The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (Oxfam) has published a report in which it points to countries that are over-indebted to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). IMF and WB loans to Mozambique increase income imbalance index The document states that this condition accentuates the socio-economic differences of the countries in that condition, and...
Sporting de Geny Catamo wins and gets closer to the title
Sporting smiled again on their way to becoming national champions this Tuesday (16), beating Famalicão (0-1) in Minho and celebrating yet another triumph with gusto. The Leonine team won with great pragmatism and a sense of reality; the importance of having the ball, the most precious asset of the...
PSG humiliate Barcelona at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium and are in the semi-finals of the Champions League
The Champions League just won't let up! In another game full of drama, twists and turns and goals, PSG qualified for the semi-finals by beating Barcelona 4-1! The first half went well for the home side. Playing in a sold-out Olimpico de Montjuic, with the atmosphere sweltering, PSG tried...
"World economic growth is unlikely to take off in the next five years," warns the IMF
After two years of recovery from the 2020 recession, the world economy has stabilized on a growth plateau of just over 3%, from which it should not be able to emerge in five years, warns the World Economic Outlook, published this Tuesday (16) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the IMF, quoted by the Portuguese newspaper Expresso,...
Samsung overtakes Apple as largest cell phone manufacturer in first quarter
Apple saw deliveries of iPhone for sale fall by 9.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, being overtaken by rival Samsung. According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC), the US company delivered 50.1 million units between January and March, below the 51.7 million expected by analysts quoted by the...
Mozambican Chanaya Pinto on the list for the 2024 WNBA Draft
Mozambican forward Chanaya Pinto is the only African on the list of high school and college players who have formally applied to be included as candidates for the 2024 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm®, scheduled for today, April 15, at the famous Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. According to Lance MZ,...
Nyusi attends international conference on miombo woodland management in the USA
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, will be attending the International Conference on Sustainable and Integrated Management of the Miombo Forest in Washington DC, USA, from tomorrow (16) until Friday. The event is being organized by the Mozambican government, in partnership with the International Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (ICCF),...
South Africa: More than 3,000 miners at risk of extreme poverty
The new restructuring of the Sibanye-Stillwater mining company in South Africa could put more than 3,000 miners into extreme poverty. The mining company has announced the reduction of its gold mining operations and services, which could affect 3,107 workers and 915 contractors, reports Notícias ao Minuto. The spokesman for the miners' union...
Kristalina Georgieva re-elected Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced the re-election of Kristalina Georgieva for a second term as Managing Director of the institution. In fact, the 70-year-old Bulgarian, who was vice-president of the European Commission and managing director of the World Bank, was the only candidate to succeed herself. And, according to the IMF Executive Board,...
Zuma accuses successor of flouting justice
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has accused his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, of contempt of court for failing to appear in court, in a case brought by Zuma himself against the current President. The former president of South Africa has decided to file a lawsuit against the current South African head of state, Cyril Ramaphosa, for failing to react...