The Eiffel Tower in the French capital is riddled with rust and in need of complete repairs, but will instead receive a cosmetic paint job budgeted at 60 million euros before the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to French magazine Marianne. "It's simple, if Gustave Eiffel visited the place he would have...
Mozambique and Italy signed today in Maputo an agreement of general principles to strengthen bilateral cooperation, as part of a working visit that the Italian Head of State, Sergio Mattarela, is making to the country. "It is a broad working instrument that will allow us to cooperate as two countries," said the President of...
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, has proposed a financing structure previously used during the covid-19 pandemic to help rebuild Ukraine with up to 100 billion euros ($104.3 billion) of investment, according to Reuters. The EU-Ukraine Gateway Trust Fund...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, on Monday expressed Mozambique's interest in having funding from China of about 750 million dollars for the rehabilitation of the National Road Number 1 (EN1). The will was expressed to the member of the political 'bureau' and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the...
The first tranche of the $450 million that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has promised to disburse to finance the Mozambican State Budget until 2024 will be channeled this month. "It will be disbursed this month - I think it is 15% of the amount, or less - to straighten out the State Budget, for specific expenses," said Alfredo...
Direct air links between the capitols of Mozambique, Maputo, and Rwanda, Kigali, will start next month, Agostos, Rwandan High Commissioner in Mozambique, Claude Nikobisanzwe, said on Saturday. "Our airline will start direct flights from Maputo to Kigali, which will boost the movement of people and goods and stimulate trade. In principle,...
Artifacts used during the liberation struggle against Portuguese colonialism in Mozambique will be provided to the African Liberation Museum in Harare, Zimbabwe, for exhibition as soon as it is completed. The assurance was given by a Mozambican delegation led by the Minister of Combatants, Josefina Mpelo, to the Zimbabwean Minister of Defense and War Veterans, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri,...
Three women were kidnapped by a group of unknown people, between Saturday and Sunday, in the district of Meluco, Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, according to sources cited by Lusa. Over the weekend, an armed group attacked the communities of Chicomo and Iba, where they burned houses, kidnapping two women in the first village and...
The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) convened this morning an emergency meeting with the associations of carriers of passengers of the cities of Maputo and Matola due to the paralysis of activity, which began in the early hours of the day. According to last minute information, the meeting decided that the current prices of public transport...
The "chapa" passenger carriers paralyzed the activities, since the early hours of this Monday, in the cities of Maputo and Matola, in protest to the latest readjustment of fuel prices. In the terminals of Zimpeto, Albazine, Magonine and Praça dos Combatentes the cars are parked, some without the presence of drivers and conductors. Those who made the...