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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Manica: Exports to reach 32 million dollars in 2022
Manica province's exports reached 32 million dollars in 2022, compared to 31 million dollars in 2021. Of this amount, seven million dollars came from fruit exports, according to figures from the Provincial Directorate for Industry and Trade. "Our challenge is to empower fruit producers to master the techniques...
Theft and vandalizing of electrical material in Manica costs EDM 1.3 million meticais
Over the last six months, the Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) company in Manica province has accumulated an estimated loss of around 1.3 million meticais as a result of theft and vandalization of electrical equipment. The damage occurred in the city of Chimoio and the district of Vanduzi. Most of the vandalized infrastructure has to do with poles...
Manica health authorities declare a cholera-free province
The health authorities on Monday declared Manica free of cholera, which has affected six districts in the province for four months. Cholera broke out at the end of January in the district of Tambara, in the north of the province, and spread to five other districts. According to the authorities, in recent weeks all the centers that had been...
PRM officers arrested for stealing gold and 750,000 meticais from a mining company
Two PRM agents and four other individuals were arrested on Thursday, 06, accused of robbing and stealing gold and money from a mining company in the district of Manica, in the province of the same name. According to Voz da América, the police officers, along with three other civilians, allegedly took the company's uniform and...