Professor and former director of Kenya's Anti-Corruption Commission, PLO Lumumba, is challenging the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, to take on a fundamental role in promoting peace and reconciliation in Mozambique and to listen to the voices of reason in the face of the situation that has been going on in the country since October. In a letter addressed to the Head of...
Author: Salvador Baloi (Salvador Baloi)
Council of State rejects proposal to declare a state of emergency in the face of demonstrations
The Council of State, an advisory body to the President of the Republic which, among other powers, is obliged to rule on the declaration of war, a state of siege or a state of emergency, met last week to analyze the security situation on national territory, with a focus on the Operational Theatre...
INAM: Cyclone Chido no longer a danger to Mozambique
The tropical depression, formerly known as Cyclone Chido, is no longer a danger to Mozambique and may dissipate in the next 24 hours. The information was provided by the National Institute of Meteorology (INAM), assuring that the system is outside national territory and is now moving inland towards Zimbabwe. According to the INAM note, the...
Cabo Delgado: Terrorists attack Muidumbe district and resurrect humanitarian drama
The resurgence of armed attacks in various parts of the northern, central and southern regions of Cabo Delgado is resurrecting a humanitarian drama that has not been seen for a long time, after having been halted with the intervention of the forces of the Southern African Development Community Military Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM), and still...
Cyclone Chido leaves 34 dead and a trail of destruction in northern Mozambique
Mozambique's National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) has updated the number of fatalities to 34 following the passage of cyclone Chido through the north of the country at the weekend. The bulletin, released on Monday night (16), indicates that 28 of the fatalities are from Cabo Delgado, three...
Festive season: More than 12,000 Mozambicans return to the country
More than 12,000 Mozambicans working in the mines and agricultural sector in South Africa have confirmed their return to Mozambique to spend the Family Day (Christmas for Christians) and end-of-year celebrations with family and friends. According to the delegate of the Ministry of Labor in South Africa,...
Government announces ban on the sale of pyrotechnic objects this holiday season
The Mozambican government announced yesterday, Monday (16), a ban on the import, sale and handling of pyrotechnic objects and fireworks during the 2024/2025 festive season. The measure was announced by the Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) in a press release. According to the institution's statement, the measure, which is already in force,...
Nampula: Former director, his wife and children accused of illegally disposing of state property
The Nampula Provincial Office for Combating Corruption (GPCCN) yesterday arrested the former director of the Provincial Infrastructure Services, Gil de Carvalho, on charges of illegally selling state property to private individuals, mainly his immediate family members. Also accused in the case are his wife, son, brother-in-law and...
Convicts in hidden debt case refuse transfer to civil prison
The convicts in the so-called hidden debts case are refusing a transfer from the Língamo prison in Matola to the Civil Prison in Maputo, a proposal that has been put forward by the prison authorities. The idea of the prison authorities, according to a publication in the SAVANA newspaper, was to transfer all the convicts in the hidden debts case, who are...
Venâncio Mondlane accuses Renamo of "deceiving" the people by claiming victory in the October elections
PODEMOS presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane accused Renamo of lying to the Mozambican people by claiming to have won the October 9 elections. "Renamo lied to the people. It didn't win the elections," said Mondlane, suggesting the resignation of Renamo party spokesman Arnaldo Chalaua. In more live...