???? On May 27, in a joint operation between the Portuguese Air Force and the Portuguese Navy, a medical evacuation (medevac) had to be carried out on a crew member aboard the Russian research vessel "Akademik Fedorov" off Madeira's EEZ.

The evacuation was carried out by an EH101 Merlin helicopter with support from an EADS CASA C-295 aircraft and the offshore patrol vessel NRP "Viana do Castelo."

The RV "Akademik Fedorov" is currently on its way back to St. Petersburg from a mission in Antarctica and South Africa. The rescued 27-year-old crew member, with symptoms of appendicitis, was taken to an undisclosed hospital in mainland Portugal.

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??????Paul Kagame, presidente de Ruanda, se ha reunido con Felix Tshisekedi, presidente de la RDC, en Luanda, Angola, para discutir la situación en el este del Congo.

La reunión se ha dado con un mediador de la Unión Africana y en medio de la reciente activación del M23 en el este de la RDC.

??Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, has met with Felix Tshisekedi, President of the DRC, in Luanda, Angola, to discuss the situation in eastern Congo.

The meeting took place with a mediator from the African Union and in the midst of the recent activation of the M23 in the east of the DRC.

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???? South Africa builds concrete wall to keep out Mozambicans

Concrete barriers are being built along a stretch of the South Africa-Mozambique border to prevent people crossing over to steal and smuggle vehicles.

South African authorities have budgeted close to $2.7m (£2.1m) to build the wall. It's made up of three sections: an 8km (5 mile) barrier near Tembe Elephant Park; an 8km-long stretch near iSimangaliso Wetland Park; a 9km wall from the western boundary of Tembe Elephant Park towards Pongolo River.

Building works on the Tembe Elephant Park section "are currently underway," according to a joint briefing by the South African government and KwaZulu-Natal province.

"The impact of the project has been positively received by the community and the South African National Defense Force," it added.#SouthAfrica #Mozambique

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???? UN running out of money to help Mozambique terror victims

"Wars and other natural phenomena are attracting the world’s attention and leaving Mozambique’s situation almost invisible," warns the UN's refugee chief.

The country's mineral-rich province of Cabo Delgado has been plagued by Islamist violence, and the UN says it only has 17% of the funding it needs to provide short-term relief to the many locals who need urgent aid.

"I appeal to the World Bank and other partners to support Mozambique in development projects, to not only avoid a humanitarian crisis, but also stop the spread of terrorism in the world," UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said.

"As a United Nations organisation, [we] are committed to providing a large-scale response to the humanitarian drama in Cabo Delgado, but unfortunately, without sufficient resources, we will have no alternative but to do less of what we should do."#UN #Mozambique

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??⚡️?‍☠️? Mozambican navy opens fire on civilian boat near Ibo island The Mozambican FDS opened fire yesterday on a civilian vessel suspected to be carrying Islamic State-backed insurgents on the strait between Ibo island and the coast of Quissanga district…

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“Situação preocupante em Quissanga”: Terroristas circulam com a ambulância dos serviços de saúde

Segundo fontes locais, os terroristas que há mais de uma semana circulam por aquela região da província de Cabo Delgado,

??⚡️?‍☠️? Mozambican navy opens fire on civilian boat near Ibo island

The Mozambican FDS opened fire yesterday on a civilian vessel suspected to be carrying Islamic State-backed insurgents on the strait between Ibo island and the coast of Quissanga district in Cabo Delgado province.

Insurgents on the shore of Quissanga fired rockets and mortars at the navy boat, forcing it to withdraw, and the wounded were taken to the coastal village of Tandanhangue.

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Mozambican navy opens fire on civilian boat near Ibo

Several people were injured after the navy opened fire on a boat off the coast of Quissanga, Cabo Delgado province

??⚡️?‍☠️? Insurgents invaded the community of Pulo, in the district of Metuge, killing at least one person and kidnapping nine students, which caused the population to flee.

Pulo is about 8 km from the water treatment plant that supplies Cabo Delgado's regional capital Pemba, which has more than 200,000 inhabitants. AdRN, the water supply company in charge of the station, has stated that the quality of water supplied remains within the potability standards recommended by the WHO.

The station is under special protection by Mozambique's Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR) of the FDS, and the Rwanda Security Force (RSF) ?? in Cabo Delgado.

???? A business delegation including the Minister of Public Works, Urbanism, and Housing, Carlos dos Santos, arrives today in Cairo, Egypt, for an official visit, which will take place until the 11th of the current month, as part of the reinforcement of bilateral cooperation in this specialized field.