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Mozambique’s security and defence forces (FDS) are “trying to control” a “tense and fluid” situation in Mocimboa da Praia after “successive waves of attacks”over the past week, defence minister Jaime Neto said
Tanzanian authorities “de-activated” a group of suspected insurgents attempting to cross the border to Mozambique to go to Mocímboa da Praia this week, Mozambique’s foreign minister Veronica Macamo said
A major attack on the town of Mocímboa da Praia in recent days has culminated…
Maputo City has been designated with community transmission of covid-19, after the first week of an epidemiological survey of the city found 5.1% of those tested had the virus
There has been renewed fighting in the town of Mocímboa da Praia this week, with Islamic State and pro-government sources claiming to have inflicted serious losses on one another
The links between water and public health have never been clearer – but the link between water and education is now in stark focus as Mozambique grapples with the challenge of sending its future generation back to the classroom safely, writes WaterAid country director Adam Garley
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The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Macomia district, Cabo Delgado province, hit at least 28 last week, according to sources in the coastal village of Pangane
Residents of Cabo Delgado are forced to travel long distances to access banking services, as branches across the province have either been destroyed or shut down as a result of the insurgency on top of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Kenneth in April 2019
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