2022 in Mozambique
This article lists events from the year 2022 in Mozambique.
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Incumbents
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique
- January 3 – President Filipe Nyusi and his wife Isaura test positive for COVID-19.[1]
- March 13 – Around 12 people in Mozambique are dead after Tropical Cyclone Gombe struck the Nampula and Zambezia provinces.[2]
- March 24 – The World Health Organization announces that a polio vaccination campaign will begin in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.[3]
- April 13 – South Africa says that it is extending its participation in a multinational counter-insurgent coalition in Mozambique.[4]
- May 18 – Mozambique confirms its first polio case in 30 years in the northwestern province of Tete.[5]
- May 19 – A case of wild poliovirus is recorded in Mozambique for the first time since 1992.[6]
- September 6 –
- Six people are killed and three others are kidnapped as Islamists insurgents raid the districts of Erati and Memba, Mozambique, torching dozens of houses. Six attackers are arrested.
- Gunmen storm the Comboni Missionary Sisters' church in Chipene, Mozambique, killing an Italian nun and setting ablaze the church, the nuns' homes and the hospital. Two other nuns and two priests escaped.[7]
- October 6 – Mozambique reports its first case of monkeypox.[8]
See also
References
- "Mozambique president and wife test positive for Covid-19". News24. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- "Mozambique cyclone death toll climbs to 12". phys.org. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- "Polio vaccination campaign kicks off in Malawi and neighboring countries". News-Medical.net. 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- "South African army extends mission against Mozambique rebels". AP NEWS. 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- "Mozambique detects first case of polio in 30 years". Reuters. 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- AfricaNews (2022-05-19). "Mozambique detects polio case as southern Africa steps up immunization". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- "Italian nun killed in terror attack in Mozambique - English". ANSA.it. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- "Mozambique reports first case of monkeypox". The Star. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
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