The Malawian government has decreed a ban on the import of various locally available products, a measure aimed at protecting fragile foreign exchange reserves and stimulating national production. According to a publication by Rádio Moçambique, through the Ministry of Industry and Trade, from now on Malawi will no longer import maize flour, fruit and vegetables...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has just revised its growth forecasts downwards due to the trade war started by Donald Trump, who guarantees that tariffs will continue. In its Outlook report, published this Monday, the OECD calls on the US president to reduce trade tensions and...
Rwanda has cut all diplomatic ties with Belgium, in a context of tense relations between the two countries due to the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). All Belgian diplomats must leave Rwanda within 48 hours, according to a statement from the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Quoted by Euronews...
Reinildo Mandava's Atlético de Madrid lost 2-4 to Barcelona on Sunday, in the twenty-eighth matchday of the Spanish League. With the Mozambican international playing 90 minutes and making his 100th appearance for the club, Atlético were leading by two goals until the 70th minute, when...
The foreign ministers of the world's seven largest democratic economies grouped in the so-called G7 have condemned Rwanda and the M23 rebel group for their armed actions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a communiqué issued after their meeting in Quebec, Canada, last Friday (14), the ministers ignored the statements by...
The US envoy to Russia said yesterday that US President Donald Trump will meet "this week" with Vladimir Putin to discuss the situation in Ukraine, reports AFP. "There is still a lot to discuss, but I think the two presidents will have a very good and positive discussion this week," said Steve...
Pope Francis, who is still in hospital, said this Sunday that he was "going through a time of trial", in the Angelus broadcast in text. "I share these thoughts with you, because I am going through a moment of trial, and I join so many sick brothers and sisters: fragile, at this moment, like me. Our bodies are weak, but even so, nothing...
The South African presidency regrets the expulsion on Friday of its ambassador to the United States of America, after he showed himself to be anti-progressive in the face of US President Donald Trump's policies. Ebrahim Rassol, who had already been South Africa's ambassador to the US between 2010 and 2015, during Barack Obama's administration, was considered "Persona non grata" by the...
The United States government has expelled South Africa's ambassador to Washington, Ebrahim Rassol, allegedly for inciting racism and expressing hostility towards Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said yesterday. "We don't have anything to discuss with him, and he's also considered a person not in good standing," Rubiu wrote in...
The first vice-president of Zanzibar, Othman Masoud Othman, has condemned the Angolan government's decision to prevent leaders from various countries from entering Angola to take part in an event. He was among the group of people who were detained at Luanda Airport yesterday, February 4, for more than 8am, without assistance...