The Bank of Mozambique (BdM) and the Mozambican Banking Association (AMB) have set the Prime Rate for credit institutions at 22.30% for the month of May, lowering it further for the third consecutive month. For the current month, the two institutions have set the Prime Rate at 22.70%, compared to the 23.10% recorded in...
Author: Salvador Baloi (Salvador Baloi)
Mocuba district hospital staff stop work to demand overdue subsidies
Staff at the Mocuba District Hospital in Zambezia stopped work yesterday to demand payment of their shift allowance. According to a report in the newspaper Notícias, the pharmacy, minor surgery, radiology, admissions and outpatient departments were closed due to the strike. Meanwhile, the director of the District Health and...
Mozambique moves ahead with second phase of anti-corruption project worth 10 M€
The second phase of the Anti-Corruption and Accountability Project, an initiative budgeted at 10 million euros, kicked off yesterday (29) in the Mozambican capital Maputo. The event was marked by the start of a 10-day training course bringing together inspectors from the judiciary and the Public Prosecutor's Office, investigators from the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) and...
ANAC: Around 200 people have died from animal attacks in the country since 2019
Around 200 people have died since 2019, victims of attacks by animals such as elephants and crocodiles, according to figures released yesterday, Saturday (27), by the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC). According to the new director-general of ANAC, Pejul Calenga, who took office a few days ago, wildlife attacks in Mozambique have also destroyed...
Adriano Maleiane participates in the International Summit for African Development
The Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, will take part in the 3rd edition of the International Association for Africa's Development Summit (IDA-21) in Nairobi, Kenya, tomorrow (Monday 29), representing the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi. The event is preceded by the finance ministers' meeting which kicked off on Sunday morning (28). The event, which...
"Government spends more on logistics than on inaugurated infrastructures" - Rosário Fernandes
The economist and former president of the Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) and the National Statistics Institute (INE), Rosário Fernandes, believes that the quality of the inaugurated infrastructures that characterize the current mandate is insignificant in relation to the level of expenditure made on the logistics of the entities involved in these events. The former leader made these statements...
Moçambola-2024: Black Bulls beat Baía de Pemba and are isolated leaders
Associação Black Bulls (ABB) beat Baía de Pemba 3-0 on Saturday (27) in their second match of the Moçambola-2024 season and are now isolated leaders with six points. Kadre scored twice in the 12th and 31st minutes and Victor rounded off the scoring in the 56th minute. The second round concludes today, Sunday, with...
US agency MCC to fund community projects in three of the country's provinces
A total of 13 coastal districts in the provinces of Sofala, Zambézia and Nampula are to receive projects aimed at coastal resilience, to improve the economic opportunities of the communities. To this end, an agreement will be signed on 23 May in Maputo between the organizations ProAzul, the Biodiversity Conservation Foundation (BIOFUND) and the...
President of the Republic praises cooperation between Mozambique and Portugal
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, says that Mozambique and Portugal have been able to build a relationship of friendship and cooperation over the last few decades, despite the obstacles arising from the colonial war. According to the Mozambican statesman, the establishment of diplomatic relations soon after independence and the creation of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP)...
General elections: Inhambane has registered more than 93,000 "ghost" voters
More than 93,000 "ghost" voters, who don't exist, had already been registered in Inhambane by April 20, a week before the end of registration, today, Sunday. According to the bulletin of the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), this number of registered voters is higher than the number of people of voting age in the province. "Documents...