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Mozambique confirms its first polio case in 30 years in the northwestern province of Tete.
2022-05-18

Indonesia bans foreigners who have travelled to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini and Nigeria in the past 14 days amid the emergence of the Omicron variant.
2021-11-28

In the fourth day of a siege in Palma, Mozambique, several people are killed by ISIL-linked militants. Local civilians are killed in streets and buildings, with reports of beheadings. A South African man and a British citizen are murdered after a hotel and an evacuation convoy are attacked; other foreigners are also suspected to have been killed. At least 21 soldiers are shot dead while responding to the hotel attack.
2021-03-27

In the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, those infected by cholera jump to 139 confirmed cases in Mozambique.
2019-03-29

Indonesia announces the capture of MV "STS-50", a stateless vessel wanted by Interpol for illegal fishing, and her crew following a chase. MV "STS-50" previously evaded capture in Mozambique and escaped after being detained in China. Following the ship's detention Indonesia launches a slavery investigation into working conditions on board.
2018-04-10

A collapse at a garbage dump in Mozambique kills at least 17 people.
2018-02-19

The death toll from poisoned beer in the Mozambique rises to at least 69 with 169 in hospital. Further, medical experts begin to question if the source of the contamination was the deliberate addition of crocodile bile or instead the often used foxglove flowers (which contain digitalis) for homebrewing locally-derived Pombe beer.
2015-01-12

Five people are killed and thousands of others are affected following the first tropical storm to hit Mozambique since 1984.
2012-01-19

The death toll from flooding in South Africa rises to 70 and more than 8,000 families are homeless. Five other nearby countries - Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe - are threatened by killer heavy rains.
2011-01-22

39 people are killed in South Africa and thousands of homes are destroyed in Mozambique following widespread flooding.
2011-01-17