This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) captures the interplay between development challenges and climate change and climate policies in Mozambique, with the objective of identifying synergies and tradeoffs. The CCDR informs the World Bank Group’s engagement in Mozambique, alongside other key products, such as Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCDs) and …
Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi has said his government is drawing up a long term, sustainable plan for effective management of the country’s water resources so that they will constitute a factor for development rather than a problem, the local media reported on Saturday.“Our target is to create long term solutions …
Hundreds of illegal hunters of the rhinoceros in South Africa’s Kruger national park have been shot dead by rangers in the past five years, but the temptation of a rich reward to end an impoverished life in Mozambique keeps them coming The well-heeled tourists filing through the modest airport at …
The Director of the Maputo City Directorate of Health, Sheila Cuco has confirmed the death of eighteen people in the capital as the latest victims of diarrheal diseases between January and September this year, APA learnt Sunday. Dr Cuco said that this represents a 100 percent increase compared to the …
United Nations agencies, UNICEF, WHO as well as the Washington-based World Bank have said Mozambique is part of a group of ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa that have achieved half of the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for reducing child mortality.In a joint report sent to APA on …
Nairobi — 2015 SEED Awards Honour African and Women-Led Enterprises As the world gears up to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) later this month, 27 trailblazing eco-enterprises are recognized at the 2015 SEED Africa Symposium in Nairobi for employing business models that bring social and environmental benefits to local …
Luanda — Representatives of member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) outlined on Wednesday to Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa, strategies to combat poaching, until 2020. The meeting allowed the approval of the strategy and law enforcement and in the fight against poaching in the region, said the …
Japan is considering extending around ¥1 trillion in official development assistance to Africa over three years from 2016, a Japanese government source said Thursday. The government would announce the financial aid toward the next round of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), the source said. Japan and African …
The Washington-based World Bank has told Mozambique to choose the right set of policies if it wants to achieve sustainable poverty reduction in the foreseeable future, APA can report.The bank’s report released in Maputo on Thursday stems from the fact that, despite the robust economic growth of the past two …
Maputo — Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday called for combined efforts of all activities involved in agriculture in order to improve food security and reduce the high levels of chronic malnutrition. He was speaking at a debate organized in the presidential offices with agricultural experts, including former agriculture ministers, …
The Department of Water and Sanitation has welcomed the sentence against Bosveld Phosphate (PTY) Ltd in relation to environmental degradation and water offences. The plant produces phosphoric acid, which is used in fertiliser. These charges relate to unlawfully and intentionally or negligently causing a situation in December 2013 which led …
Power cuts in 15 Sub-Saharan African countries could become an "exception" rather than a norm in 10 years time, with private capital expected to play an increasingly bigger role, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said in a survey on Thursday. Africa's installed power generation capacity is expected to quadruple to 380 gigawatts (GW) …
Mozambique’s ministry of health has said the number of cases of malaria, which remains the main killer disease in the country, fell slightly in the first six months of the year, when compared with the same period in 2014, APA can report. Addressing a media briefing late on Wednesday, the …
Maputo — The Mozambican Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development has fined the China Roads and Bridges Corporation (CRBC) four million meticais (about 105,000 US dollars) for extracting sand from a sandpit that has no environmental management plan. CRBC is the contractor building the Maputo Ring Road and the …
India and Mozambique on Wednesday decided to ramp up economic engagement, particularly in the energy sector with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the African nation can be a "large source" of coal and natural gas to drive the growth of Indian economy. During his wide-ranging talks with President Filipe Nyusi, …
At least 137,784 people were affected by food insecurity as a result of the drought affecting the country, while 792,000 others are at risk of starvation if the drought worsens in Mozambique’s southern regions, APA has learnt. Cabinet spokesman, Mouzinho Saide, also deputy health minister told a media briefing late …
Faced with an unprecedented surge in wildlife crime, the UN this week adopted a historic resolution committing all countries to ramp up their collective efforts to end the global poaching crisis and tackle the vast illegal wildlife trade. Initiated by Gabon and Germany and co-sponsored by 84 other nations, the …
Maputo — Farmers in the central Mozambican province of Manica on Sunday asked the government to take measures against the illegal mining which is polluting the rivers in the region. The polluted water reaches irrigated fields, the farmers say. It is carrying sludge containing heavy metals, which damages the pumps …
About eighty per cent of the poachers arrested by the South African authorities in the Kruger National Park are Mozambicans, according to William Mabassa, of the public relations service of the Kruger Park. Speaking on 14 July, at a seminar in the southern city of Inhambane on "The role of …
Maputo — The Mozambican authorities on Monday incinerated in Maputo over 2.4 tonnes of ivory and rhinoceros horns seized from poaching gangs. In all, 618 elephant tusks (weighing 2.2 tonnes) and 86 rhino horns (weighing 236 kilos) were consigned to the flames. The tusks and horns had been seized in …
Mozambique burned 2.5 tonnes of seized ivory and rhino horn on Monday as part of a campaign to end an illicit trade that is fueling a wave of big animal poaching in Africa, a conservation group said. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said in a statement that over 2,400 kgs …
