Rapports

MAPUTO, Mozambique, 19 May 2011 – This is the third and last of three articles about the impact of environmental degradation and emergencies on children in Mozambique. The focus of this article is about the effect…

GENEVA - The UN refugee agency is gravely concerned over the recent shooting of four Somali asylum-seekers by the police in Mozambique. The fatal incident, which took place on April 29, was confirmed to UNHCR by its…

MAPUTO, Mozambique, 20 April 2011 – The Government of Mozambique, UNICEF and partners made significant progress in 2010 towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals and the three country program priorities Young Child Survival and Development, Basic…

Mozambique has a democratic constitution and an estimated population of 22.4 million. President Armando Guebuza was reelected in October 2009 in a contest criticized by several national and international observers, including the EU and the Commonwealth,…

MAPUTO, Mozambique, 4 April 2011 – Mozambique endured a long civil war from 1977 to 1992, which resulted in the killing of up to a million people and left behind a devastating legacy of landmines and…

MAPUTO, Mozambique, 3 March 2011 - At noon today, the Swedish Ambassador to Mozambique, His Excellency Mr. Torvald Akesson, together with Mr. Nuno Cunha, ILO Representative; Mr. Jesper Morch, UNICEF Representative; and Ms. Lola Castro, WFP Representative, met at UNICEF…

H i g h l i g h t s ? Likelihood of intensification of rainfall along the coastal area of Inhambane, Sofala, Zambézia and Nampula due to the influence of an Intense Tropical cyclone category 4- BINGIZA between 17…

Highlights h Due to continuous moderate to heavy rainfall the Maputo, Limpopo, Incomati, Save, Pungoe, Zambezi and Buzi basins recorded fluctuations in hydrometric levels, but all remain still above alert level; h The total number of families affected is 6155, corresponding to…

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review 20 January 2011 BACKGROUND RELEASE Sixteen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Sixteen States will have their human rights records examined during the tenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review Working Group to…

Prince Harry has paid a two day visit to Mozambique to visit minefields being cleared by The HALO Trust, a British charity and USA not-for-profit organisation and the World's largest demining agency. Prince Harry's visit, which was privately organised by HALO,…