Africa Mozambique More than 600 hostages held by Islamic State have been freed in the north of the country; according to a statement released by the Rwanda Defence Forces, in an offensive led by the three armed forces in Cabo Delgado
Africa Mozambique Thousands of Mozambicans who sought refuge in Malawi during the tropical storm earlier this year are returning to their country
Africa Mozambique Mozambican defence and security forces have captured the Catupa base, headquarter used by terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado
Africa Mozambique The Zinave National Park welcomed its first white rhinos in 40 years on Friday after 19 of the threatened animals completed a 1.600-kilometre truck ride from South Africa
Africa Mozambique In Gorogonsa, at the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in central Mozambique, coffee, once an alien, grows in the rainforest reversing ecosystem degradation by reforesting the area
Africa Mozambique The country was unanimously elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council and will succeed Kenya; it is the first time that the Portuguese-speaking country occupies the seat
Africa Mozambique A new project in the village of Manhene seeks to change perceptions about violence against women in a country where half of all women marry before the age of 18 and, according to UN figures, more than one in five women have experienced violence
Africa Mozambique The country has detected a case of wild poliovirus, the first in 30 years, after neighbouring Malawi reported a similar detection three months ago, WHO announced
Africa Mozambique The IMF has granted a €432 million loan to Mozambique, the first since it withdrew six years ago at the time of the so-called 'hidden debt' scandal involving the government
Africa Mozambique About 11% of the donor money to Mozambique to tackle Covid-19 in 2020 (about 30 million out of a total of 285) has been misused, the government itself acknowledges in a report listing some of the measures taken to rectify the situation
Africa Mozambique The governments of Mozambique and South Africa have announced plans to reintroduce rhinos to the Zinave National Park in southern Mozambique, which went extinct 40 years ago
Africa Mozambique A study by the Institute for Multiparty Democracy, a Mozambican NGO, has reported a decline in the political representation of young people in the country, noting that this context damages the participation of this population group in elected bodies
Africa Mozambique To support the country on its path to sustainable development, as well as on the humanitarian response to the crisis in the north, Japan has announced its funding commitment of $5,2 million through 6 international organizations