Due to a major derailment of a train carrying 43 wagons of coal from Moatize to the port of Beira, passenger train traffic between Beira and Moatize has been suspended. The information is contained in a statement from Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique, quoted by "O País", which reportedly...
Mozambique's Attorney General's Office (PGR) has opened criminal proceedings against 13 police officers in the city of Beira for torturing an alleged criminal to death. According to the PGR's spokesman, Joaquim Tomo, quoted by the newspaper "O País", the police officers tortured the alleged criminal, named Tomás Evaristo, until...
One of the main partners of a Chinese smuggler who has been wanted by the Mozambican justice system for more than three years has been arrested in the city of Beira, Sofala province. According to a report in the newspaper "O País", the Chinese man is accused of money laundering, financing terrorism, tax fraud, falsifying documents and environmental crimes....
The city of Beira, the provincial capital of Sofala, is hosting a logistics and trade conference on Wednesday (11), organized by Standard Bank with the aim of exploring the potential and investment opportunities in the central region of the country, as well as in the hinterland countries. The event is part of the celebrations for the 130th anniversary of Standard...
The trial of the case involving the embezzlement of around 27 million meticais from the WFP (World Food Program) began this Thursday in the city of Beira, in Sofala. According to Rádio Moçambique, the defendants in the case are two WFP officials, namely a financier and his assistant, and another citizen,...
The cities of Beira and Dondo have had water restrictions since dawn yesterday, March 14, due to an electrical fault at the Mútua Water Treatment Plant. The information is provided by AdRC, Águas da Região do Centro, SA, in a statement to which we have had access. At the moment, it reads...
Four young men, residents of the Gorongosa district in Sofala, have been arrested on charges of kidnapping an eight-year-old minor and then killing him to allegedly sell part of his body, writes the newspaper "O País". According to the newspaper, the crime took place in a field, located near the victim's home in the town of...
The mayor of Beira, the capital of Sofala province, Albano Carige, who was re-elected in the local elections of October 11 last year, has appointed new councillors and directors of various departments, but has threatened to dismiss them immediately if they fail to fulfill the purposes for which they were appointed. Carige made this demand on Saturday (10),...
Dozens of former workers from the now defunct Beira Public Transport Company (TPB), now known as Beira Municipal Transport (TMB), rioted on Tuesday morning in front of the Beira Municipal Council (CMB) building, in the Mozambican province of Sofala, to demand payment of the compensation they have been waiting for for five years. The demonstrators, who are contesting the...
The Beira Fishing Port is operating below capacity. This stems from high fuel prices. There are even operators who have left the scene because they can't cope with the prices. In an interview with the daily newspaper Notícias, the Director of the Beira Fishing Port, António Remédio, said that the...