Mozambican citizens are accusing the Turkish embassy in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, of racist acts. A publication in the newspaper Evidências reveals that the acts are evident to those who apply for visas at the embassy. Mozambican citizens suffer verbal abuse and those with black skin are even called monkeys. O...
Mozambican international winger Ricardo "Guima" Guimarães is the new signing from Igdir FK of the Turkish II League. The 28-year-old has signed a contract valid for one season. According to the newspaper Desafio, Guima joined the Turkish club at no cost after deciding not to renew his contract with relegated Portuguese side Chaves, where he...
Mozambican international Mexer Sitoe has renewed his contract with Turkish League II side Bandirmaspor for another season, according to a statement from the club. The Turkish club confirmed on its social media page the renewal of Edson Sitoe, known as Mexer, for another season. "An agreement has been reached with...
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Macamo, will be attending the third edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey from today until Sunday, representing the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi. According to the newspaper Notícias, her participation comes in response to an invitation from Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan...
Mozambique has just authorized an extraordinary quota for chicken imports from Brazil and Turkey to minimize the impact of the ban on poultry products from South Africa, which is facing an influenza outbreak. In this context, according to Notícias, the importers will be able to buy around four thousand tons of chicken...
The UN Secretary General said on Thursday that the organization is "deeply committed to resuming the Black Sea initiative", which allowed the export of grain from Ukraine, but that "mutual guarantees" are needed. Quoted by Lusa, António Guterres said that "contrary to what has been said recently, we remain actively engaged especially in aspects such as the...
Turkey sees "no alternative solution" to the grain export agreement reached with Russia, the Turkish foreign minister said on Saturday in Kiev, ruling out a possible route involving the United States. "We know that other routes are being sought, but we don't see any alternative solution to the original agreement, due...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 69, was re-elected for a third term on Sunday (28) after a close run-off election against opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Erdogan received 27,513,587 votes (or 52.14%), according to data released by Turkey's Supreme Electoral Council, beating his opponent Kilicdaroglu, who got...
Turkey opens polling stations today for an "unprecedented" second round of the presidential election between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opponent Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. Erdogan, a conservative Islamist who has been in power since 2017, won 49.5% of the votes in the first round against 44.9% for Kiliçdaroglu, a center-left secularist who contested the official results. According to Lusa,...
The Turkish government said today that it is speeding up negotiations to extend the grain export agreement signed between Russia and Ukraine, which expires on March 18. "We are working hard for the extension of the Black Sea grain agreement," said Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut...