Venâncio Mondlane, the presidential candidate leading the biggest challenge to the election results in Mozambique since the country's first elections, said today that he will announce, next Friday, the measures for the first 100 days of his rule as president elected by the people. "On Friday, at 3pm, I will indicate the measures for the first...
Author: Salvador Baloi (Salvador Baloi)
At least eight people died on the day of Daniel Chapo's inauguration as President of the Republic
At least eight people died today, on the day that Daniel Chapo was sworn in as President of the Republic, according to non-governmental organizations in Mozambique. According to a report in the Portuguese newspaper Público, while Daniel Chapo was officially in office, the Mozambican Republic Police (PRM) tried to disperse protesters who were...
Police shoot young man in Praça dos Combatentes and people block the road
A young man was shot today in Praça dos Combatentes, Maputo city, by the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) during an intervention that involved several shots. The incident happened this afternoon, hours after Daniel Chapo's inauguration ceremony as President of the Republic. According to a TV Sucesso report, the young man was...
UEM reschedules entrance exams for January 28-31
Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), the largest and oldest higher education institution in the country, has announced that the entrance exams for the 2025 academic year have been rescheduled for the 28th to 31st of this month. The information was released in a statement by the educational institutions. The document recommends that candidates do not...
Administrative court orders closure of Hulene dump within four years
The Maputo City Administrative Court (TA) has set a deadline of four years for the total closure of the Hulene dump, on the grounds of environmental and public health risks. According to a publication in Jornal Domingo, which cites a ruling dated August 14, 2024, the panel of judges of the...
Cyclone Dikeledi returns to sea, but leaves trail of destruction in Nampula
Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi has weakened in recent hours, moving out to sea this morning from the district of Angoche, Nampula province. According to the National Meteorological Institute (INAM), as it moved towards the south of Nampula, the system reached the stage of...
UN calls on security forces to refrain from disproportionate use of force
The United Nations (UN) today called on the Defense and Security Forces (DSF) to refrain from the unnecessary or disproportionate use of force in demonstrations in Mozambique, lamenting the deaths already recorded. The presidential candidate leading the biggest challenge to the election results in Mozambique since the country's first elections, Venâncio...
Hauliers call for more flexible goods clearance at Machipanda border
Long-haul cargo transporters who use the Machipanda border are asking the authorities in both countries to find ways to make customs clearance of goods more flexible, especially on the Zimbabwean side. Operators report that although the border is open 24 hours a day, there is a lack of flexibility, which sometimes forces them to wait...
Floods threaten coastal districts in Nampula and Zambézia provinces
The coastal districts of the provinces of Nampula and Zambézia could suffer flooding in the next 48 hours as a result of the occurrence of the severe tropical storm "Dikeledi", which is already in the Mozambique Channel. According to a note from the National Directorate of Water Resources Management, quoted by the Ikweli portal, it is expected that the level of the...
Margarida Talapa elected President of Parliament
The former Minister of Labor and Social Security, Margarida Talapa, has just been elected to the post of President of the Assembly of the Republic for the new legislature. Margarida Talapa was nominated this Saturday by Frelimo, and was elected during the swearing-in of the members of the Assembly of the Republic to lead the tenth legislature. Talapa is...