The Port of Beira, in Sofala province, is the most efficient in southern Africa and the sixth fastest in cargo handling in sub-Saharan Africa. The information is from the latest World Bank (WB) report on the performance of ports handling containerized cargo in the world. Globally...
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Eduardo Samo Gudo elected chair of CDC Africa Regional Technical Advisory committee
The deputy director-general of the National Health Institute (INS), Eduardo Samo Gudo, was elected president of the Regional Technical Advisory Committee of the African Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC Africa) for Southern Africa. The election for a two-year term took place this Tuesday in Maputo, during the III meeting of the Committee, which...
LAM CEO, Pó Jorge Elected President of Southern African Airlines
The director-general of Mozambique Airlines, João Carlos Pó Jorge, was elected president of the Association of Southern African Airlines (AASA), during the 52nd Annual General Assembly of the association, held on October 14-15. At the same meeting, the CEO of the airline Safair, Elmar...
AfDB approves $175 million facility for financing in Africa
The African Development Bank (ADB) has approved a regional trade finance facility of US$175 million for the Eastern and Southern Africa Trade and Development Bank, the bank said in a statement on Thursday. In a statement quoted by Lusa, the institution said that together, "the two institutions will provide an amount of 350...
Mozambique participates in N'kwala festival, the biggest cultural event in Southern Africa
Mozambique will participate, at the end of February, in the largest cultural and traditional event in Southern Africa, called N'kwala. This is a festival that brings together, besides Mozambique, the Republics of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia and eSwatini. The spokesman of the Council of State Representation, in Tete, Lourenço...
Switzerland overturns flight ban from six African countries
Switzerland announced today that, as of Monday, the ban imposed on six southern African countries, including Mozambique, from flying into the country because of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 will be lifted. Thus, as of Monday the ban on entry into Switzerland from South Africa and from...
Omicron: EU lifts flight ban for all southern African countries
All Southern African countries can now fly to European Union (EU) member states. The decision was announced today and aims to allow the resumption of air connections, which had been interrupted due to the Omicron variant, announced the French presidency. According to a post made on the social network Twitter, the French presidency of the...
Omicron's progression forces Spaniards to reinforce control of passengers coming from Mozambique
Spain has strengthened the requirements for entry into the country of air passengers coming from Mozambique and eight other African states considered high risk in view of the progression of the new variant of the Omicron coronavirus. If these documents cannot be obtained in the stipulated languages, passengers must provide an accredited supporting document, which must...
Portugal resumes flights with Mozambique, but with imposition of anti-covid tests and quarantine
The Portuguese government announced this Friday, the resumption of essential flights with Mozambique and the rest of the Southern African countries. According to the Portuguese government's order, the resumption of flights must observe control measures for the new variant of covid-19, Omicron which has been spreading rapidly in the world. "Authorize essential travel...
Covid-19. Spain maintains flight restrictions to Mozambique and other African countries
Spain's restrictions on flights into its territory from Mozambique and eight other southern African countries were extended today, until December 29 this year, to obstruct the spread of the new variant of covid-19. Spain maintains restrictions on flights from Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Namibia,...