The population of the northern region of the country will benefit from a significant improvement in the conditions of their lives, following the implementation of the Northern Mozambique Urban Development Project (PDUNM), to be developed by the Government in partnership with the World Bank. The initiative aims to improve land-use planning, empower the people of...
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Torrential rains cause derailment of train with 300 passengers in Maputo. No casualties
A locomotive carrying 300 passengers derailed today in Maputo province, due to the displacement of the railway, without causing casualties, said the company Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM). According to a spokesman for CFM, Adelio Dias, quoted by Lusa, the train went off the rails on the arrival of the level crossing, after the railway line was...
Lurdes Mutola honored today
The former Mozambican athlete, Maria de Lurdes Mutola, is honored today in the city of Eugene, Oregon, USA, by the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) in the context of the World Athletics Championships to be held in that country. According to the newspaper Notícias, Lurdes Mutola will be decorated by the organization of the event as part of an initiative...
PR determines review of the composition and functioning of the Air Safety and Facilitation Commission
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, determined, through a Presidential Decree, the review of the composition and operation of the Air Safety and Facilitation Commission. This is an interministerial body for coordination, promotion and establishment of the conditions of facilitation and aviation security, according to a presidential statement to which we had access. The Air Safety and Facilitation Commission...
"Mambas host Zambia in the ENZ
The national soccer team (Mambas) receives, next Sunday, Zambia, in the first leg of the first qualifying round for the African Domestic Championship-2023, which will take place in Algeria. The match will mark the return of soccer to the Zimpeto National Stadium, after the ban by the Confederation of African Football (CAF)...
Nokia profit rises 8.51TP2Q2 to 585 million in Q2
The manufacturer of equipment for fixed and mobile networks Nokia revealed today that accounted for a profit of 585 million euros in the second quarter of this year, 8.5% more than in the same period last year. The multinational company also clarifies in a communiqué quoted by Lusa that the net result reached was due...
Residents Find Body of Alleged Terrorist in Macomia
A group of residents of the town of Nguida, in a forest in the interior of Macomia, a district of northern Mozambique ravaged by armed violence, found a lifeless body and "riddled with bullets," local sources told Lusa today. The man's body had his face hooded with a black scarf and with writings in Arabic,...
Mozambique has vaccinated more than 7.8 million children against polio
Over 7.8 million children were vaccinated against polio in Mozambique during the third round of immunisation, a number that exceeds the campaign target by 110%, said the deputy national director of Health, Benigna Matsinhe. According to the official, cited by Diário de Notícias, the operation provided for the vaccination of 6.8 million people...
US announces USD 116 million support for displaced people in Cabo Delgado
The United States of America (US) will provide an additional $116 million this year to support those displaced by armed violence in Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, said Urza Zeya, US Under Secretary for Civil Security, Democracy and Human Rights. "With the new amount, it raises to $167 million the assistance...
Launched Public Works Project Monitoring Platform
The Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources (MOPHRH) officially launched, on Wednesday July 20, in Nampula, the Platform for Implementation and Monitoring of Public Works Projects, a tool that will help the Ministry in the management and monitoring of projects in real time and in detail as to their level of implementation.