The authorities in the district of Macomia have "decreed" the compulsory withdrawal of the residents of the town of Mucojo until today, Thursday, almost a month after the rebels stormed and occupied the strategic and main fishing port. According to a VOA report, the notice of withdrawal was passed on by some local leaders, but no details have been...
The Tax Authority (AT) recently seized 669 cases of alcoholic drinks, valued at just over 1.1 million meticais, in Zambézia province, in the center of the country. According to information provided on Friday in Quelimane by the Operational Director of the Tax Area, Mário Jorge, the seizure was the result of a joint operational activity between the AT and...
Yango, an international digital cab company, says it has received with some concern reports made by users in Maputo about alleged harassment, attempted rape and assault involving drivers associated with the platform. In a statement released this Thursday, the company promises to reinforce security measures in order to protect customers who...
On Friday, the police authorities in Zambézia province, in the center of the country, seized three horse-drawn trucks loaded with around 30 tons of lepidolite each, an ore from which lithium is extracted and used to produce batteries and electric cars. According to the newspaper Domingo, the case took place in the district of...
The Central Office for Combating Organized Crime has identified and dug up the body of a kidnap victim from a year ago in Maputo city. Since Munawar Ahmed Ali was kidnapped by strangers in broad daylight on October 3, 2022, on Avenida Albert Lithuli in the Mozambican capital, he has never been...
A few days ago, the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) incinerated around 76 kilograms of "cannabis sativa", known as soruma, in the locality of Missevene, administrative post of Bela Vista, in the district of Matutuíne, Maputo province. The quantity of drugs, according to SERNIC spokesman Henrique Mendes, was seized during various operations carried out in the...
The health authorities in Sofala say that the cholera situation, which has been ravaging five districts of the province since the end of last year, is now under control. According to the provincial director of Health in Sofala, Neusa Joel, who was speaking during a visit by the president of the provincial assembly, by Monday the province had a cumulative...
The National Institute for Disaster Management and Reduction (INGD) urgently needs resources to deal with the wave of displaced people resulting from the new escalation of jihadist actions in Cabo Delgado, more than 880 of whom are in the district of Macomia and hundreds more in Mueda. The INGD delegate in Cabo Delgado,...
A multi-sector team made up of technicians from the Maritime Administration, members of the Lake and River Police and the Navy in Nacala, Nampula, has just identified drug trafficking hotspots, including the actors involved, and promises to release the results of the operation in the near future. A report in the newspaper Notícias states that the...
The director of Maputo Central Hospital (HCM), Mouzinho Saide, denied rumors that the facility is facing a shortage of food and insulin. "It's not true that there is a shortage of food for patients. We try to serve food according to the calories each patient needs to consume. Maybe there is...