Minister of Interior Jose Mandra of Mozambique

Interviewed in Wednesday's issue of the weekly 'Magazine Independente', Mandra said 'We are not totally satisfied yet, but I can assure you that right now we have the crime situation practically under control, just as we had promised.

But this time, Mandra was inexplicably confident that Anibalzinho had not left Mozambique.

As for whether the three really escaped or were illicitly released by members of the police guarding their cells, Mandra said this was still being investigated.

JOHANNESBURG, 17 August 2005 (PlusNews) - Mozambican Deputy Interior Minister Jose Mandra says HIV/AIDS is aggravating staff shortages in the ranks of the police, killing just over 1,000 officers every year.

Deputy Interior Minister Jose Mandra said schools, shops and other property were damaged by rioters.

Mandra was speaking during a ceremony to close the second upgrading course for police officers, which took place at the Police Basic Training School in Matalane, about 30 km north of Maputo.

Speaking to Mozambican Television (TVM), Deputy Interior Minister Jose Mandra said that the Mozambican foreign ministry would have to intervene and demand an explanation from the South Africans for the unilateral action.

Immigration services to be computerized, (Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo), 2005-08-18):-Mozambican deputy Interior Minister Jose Mandra said in Maputo on Thursday that his ministry has decided to modernize and computerise their services as a response to the demands of the Mozambican citizens.

Mandra said that computarisation of these services has already begun in the southern region of Mozambique, but efforts are being made to expand it to the entire country.

Commenting on the poor academic qualifications of most of the immigration officers and their consequent poor knowledge of legal procedures, Mandra said that staff training and upgrading is in the government's plans for this sector.

MAPUTO - Mozambiques Deputy Interior Minister Jose Mandra said Friday at least 23 Mozambican nationals had been killed in nearly two weeks of xenophobic violence in neighbouring South Africa.

Mozambican Deputy Interior Minister Jose Mandra says HIV/AIDS is aggravating staff shortages in the ranks of the police, killing just over 1,000 officers every year.

Maputo, Mozambique  - Mozambique's Deputy Interior Minister Jose Mandra said Friday at least 23 Mozambican nationals had been killed in nearly two weeks of xenophobic violence in neighbouring South Africa.

Mandra said that so far (at about 13.

Mandra said that one man has been detained for attempting to set a police officer on fire.

Mozambique's Deputy Interior Minister Jose Mandra said Friday at least 23 Mozambican nationals had been killed.

Mozambican Deputy Interior Minister Jose Mandra said yesterday at least 23 Mozambican nationals had been killed in the violence.

com site, said Deputy Interior Minister Jose Mandra had found at a recent Frelimo meeting it was not just the opposition that believed the administration of justice was riddled with corruption – but also many rank and file members of his own party.