The President of Angola, João Lourenço, re-elected on August 24, decreed for Thursday a toleration period throughout the country to allow Angolans to "commemorate with dignity" his inauguration. Workers who work in shifts are excluded from this tolerance, according to the presidential decree published today. In the decree, João Lourenço...
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G20 GDP drops 0.4% in Q2
Gross domestic product (GDP) in the G20 fell 0.4% quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter of 2022, after growing 0.5% in the first quarter, according to provisional estimates from the OECD. In a statement released today, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) further states that the contraction in the G20 area contrasts with...
Founder of the Evergrande construction company demands that construction work be resumed
The founder of the Chinese construction company Evergrande, Xu Jiayin, today demanded that the pending works that the group is building in China be resumed by the end of this month. In a statement, Xu explained that work has already been reactivated on 668 of the company's 706 real estate projects. The remaining 38 must resume construction by...
From October to March: Ban on Shrimp Catch
The capture of surface shrimp and mangrove crab will be prohibited from next month until March 2023. The measure aims to allow the reproduction of the species along the entire Mozambican coast, according to an official source. Leonid Chimarizene, spokesman for the National Institute of the Sea, Public Institute (INAMAR-IP) explained to "Notícias" that the ban period will be characterized by...
City MPs demand Putin's resignation in petition
Deputies from 18 municipal districts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, have signed a public petition demanding the resignation of that country's president, Vladimir Putin. "We, the municipal deputies of Russia, believe that the actions of President V. Putin harm the future of Russia and its citizens. We demand Vladimir Putin's resignation....
Pemba: FIPAG increases water distribution capacity to cope with growing population
In order to improve the water supply service to the city of Pemba, Cabo Delgado province, the Water Supply Investment and Property Fund, FIPAG, is implementing a set of actions to alleviate the pressure on the system, which results from the demographic increase in that city, which limits the water supply capacity of the...
IMOPETRO seeks new fuel supplier for the country
Moçambicana Petroleum Importer (IMOPETRO) is looking for a new supplier of Jet, Diesel and Gasoline to supply the country in the next three months. Information published by Carta states that at this moment the fuels are supplied since mid-July 2022 by the French company, Totsa, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies. The Charter publication also states...
Pope Francis laments the murder of a nun in Memba
Pope Francis this Sunday lamented the murder by terrorists last Tuesday of the 83-year-old Italian nun. Maria de Copi lost her life in a terrorist attack on a parish on the outskirts of the Memba district in Nampula province. Speaking after the usual Angelus prayer from the basilica of St....
Al-Qaeda group publishes book about 9/11 attack plans
The al-Qaeda terrorist organization published on Sunday a book written by a leader of the group with details about the preparation of the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, 21 years after the attacks. The 250-page book, according to News to the Minute, is attributed to Abu Mohamed al-Masri,...
Government starts charging for the use of maritime space
The government has just started charging user fees to companies that are exploring the areas along the Mozambican coast and the maritime space up to 200 miles from the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), according to an official source. Leonid Chimarizene, spokesman for the National Institute of the Navy (INAMAR-IP) said quoted by Notícias Online...