The Mozambican authorities, through the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), are investigating the existence of charcoal smuggling networks to neighboring countries. According to the director of the Protection and Inspection Services, ANAC is mapping suspected areas of illegal charcoal exploitation. "There are strong...
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) seized various types of drugs (methamphetamine, heroin and others) throughout the country in 2022, worth more than 126 million meticais. These are drugs produced in the countries of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia and Somalia), where consumption is not punishable, announced the inspector of...
The non-governmental organization (NGO) for the defense of human rights, Human Rights Watch (HRW), today called the Mozambican authorities' support for the militia that supports the military in the fight against insurgents in Cabo Delgado, in the north of the country, a "dangerous path". "The authorities should focus on improving the training and professionalism of their regular troops in...
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a Mozambican organization, today criticized the authorities for still not having released the "clarifications" that the President of the Republic promised about the "violent repression" of the marches in honour of the 'rapper' Azagaia". According to the CDD, the Ministry of the Interior, which was tasked with investigating the circumstances of the...
On Monday, 1,750 boxes of hookah tobacco, commonly known as huka or xixa, were seized at the Port of Maputo. According to the Mozambican Tax Authority (AT), the merchandise is valued at eight million meticais and the cargo was being transported in a 40-foot container from the United Arab Emirates,...
The process of rescuing around 17,000 people who were in flooded areas in the district of Boane, the worst hit by the heavy rain that fell last week in the city and province of Maputo, in the south of the country, has been completed. For the provincial governor, Júlio Parruque, guaranteeing assistance to the victims is...
Last Thursday, in the district of Búzi and the city of Beira, Sofala province, the National Institute of the Sea (INAMAR) dismantled some illegal fishing practices that harm the reproduction of fisheries. During the inspection, which took place in the context of the closed season 2022-2023, four fishing gears were destroyed, including nets...
Authorities have seized 26 tons of shrimp whose catch has been banned since November, due to the closed season in force, in the central province of Zambézia, an official source quoted by Lusa said. The fish was seized on Monday in the district of Nicoadala, in a truck from Sofala, and was destined for the province of...
The Mozambican authorities have stopped the export of 45 containers of wood through the Port of Beira, in a scheme that would have cost the state almost 60,000 euros, an official source announced. The wood, seized in the district of Dondo, comes from the provinces of Manica and Zambézia, also in the center of the country, and its export would have...
The southern and central regions of the country will experience long periods without rain from January to March, despite the occurrence of "la niña", a phenomenon that influences the climate and leads to above-normal rainfall. According to the National Institute of Meteorology (INAM), quoted by the newspaper Notícias, this update of the seasonal climate forecast was drawn up on the basis of initial...