Health Minister Armindo Tiago said that Covid-19 has affected the country's HIV/AIDS program due to the reduction and detour of resources to address the pandemic. "The normal programs for other diseases have had to reduce in terms of performance, not only because of lack of resources, but also because of the fact that...
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Cell phone market in Europe falls in the second quarter
A report shared by Counterpoint Research indicates that the cell phone market in Europe saw a 11% drop in Q2 2022 sales, this compared to the same period last year. Counterpoint points to the state of the economy, the uncertainty of the war in Ukraine, and factory closures in Asia...
Amazon accused of enabling racist behavior
A group of workers Amazon warehouse workers near Chicago have formally filed complaints in the state of Illinois, USA, where he accuses the company of allowing racist behavior and death threats to black workers, writes the News to the minute. According to the source the complaints filed include racist and threatening 'graffiti' in the bathrooms...
Niassa. Road Fund owes 118 million meticais to contractors
The Road Fund in Niassa province owes the contractors 118 million meticals, relating to the maintenance of the access roads of that province, a fact that has been conditioning the execution of the works. According to Radio Mozambique, quoting the delegate of the Road Fund in Niassa, Iva Langa, it is a debt related to the maintenance of access roads in the province...
Gaza. Three individuals arrested on charges of illegal firearm carrying
Three individuals are on the account of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), accused of illegal possession of firearms in three districts of Gaza province. According to information advanced by Radio Mozambique these citizens, two of them, who are brothers, were arrested in the district of Chibuto, after being surprised with the same number of firearms...
Exports of agricultural products grew in the first semester
An exponential evolution of agricultural exports was registered from 183 million dollars in 2021 to 310 million dollars for the same period in 2022, Filimão Suaze, spokesman of the Council of Ministers, told the media moments after a session of the body in Maputo. The spokesman said that among the main crops that recorded a...
Magistrates and police officers among those most involved in corruption
According to the Central Office for Combating Corruption (GCCC), in the first half of this year alone, more than 1,300 criminal cases were processed throughout the country. Of these cases, 678 have already been finalized, of which 518 were indicted. Curiously, the spokesperson for the Central Office for Combating Corruption,...
China eliminates tariffs on products imported from Mozambique
China's Ministry of Finance has announced the elimination of customs duties for 98% on products imported from 16 developing countries, including Mozambique, starting September 1. According to a statement released Monday by the ministry, the Customs Tariff Commission of China's State Council decided to assign the status of 'tariff...
PGR assumes SERNIC's inability to investigate economic crimes
The deputy attorney general, Gloria Adamo acknowledged there is a limitation of national investigators to fight economic and financial crimes in the country. Gloria Adamo, who spoke on Monday in Maputo, in the training of fifty investigators of the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), on matters of economic and financial crimes, defends the need for training of investigators, to combat those crimes.
Manhiça is once again a "stage" for blood
The district of Manhiça, Maputo province, continues to be the "stage" for bloodshed due to the high number of traffic accidents that occur there. Awareness-raising efforts by both government entities and civil society are intensifying, but the results are slow to appear. In less than ten hours,...