The Association of Public Televisions and Radios (SABA) for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is creating a television station, to be called "SABA TV", to broadcast content produced in the member countries. The SABA Content Committee met today in Maputo, at one of its quarterly meetings, to coordinate...
Mozambique's Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs, Helena Kida, and her Botswana counterpart, Machana Ronald Shamukuni, have signed an agreement to exchange prisoners and provide legal mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. "We understand that the agreement makes it clear conclusively that extradition requests will be decided by the state to which the request is made...
The Mozambican Defence and Security Forces need to strengthen their structure with more lethal weapons, according to the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, who asked, on Monday in Maputo, for more military support from the European Union (EU). Speaking on the sidelines of the opening of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Nyusi acknowledged European aid in the fight against...
Rebel incursions recorded in September in Nampula caused a total of 47,000 displaced people, but most have returned to their home areas with improved security conditions, according to the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD). "We had registered a total of 47,000 displaced people....
The President of the Republic Filipe Nyusi, today advocated the strengthening of research and broad cooperation between countries in the region as solutions to curb terrorism. "The fight against organized and transnational crime and, above all, terrorism and its manifestations, suggests to the states a broad cooperation in the exchange and sharing of information," said Filipe Nyusi....
Insurgents attacked a Mozambican armed forces (FADM) garrison in the village of Mandimba, Nangade, on June 28, killing the commander and wounding up to five soldiers, forcing them to withdraw. Local sources said that the FADM position was attacked around 4 p.m. in Mandimba, approximately 30 km from the district headquarters of...
An Oxfam investigation of development indices in several countries, including those of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), revealed that there are very rich Mozambicans and that 50 have assets of more than $10 million. "Mozambique has the fifth highest income inequality in SADC and the seventh highest in the...
An analysis of development indices among countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and worldwide has revealed that Mozambique is among the worst in several aspects. The Commitment to Reducing Inequalities Index (CRII) report shows that the country has a poor performance in public services and rights...
A document consulted by MZNews reveals that the foreign military presence in Cabo Delgado continues to grow, i.e., it is more than what has been proclaimed in official speeches. The source says that currently there are 24 countries with a military contingent in the lands of Cabo Delgado. The SADC mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) has troops...
There are countries with close ties of friendship with Mozambique committed to empowering and financing the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado province, to seek to prevent the "risk of enlargement" of armed incursions into neighboring areas, said the Minister of Economy and Finance, Max Tonela. Asked who will bear the expenses of the foreign troops,...