The workers of Tongaat Hulett, owner of Açucareira de Xinavane, set fire to houses and cars since the early hours of today, and also vandalized commercial establishments, some of them close to the Police Station of that village in Manhiça district. In all this there is still no data about the loss of human lives, only about a hit-and-run accident. There are people...
Climate change retracts honey production in Sofala
Honey production in Sofala province is declining sharply. Behind the situation are the effects of climate change. Last year the province produced six tons of honey, almost half of what was expected. The program officer of the Local Economic Development Agency (ADEL) Sofala, Moisés Kakano, said that...
US provides 4M$ for HIV/AIDS response project in the Center region
The United States of America (USA), will disburse four million dollars, to finance projects of support to adolescents and young people, in the central provinces of the country. The amount will be disbursed annually by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and will be directed towards HIV/AIDS prevention programs. In the province of...
Rains cause the destruction of more than 60 houses in Niassa
About 62 houses, mostly of precarious construction, were destroyed in the first two weeks of this month as a result of excessive rainfall in the district of Sanga, Niassa province. The situation has affected more than 350 people who are now in need of multiform support. According to the newspaper Notícias, during this period, the rain caused the fall...
Mozambique and Qatar agree to deepen trade relations
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, said that the authorities of Mozambique and Qatar have agreed to deepen commercial and political relations. Filipe Nyusi assured that he will make, at a date to be announced, a state visit to Qatar at the invitation of the authorities of this country, for the realization of the claim. President Filipe Nyusi made these pronouncements...
General Police Commander demands a concerted fight against kidnappings
The General Commander of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique says that the authorities should be implacable in the fight against kidnappings and never admit that in the public way there is circulation of weapons in foreign hands. Bernardino Rafael says that it does not make sense that in a territory where there are police units there is shooting and circulation of weapons without the knowledge...
Cyclone EMNATI may hit Mozambique Channel this Thursday, without danger
The National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) announces that the tropical cyclone "EMNATI", at 14 hours this Tuesday, had its epicenter at 156 kilometers off the east coast of Madagascar, with cyclonic winds of 140 km/h and maximum gusts up to 195 km/h. In a statement, INAM considers that the system, moving at a speed of 22...
Mozambique is in the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, just to note
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, sealed today in Doha, capital of Qatar, the accession to the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries, marking a significant pact in the projection of Mozambique to become one of the largest producers and exporters of gas. "From a small exporter to the Southern region and Africa, we will become part of the...
How did the personal data of Mozambicans escape computer hijacking?
The Director of the National Institute of Electronic Government (INAGE), Ermínio Pita Jasse, assured that personal data registered in the 30 Mozambican Government portals remain inviolable, even after the computer attack that affected the gov.mz extension, between Saturday night and Monday morning. The hacking that the country fell victim to...
Mozambique's largest coffee plantation yielded 550 kilos in 2021
About 1600 farmers are involved in the planting of 400 hectares of organic coffee in Chimanimani in an agroforestry project, considered the largest coffee plantation in Mozambique. The project started in 2020 with the planting of 100 Arabica coffee seedlings in an experimental field in the buffer zone of Chimanimani National Park, which yielded in the first...