The Ministers of Defense of Mozambique, Cristóvão Chume, and of Tanzania, Stergomena Tax, are chairing a four-day meeting, from today until Friday, in Maputo, where they will discuss military cooperation between the nations. In this fourth session of the Permanent Joint Commission on Defense and Security, experts from both countries will also be present to evaluate...
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Gas from Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline leaks into the Baltic Sea
Danish authorities have asked ships to stay away from a five nautical mile radius of the island of Bornholm after a gas leak overnight Monday from Russia's defunct Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which drains into the Baltic Sea. "A leak occurred today on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline....
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Dollar Loses Ground to the Rand
South Africa's currency, the rand, started on Tuesday to appreciate against the US dollar after a retreat from its peak more than 20 years ago. At 0900 today in South Africa and Mozambique the rand was trading at 17.9550 against the dollar, 0.68% stronger than its previous close. The index...
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Shinzo Abe fired with "Guns and Roses" at $11.5 million funeral
Japan today pays tribute to former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated during a rally on July 8 this year. Abe was the first prime minister assassinated in Japan in 55 years, and the funeral was held amid prayer, flower laying, and 19 gun salutes. The ceremony began at 14:00 local time with the ashes...
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Mphanda Nkuwa: Government and investors hold conference on hydropower project
The Government and the potential Strategic Investors pre-qualified for the selection of the partner that will develop the Mphanda Nkuwa Hydropower project and associated infrastructures of energy transport will today hold a conference in Maputo. According to Radio Mozambique, which cites a document, it indicates that the session aims at presenting clarifications...
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Filipe Nyusi reelected president of the Frelimo party with 100% of the votes
The president of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) party, Filipe Nyusi, was unanimously re-elected to the highest office of the political group, in the ballot in which he was the only candidate to succeed him. The vote was held today in the city of Matola, during the XII Party Congress. Data in...
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Angola grows 3.5% this year, but slows to 1.8% in 2023 - Fitch Solutions
Consulting firm Fitch Solutions believes Angola's economy will grow 3.5% this year, the fastest pace since 2014, but then slow to 1.8% in 2023 due to the oil slump. "Angola's strong growth this year is unlikely to extend into 2023, as oil production is expected to return to the downward trend,"...
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Angolans take over independence square in protest against election results
Thousands of Angolans protested Saturday against what they said was a flawed election last month that returned the MPLA to power after nearly five decades of uninterrupted rule Angola's Constitutional Court has dismissed a complaint filed by the runner-up opposition party UNITA in the August 24 elections. A...
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Moscow promises "full protection" to any areas annexed by Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists on Saturday that the regions of Ukraine where referendums are held would be under Russia's "full protection" if annexed by Moscow. Addressing the UN General Assembly and world media in New York, Lavrov tried to justify the invasion...
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Maleiane promises UN to conclude Renamo's total disarmament this year
The Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, on Saturday at the United Nations General Assembly, assured that the disarmament process of the military wing of the largest opposition party in Mozambique, Renamo, will be concluded this year. According to him, "the DDR process (disarmament, demobilization and reintegration) is an important milestone in the implementation of the agreement...