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    • Lawyer, human rights defender with a focus on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) since 2001, and social activist Júlia Wachave receives the 2024 U.S. Embassy Woman of Courage Award from Ambassador Peter H. Vrooman
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Júlia Wachave: The Light of Hope in Cabo Delgado – Recognized with the 2024 Woman of Courage Award from the United States (U.S.) Embassy in Mozambique

Júlia Wachave is the Executive Director of the Association for the Protection of Women and Girls (PROMURA) in Cabo Delgado and was formerly the provincial coordinator of Cabo Delgado for the Mozambique Human Rights Defenders Network

The United States Embassy in Mozambique awarded, this Tuesday, the 2024 U.S. Embassy Woman of Courage Award to lawyer, human rights defender focusing on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) since 2001, and social activist Júlia Wachave for her work in protecting and advocating for the rights of women and girls in Cabo Delgado.…

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Mozambique: United States (U.S.) Embassy Launches Program to Include People with Disabilities in Climate Action

The goal of this project is to make information about emergency preparedness and climate change systems accessible to those who are blind, deaf, or other forms of disability

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announces a new program to provide information on climate change advocacy tools for persons with disabilities in Mozambique. The goal of this project is to make information about emergency preparedness and climate change systems accessible to those who are…

Source: Rand Merchant Bank |

Kenmare Resources gears for growth with a new US$200m facility led by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

The tailored facility allows Kenmare to meet their strategic objectives in the most efficient way possible, giving them the financial flexibility they need to position the company for future growth in this bespoke commodity sector

London-listed Kenmare Resources plc, operator of the Moma titanium minerals mine in northern Mozambique, has secured a funding package to refinance a maturing revolving credit facility and a five-year term loan facility. RMB, acting as the Initial Mandated Lead Arranger (IMLA) on the deal as well as one of the…

Source: FAO Regional Office for Africa |

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO and Italy commit to strengthening transformation of agrifood systems in Mozambique and Zimbabwe

FAO Subregional Coordinator for Southern Africa pays courtesy visit to His Excellency Umberto Malnati, the Italian Ambassador to Zimbabwe

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Coordinator for Southern Africa, Patrice Talla paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency, Umberto Malnati, the Italian Ambassador to Zimbabwe at his offices in Harare. The courtesy visit is part of existing and ongoing collaborative programmes between Italy and…

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    • Minister of Economy and Finance and African Development Bank Governor Ernesto Max Elias Tonela and Solomon Quaynor, the Bank’s Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization
    • From L to R – Bank Country Manager for Mozambique, Cesar Mba Abogo; Senior Fragility and Resilience Officer, Rejoice Musakaruka; Transport and Communications Minister Mateus Magala; Bank Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, Solomon Quaynor; Development and Portfolio Consultant, Tshinde Matos; Vice Minister of Transport and Communications, Amilton Alissone; and Agriculture Specialist Cesar Tique
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African Development Bank and Mozambique strengthen partnerships to boost regional infrastructure development and trade

The Mozambican government expressed gratitude for the Bank’s continued support for regional integration and green industrialization in Southern Africa

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and Mozambique reinforced their partnership during a visit by Mr. Solomon Quaynor, the Bank’s Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization. This visit, held from March 12th to 15th, 2024, underscores the Bank’s commitment to supporting Mozambique's economic growth trajectory, particularly following the third…

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) |

Mozambique: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on respect for civilians, ramps up support to Mozambique Red Cross response to a new wave of displacements in Cabo Delgado

Some 46,000 people fled from the Chiure district of Cabo Delgado into Nampula province in search of safety

Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due to an escalation of armed violence in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The new wave of displacements is taking place against the backdrop of a protracted cholera outbreak, heightening the risk of infectious diseases…

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Fighting fragility: Helping half a million girls stay in school in Mozambique

In 2021, the Government of Mozambique launched a program called “Eu Sou Capaz” with support from the World Bank through the Harnessing the Demographic Dividend Project

Ana António (name changed for privacy), a girl from Northern Mozambique, had all the odds stacked against her. Married at the age of 13, she had to leave school, only to be abandoned by her husband with a baby in her arms shortly after. Her baby died within a year.…

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Mozambique: Pregnant Students, Adolescent Mothers Leave School

Instruct Educators on Obligations, Improve Reproductive Health Services

Pregnant or parenting adolescent girls and women drop out of school in Mozambique because they don’t get adequate support from schools; Girls who become parents often experience discrimination, stigma, and a lack of support and accommodation that makes juggling school and childcare responsibilities impossible. The lack of free education pushes many…

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Italy helps World Food Programme (WFP) boost farmers resilience in Mozambique

Agriculture accounts for 80 percent of Mozambique’s GDP, the vast majority of which is from smallholder farmers’ production

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of €2 million from the Government of Italy that will help tackle climate change-induced vulnerabilities and strengthen food and nutritional security for up to 10,000 people including smallholder farmers, youth and women from selected farmers organizations in Tete province, in…

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    • The African Development Bank loan will enable CFM to buy 10 locomotives, 300 wagons, and 120 tank containers
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Mozambique: African Development Bank lends $40 million to the Mozambique Rail and Port Authority to buy rolling stock for the Ressano Garcia railway line

Project implementation will improve logistics and reduce the cost of transporting goods and products using cost-effective, efficient means benefiting from economies of scale

Finance Approval date: 31 January 2024 Project name: Mozambique - Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique EP (CFM) Amount: The African Development Bank is making a $40-million corporate loan to the state-owned enterprise Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique EP (CFM), the Mozambique rail and port authority, to…