On November 10, Niassa province, in the north of the country, will host its first investment forum, which will discuss the province's main agricultural potential. The forum is being organized by the provincial government in partnership with the Mozambique Chamber of Commerce. Niassa is a producer of macadamia nuts, wheat,...
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Niassa: Malaria has killed 82 people from January to July this year
Niassa province, in the north of the country, continues to be the worst hit by malaria, with high rates of illness, despite the efforts that have been made to contain the disease. According to the health data shared during the fourteenth ordinary session of the Council of State Representation Services, in January...
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Niassa: SERNIC kills one and captures seven gang members
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) in Niassa has dismantled a gang of robbers after an exchange of fire resulted in the death of one of the eight members of the group. According to SERNIC, five of the seven people accused of aggravated robbery using a pistol were arrested...
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Niassa declared cholera free
The province of Niassa has effectively been declared free of the cholera that had been affecting the region since last year. The declaration was made on Tuesday at the end of the tenth ordinary session of the Council of State Representation Services in Niassa. According to RM, eleven of the province's sixteen districts have been affected by...
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Niassa: IIAM projects wheat production to start this year
Niassa province intends to start producing wheat from the 2023-24 agricultural season, according to the Secretary of State for that region in the north of the country, Lina Portugal. To this end, the Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), through the Northwest Zonal Center, based in Lichinga, is developing wheat varieties...
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Niassa: Detained two men for attempted trafficking of a child
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) has announced the arrest of two men of Malawian nationality who allegedly tried to traffic a nine-year-old child in Niassa province. According to the spokesman for SERNIC in Niassa, Moisés Matangue, the two men, aged 43 and 47, were intercepted at the...
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Niassa: Case of donation embezzlement involving INGD delegate could be known later this month
The outcome of the case of embezzlement of donations for the needy involving the delegate of the National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (INGD) in Niassa, Fradei Taibo, could be known later this month, the justice authorities said. The Prosecutor of the Provincial Office for Combating Corruption in Niassa, Rachide Martins, said...
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Niassa. Health official arrested on charges of illicitly charging patient
A health worker has been arrested on charges of illicitly charging four thousand meticais to a patient who was to undergo surgery in the district of Cuamba, Niassa province. The information was provided this Friday by José Manuel, director of the Provincial Health Services in Niassa as part of the celebrations for the...
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INGD: Delegate Arrested for Diversion of Food Says Police Were Wrong
The delegate of the National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (INGD), Friday Taibo, who was arrested in Niassa for allegedly embezzling several food products, says that there was a misunderstanding on the part of the police and denied that it was theft. According to the detainee, quoted by the Moz Clash website, the products were loaded in the district of...
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Niassa. INGD Delegate arrested for hijacking donation truck
A delegate from the National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (INGD) was arrested this morning for allegedly embezzling 10 tons of food intended for donations, TV Sucesso reported on its Casos do Dia program. According to the channel, the products were diverted in Cuambae and Mandimba and were destined for...