Mozambique Airlines (LAM) has suspended three flights due to the passage of tropical cyclone Chido today. These are flights TM172/3 Maputo-Pemba-Maputo, TM190/1 Maputo-Nampula-Maputo and TM162/3 Maputo-Nacala Maputo. In fact, LAM plans to reschedule the flights for periods when the weather conditions improve. The TM156/7 Maputo-Nampula-Maputo flight scheduled for today is also...
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Cyclone Chido interrupts telephone communication, internet and electricity in Cabo Delgado
Telephone communication between Cabo Delgado province and other parts of Mozambique has been interrupted since dawn today due to the passage of severe cyclone Chido. The province is also without electricity. Images in our possession show several destroyed infrastructures in the city of Pemba. Streets are partially flooded. There is no drinking water. In...
Quelimane attends COP16 in Riyadh
he Municipality of Quelimane is represented at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), taking place from December 2 to 13 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The municipal delegation is led by the Mayor of Quelimane, Manuel de Araújo, accompanied by the Municipality's Youth Ambassador,...
Demonstrations are windows of opportunity for institutional reforms
The post-election demonstrations are a window of opportunity for Mozambique to embark on a path of institutional, economic and public policy reforms, argues economist Egas Daniel. "I see opportunities at least for reforms. Because we know that what is fueling the protests is the need for economic and institutional reforms," he said in an interview with...
CAF makes exception for game at Zimpeto Stadium after ban
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has authorized the Mozambican Football Federation (FMF) to hold a match at the Zimpeto National Stadium (ENZ) following the recent ban. The match will be played this afternoon between Associação Black Bulls and Enyimba FC (from Nigeria) in the group stage of the African Cup of Nations....
Nyusi's démarches have been sterile, according to Albano Carige
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, has been meeting with various sectors of society to seek solutions to end the post-election demonstrations in Mozambique. For Carige, Nyusi's deadline for presenting results is utopian. In the meantime, these meetings follow an initial attempt to reach a successful conclusion with party leaders...
Cyclone Chido kills people in Mayotte. Nyusi recommends precautionary measures
Tropical cyclone Chido is already in the Mozambique Channel and could hit the country's mainland this Sunday, with its entry point being the district of Memba in Nampula and Mecufi in Cabo Delgado. The northern provinces, including Cabo Delgado and Niassa, and Tete in the center, could be affected by the phenomenon....
Artists call for dialog to stop post-election protests
The L.U.T.O. por Moz Movement brought together dozens of artists this Saturday on Avenida 10 de Novembro, in the downtown area of Maputo, to call for dialogue with a view to ending the post-election protests through various artistic demonstrations. The artists believe that the parties involved in the demonstrations should find points of compromise....
Nampula: PR warns of possible terrorist presence and action in Mogovolas district
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, today warned of the possibility that Nampula province is currently under terrorist attack in at least one district. He believes that yesterday's destruction of the Cholera Treatment Center in the district of Mogovolas, in that province, is tantamount to terrorist acts. Mogovolas is the only district in...
Ressano Garcia: Young man shot more than six times on his way back from "Shottas" funeral
Police officers from the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) fired lethal bullets and tear gas today at family members and friends of the late blogger Albino "Shottas" Sibia, as they returned from their "last goodbye" at the Ressano Garcia cemetery. At the time, a trailer truck had already blocked the passage of other vehicles and goods in both directions...