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Italy reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Mozambique.
2021-11-27

Oman says the hijacking of the "Asphalt Princess", a Panama-flagged ship, is over. The United Kingdom also confirms this report. The vessel was hijacked yesterday in the Arabian Sea in as-of-yet undetermined circumstances amidst rising tensions between some nations and Iran.
2021-08-4

Mozambique's military says that it has regained full control of the town of Palma, more than a week after it was captured by ISIL-linked militants. Several militants are killed during the counter-offensive.
2021-04-5

Cyclone Eloise leaves at least thirteen people dead and more than 8,000 people homeless after making landfall in central Mozambique. Major flooding is also reported in Eswatini, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
2021-01-25

Indonesian palm oil tanker ship MV "Namse Bangdzod" vanishes in the Java Sea. The ship, with a crew of twelve, is theorised by rescuers to be the victim of piracy, a notion dismissed by the Navy.
2019-12-28

Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vayu is in the Arabian Sea less than 600 miles south-southeast of Karachi, Pakistan, and is strengthening as it heads north. Vayu is expected to be a Category 2 or 3 storm when it approaches the Indian state of Gujarat early Thursday (local time), then should weaken as it approaches southeastern Pakistan over the weekend.
2019-06-11

A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involves beer that was deliberately contaminated with crocodile bile leaving at least 56 dead and 146 hospitalized.
2015-01-10

Suspected Renamo rebels kill 7 Mozambican soldiers in an ambush near Gorongosa.
2013-10-17

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

Price riots continue in Mozambique, leaving a further four people dead.
2010-09-2