The National Electoral Commission (CNE) of Angola announced Thursday that the MPLA won the Angolan general elections with 51.07%, followed by UNITA with 44.05% of the votes, when 97.3% of the polling stations had already been counted. According to the spokesman for the National Electoral Commission (CNE), Lucas Quilundo, "there should be no substantial changes," he said, quoted by...
The former President of the Republic, Joaquim Chissano, who is an observer in Angola's general elections, held on Wednesday, was today satisfied with the electoral process he witnessed. "I am satisfied with what I saw, and so far I have not heard any noise. From what I see yesterday and today on television I have the impression that everything continues....
The US Government today guaranteed continued support to Mozambique in development and humanitarian assistance programs for the victims of terrorism in Cabo Delgado, according to the Senior Advisors of the US Senate. The two Counselors gave these assurances to the President of the Parliamentary Committee on International Relations, Cooperation and Communities, Catarina Dimande. At the end of the meeting,...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, will today inaugurate a factory for processing corn and other cereals in the province of Nampula. The venture results from a proven investment budgeted at 130 million meticais. The enterprise is already operational since 2020, absorbing part of the quantities of corn produced in northern Mozambique, mainly from...
Five people died and 14 others contracted injuries, being 11 serious and three light, as a result of an accident that occurred this morning, on EN1, in the neighborhood 3 de Fevereiro, in Manhiça district, Maputo province. The accident involved three vehicles, a passenger transport 'Toyota Quantum' which left from Inhambane and was following a...
The Angolan National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced today that the ruling MPLA party maintains its lead, with 52.8% of the votes, followed by UNITA, with 42.8%, when 86.41% of the votes have been counted in Wednesday's general elections. With 77,12% of the votes counted in Luanda, the União Nacional para a Libertação Total de Angola (UNITA) leads with...
The unsustainability of the banana crop is leading more than 2,000 producers in the town of Munguinea, in Manhiça district, Maputo province, to abandon the cultivation of the crop. The producers say they are registering significant losses of bananas and other crops, according to Radio Mozambique. With this the producers...
The President of the Maputo City Council, Eneas Comiche, ordered the dismissal of the Administrator of the Chicken and Magumba Market (Fish Market), after in recent weeks, vendors demanded compensation for the transfer of the old market and are unhappy with the rates charged for the rent of the stalls in the new enclosure. Eneas Comiche, explained, this Wednesday,...
South Africans took to the streets this Wednesday in South Africa's nine provinces to protest the high cost of living. They are demanding that the government raise the minimum wage to 12,500 rand, about 47,250.00 meticais at the current exchange rate. The general strike, which is intended to be peaceful, was called by two high-profile union groups...
Thousands of South Africans marched Wednesday into the streets to protest against the rising cost of living and unemployment in the continent's most industrialized economy. The protests are being led by two major unions calling on the government to address rising fuel prices, increased power cuts,...