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Zimbabwe's soccer nepotism falls to Mozambique
Nepotically and tribally selected Zimbabwe Under-17 national team endured a disappointing start to their Cosafa Championship campaign yesterday, losing 1-0 to Mozambique in front of a sizeable home crowd at Ngoni Stadium. The Young Warriors,...
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Merck Foundation CEO meets Maldives First Lady & 13 First Ladies of Africa and Asia at the 7th Edition of MFFLI Summit
BusinessWire India Male [Maldives]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 17: Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 recently. It...
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Vietnam, Mozambique celebrate milestones of partnership
Hanoi (VNA) – A series of special events were held in Maputo, Mozambique, to mark the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution and National Day (September 2, 1945 – 2025) and the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and...
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Mozambique bets on $6B hydropower project to expand electricity
The Blueprint World Bank backs $6B Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric plant. Mozambique aims for universal electricity access by 2030. Electricity access doubled from 31% in 2018 to 60% in 2024. Off-grid solar and hydropower projects drive rural growth....
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Mozambique Embraces a $6 Billion Electricity Project
SIDUAVA, Mozambique (AP) — Hermínio Guambe used to cut hair in a tiny barbershop with no electricity in his village outside Mozambique’s capital. The arrival of power changed everything. The 48-year-old now uses hair dryers. The village pharmacy...
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Mozambique welcomes $6 billion electricity project from World Bank backing
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Mozambique embraces $6 billion electricity project, southern Africa's biggest in 50 years
Mozambique, one of the world's poorest countries by per capita income, aims to connect all of its 33 million mostly rural citizens to electricity by 2030, largely through renewable energy from hydroelectric, solar and other sources.Herminio Guambe...
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Why the wait for effective newborn malaria treatment?
A nurse shares educational materials with mother to protect her baby and family from malaria at Petifu Junction Health Centre in Sierra Leone on 9 August 2021. A new antimalarial drug for newborns highlights a gap in paediatric medicine. Eight...
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Mozambique embraces a $6 billion electricity project, southern Africa's biggest in 50 years
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When drought devours more than the harvest
DEVASTATING IMPACT – Drought leaves farmers struggling to surviveMphatso, a smallholder farmer working the banks of the Shire River in Chikwawa, walks slowly between rows of young cassava and sweet potatoes, their green leaves flickering in the...
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As Israel struck Qatar, South Africans saw echo of last decade of apartheid
Cape Town, South Africa – Gonda Perez remembers the day South Africa’s apartheid regime bombed a refugee camp in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, during an air raid. It was in the mid-1980s. Perez was working as a dentist at a local hospital at the...
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Analysis of Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Voluntary Counseling and Testing Among Sexually Active College Students in Zhejiang Province, China
Introduction Since the 1980s, the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has continued to rise globally, causing the epidemic of HIV becoming a severe worldwide problem with serious implications for economic growth and social...
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‘Hero rats’ sniff out danger, disease
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MOROGORO, Tanzania — A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past garbage, toppled furniture and scattered clothes to find him...
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Health Rounds: Clopidogrel better than aspirin for preventing heart attacks and strokes
(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -The commonly prescribed blood thinner clopidogrel should replace aspirin as a routine pill for...
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Mozambique: Thief, policeman lynched in separate incidents
A 55-year-old man was lynched by people in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula for allegedly stealing a motorbike taxi, police authorities said on Tuesday. At a press conference, the Nampula police authorities said that the case took place...
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Portugal reinforces sound relations with China
Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro was the first foreign head of government to visit China following the September 3 commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression...
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Business News | Merck Foundation CEO Meets Maldives First Lady & 13 First Ladies of Africa and Asia at the 7th Edition of MFFLI Summit
BusinessWire India Male [Maldives]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 17: Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 recently. It...
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Which PEPFAR Investments Drive HIV Outcomes? Informing PEPFAR Transition and Scale-Down
Overview As PEPFAR faces increased pressure to transition and scale down, understanding which of its investments most effectively drive HIV outcomes can help inform future directions. This analysis examines PEPFAR spending and HIV viral...
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WHO winds down mpox public health emergency
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After just over a year, the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced an end to the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) for mpox outbreaks in Africa, which has resulted in new patterns of transmission, emergence of new...
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Mpox no longer international health emergency but remains concern in Africa
Published On 5 Sep 20255 Sep 2025 Mpox is no longer an international health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said after experts reported a decline in infections from the dangerous disease in hot spots across Africa. There...
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