Yesterday in Maputo, the Renamo Party filed nomination papers for the 65 municipalities that are up for election, promising "not to back down" in the October 11 ballot. "In this war, we will not back down, we will stay here, we will carry all our commitments to the end," declared Gloria Salvador, head of the main opposition party in Mozambique. A...
On Tuesday (8), the BCI and the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs formalized a protocol that formalizes the Bank's support for the "Power of the Network" programme, which will soon take place in the country's capital. The memorandum was initialed by the Chairman of the BCI's Executive Committee, Francisco Costa; the Bank's director, George Mandawa, and...
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Macamo, today called for "greater dynamism" in cooperation with Kenya, through the "intensification" of bilateral economic relations, ahead of the Kenyan President's visit to Maputo on Thursday. "There is an urgent need to give greater impetus to the implementation and monitoring of agreed activities in order to give cooperation greater quality...
The government has decided to almost halve tuna fishing license fees for foreign fleets, according to the tables that came into force at the end of July and were consulted by Lusa. This is ministerial decree no. 100/2023, which updates the tuna fishing license fees applicable to the national fleet with port...
The Center for Public Integrity (CIP), a non-governmental organization (NGO), says that the implementation of the changes in night work conditions from 25% to 12.5% could reduce 2.4 billion Meticais per year, corresponding to just 1.28% of total spending on wages and salaries. However, the NGO warns that such reductions could increase the level...
Around 13,000 citizens from various countries have already entered the country under the visa exemption measure for some countries introduced in May, the vast majority of them tourists, including from Portugal, according to figures provided by the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Eldevina Materula. Of these exemptions, with visas granted at the border, "more than 10,000"...
Forty teachers have been sentenced for registering in the perimeter of the municipality of Morrumbala despite living outside. The teachers were part of the Frelimo priority lists given to the registration brigades. The court also sentenced three brigade supervisors for improperly registering the teachers. In Mopeia, a citizen was convicted of...
LAM, the Mozambican airline, resumed direct flights from Johannesburg to Vilankulo and vice versa on Sunday (06). The company is resuming three flights a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. "Taking the Johannesburg-Vilankulo flight on LAM means getting into the spirit of tourism, of the beach when you board in Johannesburg because we're going to serve...
Mozambique's cement company, Dugongo Cimentos, is to build its fourth plant in the expansion zone of the municipality of Nacala, in Nampula. The foundation stone for the construction of the plant, whose total investment will reach 200 million dollars, was laid today by the Minister of Industry and Trade, Silvino Moreno. According to the...
Air France today indefinitely suspended its flights to Niger and, temporarily, to Mali and Burkina Faso, due to the "geopolitical situation in the Sahel region". "Until further notice" flights to Niamey, the capital of Niger, where the military junta in power since the coup d'état two...