At least 20 people died and another four sustained injuries, ranging from serious to minor, this Monday (24), victims of a road accident that took place on National Road number six (N6), in the Cafumpe area, in the district of Gondola, Manica province, central Mozambique. The accident occurred at around 1pm and involved a car...
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Manica: Provincial Hospital without plaster and reagents
The Chimoio Provincial Hospital, in Manica province, is facing a shortage of plaster and laboratory reagents, according to "Notícias". The situation has made it difficult to care for patients who have come to this health facility in search of the best health care. But because there are no resources, many citizens have been forced...
Teachers threaten to stop work due to lack of overtime pay
As of April 1st, teachers in the provinces of Manica, Cabo Delgado and Nampula are threatening to suspend their activities due to non-payment of overtime and second class allowances for the years 2021 to 2023. The president of the National Teachers' Association (ANAPRO), Isaque Marrengula, who passed on the information yesterday, stressed...
Manica: Renamo guerrillas close delegation and burn Ossufo Momade leaflets
A group of former Renamo guerrillas rioted on Monday morning (17) in front of the party's provincial political office in the city of Chimoio, capital of Manica province, central Mozambique, closed the doors of the building and set fire to leaflets with images of their leader, Ossufo Momade. The act is aimed at demanding...
Manica: People invade tourmaline mine due to non-compliance with agreement
The population of the Nhampassa region, in the Bárue district of Manica, has invaded a tourmaline mine in protest at the failure of mining company Sominha Limitada to comply with its social responsibility agreement. According to a report in the newspaper "O País", the complaint has been going on for almost three months, when the local community decided to invade the...
Fault leaves Manica, Sofala and part of Inhambane without electricity
A breakdown this morning (29) on a transmission line in the central region left around 344,000 customers of Eletricidade de Moçambique (EDM) without electricity. A statement from EDM indicates that the fault caused the interruption of the electricity supply in the districts of Catandica, Guro, Tambara, Mossurize and Machaze, in the province of...
Manica expects to register 18,000 young people for military service
The Provincial Recruitment and Mobilization Centre in Manica, central Mozambique, has set itself the target of registering around 18,000 young people for military service this year. Of this number, 13,395 are male and the rest female, in the campaign that kicked off nationwide and abroad on...
Manica: Unknown assailants set fire to PODEMOS party headquarters in the city of Chimoio
The headquarters of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) was set on fire in the neighborhood of Soalpo in the city of Chimoio, Manica province, in central Mozambique. An RFI report says that members of the extra-parliamentary party who were at the scene attribute the crime, which took place in the early hours of Saturday (23), to...
Protesters burn tires and vandalize stores in Manica
Some citizens living in the city of Chimoio, Manica province, central Mozambique, on Thursday (24) burned tires on public roads and destroyed some public and private infrastructure in response to the invitation to demonstrations by the presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane. This Thursday (24), the day on which the National Electoral Commission (CNE) declared Frelimo and...
Opposition denounces Chinese involvement in Frelimo's election campaign in Manica
The main opposition parties in Mozambique have criticized the public appearance in the city of Chimoio of a group of Chinese people campaigning and offering propaganda material to the ruling Frelimo party, and warn that the attitude could jeopardize the country's sovereignty. A VOA publication refers to a video...