The German government, through the KfW bank, has announced financial support of 17 million euros for the construction and rehabilitation of the Lichinga and Cuamba mini-hydro plants in Niassa province, northern Mozambique. Speaking after signing the agreement with the Mozambican government, the Ambassador of the Republic of Germany to Mozambique, Ronald Münch stressed that...
In Niassa province, six people have died and another 63 have been injured since the start of the rainy season, victims of extreme natural events. The destruction of homes and lightning strikes are the causes of the deaths and injuries in different districts of the province, according to sources quoted by Rádio Moçambique. During this period, nearly eight...
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC, the US foreign support agency - Compacto II), has announced that it will finance the completion of the asphalting work on Regional Road 657, linking Cuamba, in Niassa, to Magige, in Zambezia, which is about 90 kilometers long. The fact, according to a publication by Rádio Moçambique, was made public by the delegate of the National...
A health worker at the provincial hospital in Lichinga, Niassa, has been arrested after swindling more than 1 million meticais with promises of jobs in the civil service. According to the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), the accused, in connection with her husband, collected money from citizens with promises of facilitating...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is investing around 14 million dollars in the construction of social infrastructures in Niassa province, in the interests of sustainable development. The project, which will benefit approximately 90,000 people living in the districts of Majune, Mandimba, Mavago, Muembe and N'gauma, was presented at the 15th Ordinary Session...
The village of Insaca, in the district of Mecanhelas, in Niassa, experienced a typical war scene yesterday, October 26, with the police firing sequences of shots for a few minutes. The result was that seven PODEMOS supporters were shot. According to CIP Eleições, it all started when PODEMOS members went to hold demonstrations...
The National Roads Administration (ANE) in Niassa will deploy five contractors on roads considered to be at risk of damage during the rainy season. These are the Cuamba/Etatara, Cuamba/Mecanhelas, Marrupa/Mecula, Mussa/Muembe/Mavago and Msawize/Matondovela roads. Quoted by Rádio Moçambique, the delegate of the National Roads Administration (ANE) in Niassa, Oreste Zezela, says that on each road, the...
The town of Insaca, the seat of the Mecanhelas district in Niassa province, was in turmoil in the early hours of this morning, Thursday (10), as a result of a confrontation involving the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) and an alleged group of young voters. According to the Ikweli portal, the dispute was over the transportation of ballot boxes...
Around 8,000 families in the district of Mecanhelas, in Niassa province, have been deprived of electricity from the national grid after 25 poles on the transmission line from the city of Cuamba to the town of Insaca fell due to rain and strong winds. According to the delegate of Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), from the...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, is making a working visit to Niassa province today and tomorrow. According to a publication in "Notícias", on this trip Filipe Nyusi will inaugurate the bridge over the Lúrio River, which connects the districts of Nipepe, in Niassa province, and Lalaua, in Nampula. Also...