More than 160,000 people could be affected by natural disasters during the current rainy and cyclonic season in the central province of Manica, the authorities have announced. According to the head of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management department at the INGD, Manica delegation, Vernito Gonga, a...
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Civil Society Congratulates the Head of State on the resignation of the Secretary of State of Manica
Around 100 Mozambican civil society organizations, represented by the Civil Society Forum for Children's Rights - ROSC, the Civil Society Learning and Training Centre - CESC, the Women's Forum, among others, congratulate the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, on the resignation of the Secretary of State for Manica, Stefan Dick Kassotche Mpiri. It is known...
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Manica plans to sell around 25,000 tons of lychee in the 2023 campaign
The province of Manica, in the center of the country, has set itself the target of selling 25,651 tons of lychee on the national and international markets. The target represents an increase of more than nine thousand tons, or 56.7% compared to the 2022 marketing year, when 16,367 tons were sold. The fruit is being produced in the districts...
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Manica: "Introduction of passenger train represents a gain for the population" - Francisca Tomás
The governor of Manica province, in the center of the country, Francisca Tomás, considers the introduction of a passenger train on the Beira corridor, which connects the port city of Beira, Sofala province, to neighboring Zimbabwe, to be an important gain for the population. From November 23rd, passenger trains will start running for the first time...
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Manica: Only two bodies still to be recovered from Catandica accident
The authorities in Manica province, Mozambique, say that only two bodies are still missing from the road accident that killed 20 people last Thursday (07), in the town of Catandica, Báruè district. The accident occurred when a passenger car crashed into a cargo truck and the victims...
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Manica: Road accident kills 20 and injures three in Catandica
At least 20 people lost their lives and another three were injured on Thursday afternoon, following a road accident on National Road number seven (EN7), in the district of Barue, in the province of Manica. The accident was a collision between vehicles, involving a passenger transport vehicle and a...
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Manica: More than 400 families benefit from mosquito nets
The health authorities are going to distribute around 1.5 million mosquito nets impregnated with insecticide to more than 400,000 families in 11 districts of Manica province, central Mozambique. This is a program implemented by the Foundation for Community Development (FDC), launched this Tuesday in Gondola, one of the beneficiary districts. In practice,...
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SERNIC detains suspect in kidnapping of Indian businessman in Manica
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) has arrested a man suspected of involvement in a kidnapping that took place in 2021 in the central province of Manica. "We had an arrest warrant against him for kidnapping an Indian man in 2021," said Paulo Candieiro, SERNIC spokesman. The man, whose nationality is still unknown, was arrested by...
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Manica: Gold extraction from Horizonte Minerais threatens public health
The gold mining activities of Horizonte Minerais in Manica province are putting the public health of the population of Tchimedza at risk, say the victims. The people of this town say, as quoted by CDD, that during the day the company, which is owned by Chinese capital, uses water retention basins...
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Severe acute malnutrition killed 16 children in Manica in the first half of the year
The province of Manica, in the center of the country, recorded the death of at least 16 children under the age of 15 in the first half of this year, victims of severe acute malnutrition. According to the health authorities, the figure represents a reduction of 19 cases compared to the same period in 2022. These figures...