multiple crisis posed by the destructive Cyclone Dineo. The cyclone, accompanied by winds of 160 kilometers per hour, has dissipated to neighbouring Zimbabwe and South Africa, but has left a trail of devastation in Mozambique. The cyclone killed seven and injured over 101 people. About 550 […]

Mozambique Nets 1,634 Foreign Illegal Miners

Mozambique Nets 1,634 Foreign Illegal Miners

Mozambican authorities have arrested 3,220 people suspected of involvement in illegal mining in Cabo Delgado Province, local media said. According to DW Radio, 1,634 of those arrested were foreign nationals. DW Radio quoted the Cabo Delgado Province police boss, Mr Abdul Chaguro, saying “1,561 were Tanzanian nationals. The other 73 people were from Gambia, Senegal, […]

Zimbabwe Safe From Renamo Bandits – Army General Trust Mugoba

Zimbabwe Safe From Renamo Bandits – Army General Trust Mugoba

The country is safe from incursions by RENAMO bandits from Mozambique despite sporadic attacks between that country’s Government forces and the rebels, the Zimbabwe National Army has said. There were fears that rebel RENAMO bandits under the leadership of Mr Afonso Dlakama, would pose a security threat in communities in Manicaland that border with Mozambique. […]

Zimbabwe to Donate 2,000 Animals to Limpopo National Park In Mozambique

Zimbabwe to Donate 2,000 Animals to Limpopo National Park In Mozambique

The Zimbabwean government is to donate 2,000 animals to Moambique to restock the Limpopo National Park (PNL), in the southern province of Gaza. The Zimbabwean Minister of Environment, Water and Climate, Oppah Machinguri, announced the donation on Friday at a press conference closing the Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park. The Transfrontier […]

President of the Republic on State Visit to the Republic of Mozambique

President of the Republic on State Visit to the Republic of Mozambique

The President of the Republic , Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, arrived on Tuesday to the State of Mozambique in a three-day State Visit, officially invited by the President his country, Mr. Filipe Nyusi.   The President of the Republic was received at the Maputo military airport by the Minister of […]

U.S.$8 Million Dollars Needed to Repair Cyclone Damage in Mozambique

U.S.$8 Million Dollars Needed to Repair Cyclone Damage in Mozambique

Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario is making a two day working visit to the southern province of Inhambane to assess the damage done by cyclone Dineo which hit the province on Wednesday and Thursday last week. Data from provincial governor Daniel Chapo indicates that the death toll from the cyclone stands at seven, […]

Cyclone Dineo – Over 200 Cases of Cholera Reported in Mozambique

Cyclone Dineo – Over 200 Cases of Cholera Reported in Mozambique

Along with the havoc wreaked by tropical storm Dineo, Mozambique has also been hit by a cholera epidemic, with 216 confirmed cases of the diarrhoeal disease and one death in three cities, radio station VOA Portugues reported on Thursday. The capital Maputo, currently experiencing water shortages and rationing, is one of the affected cities. The […]

1,900 Mozambicans Stranded in Moza, Zim Border Fleeing The Banditry Renamo

1,900 Mozambicans Stranded in Moza, Zim Border Fleeing The Banditry Renamo

SOME 1 900 Mozambicans are stranded at the border with Zimbabwe after fleeing the banditry by opposition forces in their country. The Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo) is blamed for the terror, which has continued despite assurances by government leaders a truce was within reach with the opposition party. United Nations agencies said they were mobilizing […]

Tanzanian Govt to Probe Mozambique’s Alleged Torture of 132 Deportees

Tanzanian Govt to Probe Mozambique’s Alleged Torture of 132 Deportees

At the count of 132, stories of torture and use of excessive force among Tanzanians being deported from Mozambique are gaining currency and the government has pledged full investigations into their claims. Speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Dr Suzan […]

Tropical storm Dineo causes damage in Inhambane Province Mozambique before heading off towards Limpopo river

Tropical storm Dineo causes damage in Inhambane Province Mozambique before heading off towards Limpopo river

Tropical Storm Dineo made landfall in Inhambane Province, Mozambique, on the evening of February 15, causing flooding and strong winds. It reached the strength of a Category 1 hurricane on the international Saffir-Simpson scale, with winds registered at 130km/h., while in the Mozambique Channel, the cyclone generated waves 6 metres high. The coast of Inhambame is popular […]

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