Sources: IOL
The World Health Organization announces that a polio vaccination campaign will begin in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. 2022-03-24
The United Kingdom ends its travel ban on Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. 2021-12-20
Italy reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Mozambique. 2021-11-27
Canada, the EU, Israel, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S. ban flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, and Eswatini due to the Omicron variant. 2021-11-26
Rwandan and Mozambican forces retake the city of Mocímboa da Praia, the last rebel stronghold in Cabo Delgado Province. Rwanda had sent 1,000 troops to help Mozambique fight the Islamist insurgency that began in 2017. 2021-08-8
Pope Francis sends a video message to the people of Mozambique before his visit to the African country next week. He stresses reconciliation after years of conflict. The Pontiff says that “although I will be unable to travel beyond the capital, my heart reaches out and embraces you all, with a special place for those who live in difficulty.” 2019-08-30
A peace deal is signed between the leaders of Renamo and the ruling party Frelimo in Mozambique, officially ending a conflict that plagued the country for years. 2019-08-1
Cyclone Dineo kills seven and destroys twenty-thousand homes in Mozambique. 2017-02-17
Australian infrastructure and transport minister Darren Chester says in a statement that debris recovered this month in Mozambique was highly likely to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. 2016-03-24
39 people are killed in South Africa and thousands of homes are destroyed in Mozambique following widespread flooding. 2011-01-17