The president of the Mozambican Football Federation (FMF), Feizal Sidat, underwent a surgical procedure related to the arteries in his heart yesterday in a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, following heart complications. According to a statement from the FMF, the surgery went without complications and Sidat is out of danger and recovering. Hours...
Last Hour/Video: Interpol extradites Mozambican accused of laundering two million dollars
The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) today extradited Mozambican citizen Huzaifa Assane from Gaberone, Botswana, to Maputo. Assene was arrested by Interpol on December 27, 2024 at the Tlokweng border post, a town near Gaberone. He had been reported as a fugitive since 2017, in the case in which a...
Renamo prepares to take seats in Parliament
The Renamo party is going to ask the Assembly of the Republic to swear in its 28 deputies elected for this legislature. The information was shared this morning in Maputo city by Renamo spokesman Marciel Macome at a press conference. Macome said, quoted by "Notícias", that a file had been drawn up for the president...
Yango drivers stop work and demand an increase in travel prices
Dozens of app-based cab drivers, in this case those affiliated to Yango, stopped their activities today in Maputo, demanding better working conditions, accusing the 'bosses' of arrogance and considering migrating to other apps. They made their demands in the vicinity of the company's offices, on Avenida Marginal, in the Costa do Sol neighborhood....
Lúcia Ribeiro participates in the work of the CJCA
The president of the Constitutional Council of Mozambique (CC), Lúcia Ribeiro, will take part in the 18th session of the executive committee of the General Assembly of the Conference of African Constitutional Jurisdictions (CJCA), starting this Friday (24) in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. A CC press release quoted by AIM indicates that the meeting of the Executive Committee of the...
Aren't the terrorists sailing away after all, Mr. ex-President?
Terrorists appear to be continuing their vigorous actions in Cabo Delgado province. This contradicts the announcement by the former President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, on December 15, 2024, about the abandonment of the extremists in the province. Nyusi had assured that the actions of the Defense and Security Forces had dismantled the terrorists and led them to abandon the...
Protests cause losses of 200 million Meticais to AdRMM
The company Águas da Região Metropolitana de Maputo (AdRMM) claims to have suffered a loss of around 200 million Meticais as a result of its customers refusing to pay for services as part of the post-election protests called by former electoral candidate Venâncio Mondlane. The company claims that the vandalizations compromised the normal supply...
TotalEnergies postpones resumption of natural gas project in Cabo Delgado
The multinational TotalEnergies has once again postponed the resumption of its natural gas production project in the Rovuma Basin Area, in Cabo Delgado province. The company had planned to return to work on Mozambican soil in 2024, but post-election protests have led to another setback, according to the FT. Quoting the CEO of TotalEnergies,...
TRAC to invest 5.5 billion Meticais to upgrade EN4
Trans African Concessions (TRAC), the concessionaire for National Road Number Four (EN4), which connects the country to neighboring South Africa, has committed to investing around 5.5 billion Meticais to rehabilitate the stretch between Ressano Garcia, in the Moamba district, and Tchumene, in Matola. The work, which should have started last year, is...
New Highway Code could reduce speed limits
The country's current Highway Code (Código de Estrada - CE) is under review and new measures could be approved this year. One of the innovations planned is a reduction in speed limits, aimed at reducing the number of road accidents. The reform of speed limits will affect towns and cities. The maximum speeds...