The Ombudsman, Isaque Chande, criticized today, Wednesday (17), the excessive use of police force to contain the post-election demonstrations, calling on the demonstrators to observe the law. Speaking at a joint press conference with the Human Rights Commission and the Public Ethics Commission, Isaque Chande began by condemning the actions of the police during...
The Mozambican Attorney General's Office (PGR) released a list of nine more citizens, including two foreigners, for their involvement in "terrorism, its financing and related crimes" in northern Mozambique. They are 21-year-old Mozambican Domingos Vasco, sentenced to eight years in prison...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, expressed solidarity with the victims of cyclone Chido, which hit the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula, causing human losses and destruction of public and private infrastructure. During the session of the Council of Ministers held yesterday, Tuesday (17), the head of state announced the sending of multi-sector teams to the areas...
Two young women with Portuguese nationality have been charged with drug trafficking in Papua New Guinea, after being arrested at the airport in possession of more than 15 kilograms of cocaine. According to local press reports quoted by Notícias ao Minuto, the Portuguese women, aged 20 and 23, were brought before the court on Tuesday, December 17,...
The governor of Nampula province, Manuel Rodrigues, announced yesterday, Tuesday (17), that the suspects who set fire to a police station and a health center in the district of Mogovolas have already been identified and are in custody. The incidents took place at the beginning of this month, when a group of unidentified individuals set fire to the two infrastructures....
The National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (INGD) has updated the death toll to 45 after Cyclone Chido hit the north of the country over the weekend. According to the bulletin released on Wednesday (18), Cyclone Chido caused at least 45 deaths and more than 500 injuries in the...
The Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) has confirmed that more than 90 inmates who escaped from the Ile district jail in Zambezia are on the run and that the corporation has no information on their whereabouts, but that it is continuing its efforts to recapture them. Around 200 prisoners escaped from three jails in the country,...
The UN Organization for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, has allocated 4 million dollars to Mozambique to support the rapid humanitarian response to the effects of Cyclone Chido. The information was released this Tuesday (17) by OCHA. According to the organization, "limited reserves of products are hampering the response", the document reads....
The PODEMOS presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, will speak today, Wednesday (18), at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, to an audience made up of MEPs and some guests. The exchange with Venâncio Mondlane will take place at 3pm in room LOW S3.5, where he will participate remotely. According to a press release, the meeting is informal and Venâncio...
A group of residents from the city of Matola recently held clean-up days in flooded roads and houses to reduce the impact of flooding and the diseases caused by standing water. This was an initiative promoted by the Micaia Foundation, as part of the celebrations for International Volunteer Day (December 5), aimed at highlighting the impact...