A report by the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), indicates that at least 10 people have died and another 47,493 have been affected by rains, strong winds and other natural disasters in the country in the current rainy season. "Of the total number of deaths, nine were registered in Zambezia province and 01 in Sofala,...
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Government stresses restoration of "basic services" in areas affected by terrorism
The government of Cabo Delgado considers that the military operations of the forces fighting the armed insurgency are allowing the reestablishment of basic services in points that were under rebel rule. According to the governor of Cabo Delgado, Valige Tauabo, the national forces and their counterparts from the Southern African Development Community countries...
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Contingency Plan of the Municipality of Maputo will cover nearly 1500 people
Nearly 1500 people in the city of Maputo will be assisted in the current rainy season through the Contingency Plan of the Maputo Municipal Council, currently being implemented. In addition to material support, the plan consists of capacity building of local risk management committees at the municipal district level, as well as surveying possible...
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Mozambique will assume rotating presidency of the Trade Union Community of the CPLP
Mozambique will assume, this year, the rotating Presidency of the Trade Union Community of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP). This is an organism that congregates close to nine trade union associations of the CPLP member-states, with the objective of improving the working conditions of the affiliated members and workers in general. The secretary-general of the Sindicato Nacional dos...
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Matola needs USD 70 million to solve flood problem
The municipality of Matola city, capital of Maputo province, is working to mobilize about 70 million dollars to solve the problem of cyclical flooding, causing incalculable human and material damages. The information was advanced Wednesday by the Municipal Infrastructure councillor and spokesman of the Municipal Council of...
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Maputo province may continue to experience flooding in the coming days
Maputo province may continue to experience flooding situations in the coming days due to the forecast of rainfall above one hundred millimeters in the countries upstream of Mozambique. According to the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), this situation may dictate the continuity of discharges of sixty cubic meters...
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Waking up, leaving home and going to study at Acipol is no longer good enough. Now it is exclusive to agents
The commander-general of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) said on Thursday in Maputo that from the year 2023 only officers of the corporation will be able to attend classes at the Academy of Police Sciences (Acipol). One of the requirements revealed by Bernardino Rafael is five or three years of work experience as a member of PRM, after...
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Government mobilizes resources for resuming asphalting of the road linking Niassa and Zambézia
The government is mobilizing resources for the resumption of asphalting works on regional road 657, which connects Cuamba in Niassa, to Magige in Zambezia. The asphalting works were interrupted in March 2019, due to the termination of the contract with the contractor and the delay in the disbursement of funds by the government...
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Covid-19. Omicron causes exponential increase in infections in Mozambique
The covid-19 variant, omicron, is dictating the resurgence of cases of the disease in Mozambique, but with a still low number of deaths, thus revealing its high rate of transmissibility. Last week alone 19,100 cases of infection were registered. "This translates to an exponential increase that is characteristic of a wave with the...
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Tete's Tilapia exported through the Port of Beira. More than 400 tons processed
More than 400 tons of fish of the tilapia species, raised in captivity in the Cahora Bassa reservoir, in Tete, were processed and exported through the Beira Fishing Port, in Sofala. The exportation of the tilapia fish comes under the shelter of a contract signed, recently, between the company Chicoa Fish, based in Songo district...