Manica's provincial director of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ernesto Lopes, has guaranteed that the sector he heads has already drawn up a contingency plan to provide assistance to the families affected by the heavy rains recorded during the passage of tropical cyclone Freddy through that central region of our country. "We need five tons of seeds. We sat down with...
Nearly 2,000 hectares of various crops were destroyed in Manica province due to flooding caused by heavy rains during Tropical Storm Freddy, an official source said. According to Ernesto Lopes, who was speaking on Radio Mozambique's Linha Directa program, the worst affected districts are Tambara, Guro, Macate, Sussundenga and Mossurize. "Here...
The death toll from a road accident on Thursday in Gondola, Manica province, has risen from nine to 10. The new fatality was hospitalized in serious condition at Chimoio Provincial Hospital, said the clinical director of the largest health unit in that central province, quoted yesterday...
The judge in the so-called "Danone case" in the province of Manica, Lúcio Ticha, said that he had found no evidence to criminalize the video about the satirical staging of the corruption of the Traffic Police, played by three children, and acquitted the producer and uncle of the minors, Valter Danone. The case had brought a journalist and her family...
The power supply to the administrative post of Honde, in the district of Bárue, in Manica, has been interrupted since yesterday afternoon, January 17, due to the fall of 11 poles, caused by the bad weather in that part of the country. A press release from Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) indicates that...
Two people died and three others were injured today when an ambulance crashed in Manica, in the center of the country, the spokesman for the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) told Lusa today. According to the police, the road accident occurred at around 2am when the ambulance, from the Manica District Hospital,...
The National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction, INGD, in Manica needs 15 million meticais to operationalize its contingency plan for the current rainy and cyclonic season. According to the head of the INGD's technical department in Manica, the institution is currently working with partners to mobilize resources for...
The central province of Manica will export 400 tons of organic lychees to the European market this year, to be supplied by agricultural multinationals and family businesses, a government source said yesterday. This year's export represents an increase of 40 tons over last year, to a market that needs...
The women filed 450 lawsuits, including crimes for early unions, and 392 lawsuits for violence, including sexual violence, against women, girls and children in various districts of Manica province. The victims of abuse are assisted by the "Viva Mais" program, an initiative with a legal component, mainly focused on the human rights of the Foundation...
The police detained nine foreigners in illegal situation in the country and seized drugs during an operation to stop trafficking in human beings and drugs in Manica, announced today official source. According to the same source, six citizens of Tanzanian nationality, two Guineans and one Rwandan were arrested with unauthenticated residence documents and cards...