Literally today, several passengers flocked to Maputo's "de Mavalane" International Airport at dawn to wait for flights that had been scheduled and/or postponed until the late hours of the afternoon. People quoted by STV said that they went there before the rooster crowed in the hope of not missing their flights. In fact, this was a strategy to avoid...
Updated: 4×4 demonstrations: Mozambique has not recorded any flight cancellations
Flights from Mozambique to other countries or vice versa are running as normal, a source told MZNews this afternoon. Contrary to information circulating on social media about the cancellation of flights by international airlines, the aviation source with inside information said that there were no records of canceled flights....
Workers cut rail link between Mozambique and Zimbabwe, demanding better working conditions
On Tuesday (03), a group of workers from Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique - Centro (CFM) removed a section of the Beira - Machipanda railway line, preventing it from connecting to Zimbabwe. The route is crucial for imports and exports from inland African countries, which depend on the Mozambican port of Beira. According to a...
Sofala records historic drop in cotton production
Sofala province, one of the country's main cotton producers, has seen a sharp drop in production of this commodity, ending the 2023/24 season with one of the worst yields in recent history. According to data released last week during a session of the State Representation Council at the level of this...
CIP denounces the lack of transparency in the management of the Sovereign Wealth Fund
The Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), a Mozambican non-governmental organization (NGO) believes that the management of the Mozambique Sovereign Fund (FSM) is not transparent and that the government's reports lack information. According to a CIP report on the subject, the Sovereign Fund is far from being a transparent institution in the management of...
Mozambique and Malawi launch project to facilitate mobility and cross-border trade
Mozambique and Malawi have launched a project to facilitate mobility and small-scale cross-border trade, a joint initiative. The ceremony took place in the Malawian city of Blantyre and was witnessed by the Malawian Minister of Internal Security, Ken Zikhale Ng'oma, and the Director General of the National Institute for Mozambican Communities Abroad (INACE) Armando Muiane, representing...
China opens market for Inhambane chestnuts
The province of Inhambane, located in southern Mozambique, could start exporting cashew nuts to the Chinese market next year, under the market liberalization recently announced by the Chinese authorities. According to official information gathered on Monday during the Provincial Cashew Forum, which took place in the city of...
Maputo: President of the Republic launches 2024-25 agricultural campaign today
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, will today, Friday (08), at the Xinavane Administrative Post, Manhiça district, Maputo province, launch the 2024-25 agricultural campaign. The event aims to promote the role of the agrarian sector in the country's socio-economic development and will also serve to evaluate the performance of the previous campaign. On the occasion, according to a...
Mozambique to become a full member of the African Free Trade Area from January
Mozambique will become a full member of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in January next year, when it will begin to explore the business opportunities that this platform offers to member countries, especially in terms of internationalization and productive specialization. The announcement was made this week in Maputo by the Minister of Industry and Trade, Silvino Moreno, who...
Mozambique and Colombia sign Visa Waiver agreement
The governments of Mozambique and Colombia have initialed an agreement to abolish visas for diplomatic and service passports, an instrument that aims to make it easier for officials and other individuals to travel with these documents. According to an AIM publication, the agreement was signed on Monday (28) in the Colombian city of Cali by...