Vista Group, a financial services holding company with a mission to become a world-leading pan-African banking institution, has received approval from the French banking regulator, ACPR, to establish Vista Bank in France. Vista Bank France will be launched in the second half of 2025 and will be Vista Bank's first banking operation...
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French Prime Minister Macron resigns amid political crisis
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has resigned, hours after a vote in the National Assembly to remove him from office. Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron is refusing to step down, following the fall of Michel Barnier's government, and is accusing the far-right and far-left of joining an anti-republican cause. In a statement...
Twenty-six new Mozambican scholarship holders leave for France
Twenty-six scholarship students from various corners of the country left for France today on scholarships for higher education, awarded by the Mozambique LNG Project, operated by TotalEnergies. This is the fourth edition of the scholarship program, developed in partnership with the French Embassy in Mozambique and in line with the government's...
Terrorism: France wants to help the country restore security in Cabo Delgado
French President Emmanuel Macron wants to help the country re-establish security and development in Cabo Delgado with its European and African partners. Macron made this statement as part of a message to the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, on the occasion of the 49th Anniversary of National Independence, marked last...
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado: Filipe Nyusi shows discomfort with France's appeal
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, on Sunday expressed his discomfort with France's appeal to its citizens not to travel to Cabo Delgado, in the north of the country, due to the worsening of terrorist attacks, and even spoke of an agenda. Quoted by Correio da Manhã, the Mozambican head of state said that it was to be expected that the French authorities,...
France advises against travel to Cabo Delgado due to "terrorist threat"
The French Embassy in Mozambique is appealing to French citizens not to travel to the cities of Mocímboa da Praia, Pemba and Palma, in Cabo Delgado, due to the terrorist threat. "Due to the presence of a terrorist and kidnapping threat in the cities of Mocímboa da Praia, Pemba and Palma, it is strongly recommended not to...
Moreira Chonguiça distinguished Knight of Arts and Letters of the French Republic
Saxophonist Moreira Chonguiça's award is in recognition of his artistic work in Mozambique, Africa and France in particular. Moreira Chonguiça joins Malangatana Valente Ngwenha, photojournalist Ricardo Rangel, writer Mia Couto, singer Mingas and the Director of the Kinani Festival, Quito Tembe, other figures in Mozambican arts and letters...
Mali and Niger revoke tax agreements with France
Mali and Niger have abrogated two tax treaties signed with former colonizing power France, their governments said Tuesday in a statement. The statement revoked a 1972 agreement with France that aimed to avoid double taxation and "establish rules of reciprocal assistance" on various tax issues. The other agreement had similar aims,...
Sebastião Coana decorated in France
Mozambican artist Sebastião Coana received the Gold Medal of the Divine Academy of Arts, Letters and Culture, a French institution that promotes and recognizes cultural and scientific work at an international level. "I'm happy and I hope that other young creators feel and have the courage to pursue art, as...
TotalEnergies taken to court in France for crimes committed in Mozambique
TotalEnergies, the multinational company that explores liquefied natural gas in the Rovuma basin, Cabo Delgado, is being taken to court in its home country to answer for crimes committed in the Republic of Mozambique. According to a publication by the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD), the company will answer charges in France...