Mozambique: Renamo General Secretary Taken Hostage Dec 1, 2008
A group of men who once fought for the apartheid-backed Renamo rebels during the war of destabilisation in Mozambique on Friday took the Renamo general secretary, Ossufo Momade, hostage in the northern city of Nampula. The former guerrillas had worked as Renamo polling station monitors in Nampula during the municipal elections held on 19 November, but say they have not yet been paid ... Momade also accused Frelimo of "diverting" electoral registers in the Nampula municipalities of Angoche,... (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Few Women Mayors This Term Nov 28, 2008
It may yet lose the fifth, the Indian Ocean port of Nacala in Nampula province where an extremely tight race may need a re-run ... 3 percent of the vote in Nampula, and five percent of votes were invalid. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Frelimo Sweeps Municipal Elections Nov 23, 2008
Other municipalities that Renamo lost are Angoche, a coastal town in the northern Nampula province, Marromeu in the central Sofala province, and possibly Mozambique Island. It is still unclear who won the port of Nacala municipality as only 28 of the 99 polling stations have been counted. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Ruling Party With Huge Lead in Local Elections Nov 21, 2008
The Independent Party of Mozambique (PIMO), a thinly disguised Islamic party, picked up one seat in each of the assemblies in Cuamba, Nampula and Angoche in 2003. This time it is likely to lose all those seats. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Two Incidents Halt Voting Nov 20, 2008
STAE press officer Lucas Jose said that at one polling station on Mozambique Island, in the northern province of Nampula, a gang of youths appeared and tried to shut down the station and send all the voters in the queue away ... Particularly serious are reports that policemen in Macia, in Gaza province, and in Monapo, in Nampula, were actually inside the stations, sitting next to the polling station staff, which could be interpreted as blatant intimidation of voters. (allAfrica.com)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Mozambique: The Goal is Clean Water for All Sep 11, 2008
In August Mozambique received a US$15 million credit facility from the International Development Association to support water and institutional projects, and in April the World Bank signed a US$16 million grant to Mozambique's Water Supply Assets and Investment Fund (FIPAG) to increase pipe-borne access for poor households in five cities: Beira, Maputo, Nampula, Pemba, and Quelimane. "Under this grant, private service providers operating under lease contracts from FIPAG will connect an estimated... (allAfrica.com)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Mozambique: Millennium Challenge Actions to Start in September Jul 15, 2008
It is now almost exactly a year since Cuereneia signed the agreement (known as a "compact") with MCC Chief Executive Office John Danilovich in Washington, under which almost 507 million dollars was allocated mostly for water supply, sanitation and roads in four provinces north of the Zambezi river {Zambezia, Nampula, Cabo Delgado and Niassa. Since then the money has not been disbursed. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Boost for the Small Farmer Jul 2, 2008
The programme will be active in five Mozambican provinces - Manica, Sofala, Zambezia, Nampula and Tete - and will buy cereals and pulses from smallholder farmers' organisations as well as small/medium traders. Andrea Alfieri, WFP's Mozambique Country Office P4P Focal Point, said the programme, called Building Commodity Value Chains and Market Linkages for Farmers' Associations, would be part of a joint programme with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the International Fund for... (allAfrica.com)
Sadbhav to acquire 74% stake in Ocean Bright Jun 9, 2008
License for prospecting of lime stone in 24,740 Hectares of land in Nampula Province of Mozambique; iii. Right for prospecting of minerals for coal in 5320 Hectares of land in Manica Province of Mozambique; and iv. (India Infoline.com)
Mozambique: Japan to Finance Nampula-Cuamba Road Jun 2, 2008
The Japanese government will finance the complete rehabilitation and tarring of the 400 kilometre long road between the northern Mozambican cities of Nampula and Cuamba, Mozambican President Armando Guebuza announced on Friday. He was speaking to Mozambican journalists shortly after the end of the fourth Japan-Africa summit (TICAD IV) in the Japanese city of Yokohama. (AllAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Country Committed to Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative May 10, 2008
This will certainly increase in 2008, which will be the first full year of production of titanium ores from the heavy mineral sands at Moma on the coast of the northern province of Nampula. In the near future, exploitation of the huge deposits of heavy mineral sands at Chibuto, in Gaza province, and of coal at Moatize, in Tete, will begin. (allAfrica.com)
'Green Revolution' to End Food Deficit in Mozambique May 8, 2008
Clones of cassava varieties resistant to brown streak disease are being multiplied and distributed in Nampula province. The government is also boosting the availability of fertilizer. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Officials Master Floods - But Battle to Contain Diseases That Follow May 3, 2008
As soon as it appeared that the floodwaters were beginning to subside, Cyclone Jokwe hit the coastline near Nampula in the north, displacing thousands more people and causing 17 deaths. Government would like to transform some of the resettlement areas into permanent villages in order to avoid the flood rescue operations, which take place on an almost annual basis. (allAfrica.com)
SA grounds private Mozam airline Apr 4, 2008
The second then suffered a bird strike at the airport in the northern city of Nampula ... Air Corridor is the flagship company of the Gulamo Group, a business based in Nampula ... The paper was told that the key management figures, both in Nampula and in Maputo, were out of the country. (iAfrica.com)
Cyclone Heads To Mozambique Tourist Area And Madagascar Mar 15, 2008
Cyclone Jokwe struck ferociously last Friday, displacing 55,000 people, destroying electricity pylons and uprooting trees in the northern Nampula province. "It is too dangerous for shipping. It is now over the Mozambique channel on its current course and is likely to strike both Mozambique and Madagascar again," Mussa Mustafa, head of the National Institute of Meteorology, said in an interview. (Planet Ark, United States)
Cyclone Jokwe flays Mozambique, one killed Mar 10, 2008
Radio Mozambique reported that scores of people have fled their homes in the northern Nampula Province and national television broadcast footage of electricity pylons brought down by strong winds of up to 200 kph (125 miles). Mustafa said the risk of renewed flooding was small because the rains would hit coastal areas and flow into the ocean. (AlertNet)
Mozambique: Cyclone Plunges Island Into Darkness Mar 9, 2008
The district of Mozambique Island, on the coast of the northern province of Nampula, is without electricity thanks to the high winds and torrential rains brought to the region by cyclone Jokwe. Jokwe has been affecting the weather along the Nampula coast since Friday night ... The Minister of State Administration, Lucas Chomeras, has interrupted a working visit to Ribaue district, in the west of Nampula in order to concentrate his efforts on the cyclone-hit districts of the coast. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Red Alert Declared for Nampula Coast Mar 9, 2008
com: Mozambique: Red Alert Declared for Nampula Coast (Page 1 of 1) ... Mozambique: Red Alert Declared for Nampula Coast ... Mozambique's National Emergency Operations Centre (CENOE) on Saturday morning declared a red alert for coastal districts of the northern province of Nampula, as Cyclone Jokwe approached. (allAfrica.com)
MOZAMBIQUE: La Nina triggers record number of cyclones Mar 9, 2008
Jokwe, which has now moved past the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is expected to cause moderate to heavy rain in the coastal districts of Nampula and Zambezia provinces in Mozambique, said Mustafa ... Zambezia and Nampula provinces had been affected by heavy flooding earlier in 2008. (AlertNet)
Cyclone Jokwe Hits Madagascar, Heads To Mozambique Mar 7, 2008
"There will heavy rains as of tomorrow in the northern regions of the Nampula province (and) the districts of Mogincual and Angoche are likely to be struck on Saturday when the cyclone makes a landfall with a wind speed of 140 kph," he added. Last month Cyclone Ivan smashed Madagascar, killing more than 80 people and leaving over 200,000 homeless, but lost steam before striking Mozambique. (Planet Ark, United States)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Mozambique: President Calls for Routine HIV Testing Dec 2, 2007
1 per cent, and in Nampula it was 9. 2 per cent. Garrido said the latest figures for both provinces was eight per cent. In the third northern province, Cabo Delgado, the prevalence rate rose from 8. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Voter Registration in Trouble - Again Nov 24, 2007
"In Maputo [in the south] 82 percent of the population is FRELIMO. In Nampula [in the north], it's almost equally split between the parties.". Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Fall in Cotton Production Likely Oct 14, 2007
Climatic factors in the main cotton producing areas of the northern mozambican province of Nampula and Cabo Delgado are likely to reduce cotton production substantially, warns the government's Mozambique Cotton Institute (IAM). The IAM is revising down its estimates for 2007 production. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique okays oil plant Aug 13, 2007
3 billion) in Nampula, state media reported yesterday ... 3 billion) in Nampula, state media reported yesterday. (Business Report, South Africa)
Mozambique: Agreement Signed With Millennium Challenge Corporation Jul 15, 2007
The money is mostly to be spent on water supply, sanitation and roads in four provinces north of the Zambezi river (Zambezia, Nampula, Cabo Delgado and Niassa). The agreement was signed on the premises of the US State Department by Mozambique's Planning and Development Minister, Aiuba Cuereneia, and the MCC Chief Executive Office, John Danilovich. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique:President Signs Agreement in United States Jul 14, 2007
Mozambique has been in negotiations with the MCC since 2004, and the final shape of the agreement {known as a "compact"} consists of a series of interventions to reduce poverty in four provinces north of the Zambezi river - Zambezia, Nampula, Niassa and Cabo Delgado. The largest component of the compact, 203. (allAfrica.com)
Mozambique: Left With Nothing Jun 26, 2007
A recent Save the Children report, Denied our rights: Women, Children and Inheritance in Mozambique, covered the issue in four provinces: Gaza in the south, centrally located Manica, and Zambezia and Nampula in the north. Researchers found that in many instances extended family members supported orphans related to them, but there were some cases where, instead of protecting the children, they were exploiting them. (allAfrica.com)
Teledata Mozambique chooses Redline's WiMAX systems for nationwide network Jun 11, 2007
In March, the company expanded its network to bring WiMAX to the cities of Matola and Nampula to serve enterprise customers. The next deployment stage will include the introduction of user self-installable RedMAX Indoor Subscriber Units that will enable customers to benefit from nomadic and limited portable WiMAX services. (Canada Newswire)
Mozambique organ scam 'cover up' Jun 6, 2007
They say their findings are based on an inquiry by the Mozambican attorney general's office of 14 case of violent death or disappearances allegedly linked to alleged organ trafficking in the northern province of Nampula ... Earlier this week, she said she had had been forced to leave Mozambique after receiving a letter from the authorities in Nampula, demanding her to leave ... "I have suffered various methods of very strong pressure," Ms dos Santos - who worked in Nampula for nine years - told... (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
Mozambique Tourism Growing May 23, 2007
The capital Maputo, the southern town of Inhambane and Nampula in the north are among some of the country's more popular destinations. RECOMMEND THIS STORY. (Yahoo News)
Mozambique to repatriate 300 refugees May 1, 2007
5,148 of them are living in the Maratane refugee center in the northern province of Nampula, while the rest are scattered across the country. The 4,563 are from the DRC, and 1,317 are from Burundi. (People's Daily Online, China)
MOZAMBIQUE: Lynchings symptom of state failure Apr 10, 2007
In 2001 and 2002, in the central Nampula province, a cholera outbreak incited people to kill people suspected of poisoning the water supply. Between 2002 and 2003, lions mauled dozens of people in the remote north of the country, and in response mobs lynched those accused of having somehow commanded the lions to kill. (AlertNet)
RPT-Attacks on asylum seekers worry UN in Mozambique Apr 7, 2007
MAPUTO, April 6 (Reuters) - The U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is worried about a wave of xenophobic attacks on asylum seekers in Mozambique's northern Nampula province ... "There are xenophobia problems in Nampula against well-off refugees ... we are going to start a sensitization campaign against this malpractice," she said. (AlertNet)
Mozambique: Country Strengthens Links With China Feb 17, 2007
A pilot centre on agricultural technology will be built in the northern province of Nampula with Chinese assistance. In addition, China will also provide Mozambique with an interest-free loan of US$15 million for the construction of a new national stadium - to enable the country to benefit through provision of warm-up facilities for the FIFA World Cup to be held in neighbouring South Africa in 2010. (allAfrica.com)
MOZAMBIQUE: Cash not food needed to help flood evacuees recovery, says NGO Feb 17, 2007
The Ministry of Agriculture's Early Warning Department had forecast "better than normal harvests in the centre and north of the country, in the areas not directly affected by flood damage", which meant the staple food, maize, was available in the affected central provinces of Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambezia, with additional supplies available from Nampula province in the north, McIvor said. Experience during the "much more serious floods" in 2000 and 2001 along the Limpopo, Save and Zambezi... (AlertNet)
Mozambique: Hu Promises to Cancel Debt Feb 9, 2007
Hu also pledged Chinese support for the construction of a pilot centre on agricultural techniques to be built in the northern province of Nampula. These agreements, he said, were in implementation of decisions taken at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, held in Beijing last November. (allAfrica.com)
Red Cross increases funds for flood victims in southern AfricaJohannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The International Federation of RedCross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCRC) has released additional fundsto Red Cross National Societies in southern Africa to respond todevastating floods in the region, the federation announced Thursday. 08/02/2007 Full Text... Feb 8, 2007
In Mozambique, heavy rains have hit the North and Central regions and more than 6,000 people lost their homes and crops have been washed away, leading to a risk of food insecurity in the months to come in Nampula province. Malawi Red Cross is providing emergency supplies to victims of torrential rains that have affected more than 20,000 households in the Chikwawa district, while 475 houses have collapsed in the Nsanje district and nearly 900 hectares of crops have been washed away. (Panapress.com)
Southern Africa: International Federation boosts response to help flood and cholera victims Feb 6, 2007
More than 6,000 people lost their homes and crops have been washed away, leading to a risk of food insecurity in the months to come in Nampula province. Mozambique Red Cross has been providing emergency help to those affected by the floods and is closely following developments. (AlertNet)
Mozambique: Legislation Reviewed to Curb Child Trafficking Feb 1, 2007
Amnesty International stated in a 2005 report that trafficking in the former Portuguese colony was also thought to be linked to the extraction of human organs for ritual and witchcraft purposes, with allegations that the practice was taking place in its Nampula and Niassa provinces. HEAVY LOCAL TRAFFIC. (allAfrica.com)
Irish Times Article - Women's Aid Jan 31, 2007
To stop here is to be at the heart of Nampula province, in Mozambique's far north, in an Ireland-sized expanse of open savannah broken by imposing rocky outcrops and plateaux. The provincial capital, also Nampula, is the largest place in northern Mozambique, a lively African everytown and, thanks to its single paved road, an important transit hub for the region ... It's common for Gonzalvez's children to fall ill, she says, for in Nampula province we find ourselves in a cosmopolitan melting pot... (AlertNet)
Thousands homeless after rains Jan 19, 2007
A team from the Disaster Management Technical Council is in the Moma district, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, to assess the situation and provide humanitarian assistance. Other parts of the country have also been affected by heavy rain that has destroyed homes, knocked down electricity pylons and led to the collapse of a bridge. (CNN -- World)
