2022 in Mozambique
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This article lists events from the year2022inMozambique.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
Ongoing –COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique
- January 3 –PresidentFilipe Nyusiand his wifeIsauratest positive for COVID-19.[1]
- March 13 – Around 12 people inMozambiqueare dead afterTropical Cyclone Gombestruck theNampulaandZambeziaprovinces.[2]
- March 24 – TheWorld Health Organizationannounces that apolio vaccinationcampaign will begin inMalawi,Mozambique,Tanzania,andZambia.[3]
- March 25 - The death toll of theTropical Cyclone Gomberises to 63, with a further 108 people injured and 736,015 affected. In total, 12 water systems, 69 health centres 2764 electricity poles, 1458 classrooms affecting up to 144,000 students and 141,854 houses were either partially or fully destroyed, while 1,008km of roads were damaged and 91,117 hectares of agricultural crops were lost.[4]
- April 13 –South Africasays that it is extending its participation in amultinational counter-insurgent coalitioninMozambique.[5]
- May 18 –Mozambiqueconfirms its firstpoliocase in 30 years in the northwesternprovinceofTete.[6]
- May 19 – A case of wildpoliovirusis recorded inMozambiquefor the first time since 1992.[7]
- September 6 –
- Six people are killed and three others are kidnapped asIslamistsinsurgentsraid the districts ofEratiandMemba,Mozambique,torching dozens of houses. Six attackers are arrested.
- Gunmen storm theComboni Missionary Sisters' church in Chipene, Mozambique, killing anItaliannun and setting ablaze the church, the nuns' homes and the hospital. Two other nuns and two priests escaped.[8]
- October 6 –Mozambiquereports its first case ofmonkeypox.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"Mozambique president and wife test positive for Covid-19".News24.Retrieved2022-09-20.
- ^"Mozambique cyclone death toll climbs to 12".phys.org.Retrieved2022-09-20.
- ^"Polio vaccination campaign kicks off in Malawi and neighboring countries".News-Medical.net.2022-03-24.Retrieved2022-09-20.
- ^"Tropical Cyclone Gombe - Mar 2022".reliefweb.int.June 2022.Retrieved2024-04-17.
- ^"South African army extends mission against Mozambique rebels".AP NEWS.2022-04-13.Retrieved2022-09-20.
- ^"Mozambique detects first case of polio in 30 years".Reuters.2022-05-18.Retrieved2022-09-20.
- ^AfricaNews (2022-05-19)."Mozambique detects polio case as southern Africa steps up immunization".Africanews.Retrieved2022-09-20.
- ^"Italian nun killed in terror attack in Mozambique - English".ANSA.it.2022-09-07.Retrieved2022-09-20.
- ^"Mozambique reports first case of monkeypox".The Star.Retrieved2022-10-06.
