World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, the highest level of alert, when more than 16,000 cases are reported in 75 countries. "We have an outbreak that is spreading rapidly around the world, about which we know very little and...
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Portuguese Cultural Center and City Hall announce winners of literary exchange program
Eduardo Quive and Lúcia Vicente are the winning authors of the 2022 edition of the literary exchange program and will be in residence, from August 25th to September 25th, in Lisbon, Portugal, and from October 1st to 31st, in Maputo, Mozambique, respectively. The jury, made up by Maria Carlos Loureiro (Directorate-General of Books, Archives...
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Muslims who participated in the pilgrimage want an end to terrorism
Muslims who participated in the recent Haje pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, condemn and want an end to the killings and destruction of infrastructures carried out by terrorists in Cabo Delgado province. The pilgrims, who were speaking to the press this Sunday, after arriving at the Pemba International Airport, a departure from the holy city of Mecca in...
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Urban Development Project will benefit regions in Northern Mozambique
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...
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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...
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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...
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"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)...
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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...
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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,...