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,...
Author: José Caetano (José Caetano)
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Zambézia. Police arrest ringleader of metical counterfeiting ring
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), in Zambezia, arrested last week in Gúrué district, a citizen accused of being the head of a network dedicated to counterfeiting of metical, the national currency, reports a police source quoted by Radio Mozambique. According to the source, from Gúruè, the group operated...
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Reconstruction of Cabo Delgado. Young people in training in the construction business
Some 72 young people from Palma district are being trained in construction matters to be involved in the rehabilitation works of social infrastructures destroyed by terrorist attacks. The National Director of the National Institute for Vocational Training and Labor Studies, Alberto Cassimo, said quoted by Radio Mozambique that this is a...
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Peace and Africa on the Chinese agenda for the UN Security Council
China, which this month chairs the United Nations Security Council, has scheduled two main debates at the UN, one on international peacekeeping and another focused on Africa. The information was advanced this Monday in a note released by the UN Security Council itself. The first is an open debate...
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Jacob Zuma's corruption trial postponed again until October
The more than 20-year corruption case against former South African President Jacob Zuma and French arms manufacturer Thales has been postponed again by the High Court in Pietermaritzburg. Judge Piet Koen decided to postpone the corruption case to October 17 due to a pending appeal in the Constitutional Court submitted by the...
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South African Airlink will have direct flights between Cape Town and Maputo
Airlink, South Africa's largest independent regional airline, will now run direct flights connecting the Mozambican capital Maputo with Cape Town, South Africa, the company said in a statement. "Airlink is responding to the call from the travel market for a direct service between the two coastal cities, which...
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Food crisis hits 1800 families in Machaze
About 1800 families are facing a food crisis caused by drought and drought in the administrative post of Chipopopo, in the district of Machaze, Manica province. The head of the Department of Food Security and Nutrition in the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Fisheries, in Manica, Dionísio Rapieque, told journalists that the families...
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Sofala. More than 1,500 motorists banned from driving in the next 12 months
More than 1500 motorists are barred from driving for the next twelve months for committing serious traffic violations in Sofala. The scenario comes at a time when the number of traffic accidents, which have mostly resulted in deaths, is tending to increase in the country, and the government has been taking...
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South Africa. High Court resumes Jacob Zuma case
The Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg, Kwazula Natal province, today resumes the corruption case involving the former president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma. According to Radio Mozambique today will be only to evaluate the viability of August 15 as the effective date for the beginning of the trial. But it is unlikely...
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Zambia to cancel over US$ 2 billion in loans to solve debt problems
Zambia has engaged lenders to facilitate the formal cancellation of more than US$ 2 billion in undisbursed loans as part of measures to address its debt challenges, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday in a statement that is quoted by Reuters news agency. The statement said the ministry has taken steps to cancel some...