There is no medicine in the health units in the district of Guija, in the province of Gaza, health professionals told the provincial secretary of state, Lourenço Lindonde. At a meeting held on Wednesday at the district headquarters, the health professionals announced that the district, for example, has no serums, which means that they have to be bought outside the district....
Government to spend $250 million to create exclusive lane for public transport in Greater Maputo
Public passenger transport (chapas) will now circulate in an exclusive lane in the Greater Maputo region and, to this end, the government launched the MOVE Maputo project this Thursday, valued at 250 million dollars. The Maputo Metropolitan Agency (AMT) will implement the project, which is funded by the World Bank, writes the daily newspaper Notícias.....
Millennium Chalenge Corporation releases $500 million for Mozambique
The CEO of the Millennium Chalenge Corporation (MCC), Alice Albright, has ensured that the recommendation for the release of 500 million dollars for development projects in Mozambique, known as Compact II, has been submitted. The recommendation for approval will be submitted to the MCC Board of Directors by June 28 and only then will the...
Mozambican arrested in South Africa for illegal mining
South African police have arrested 43 illegal miners, including a Mozambican, in the north-eastern province of Limpopo, which borders Mozambique, South African authorities announced yesterday. The group of detainees, aged between 18 and 43, includes a Mozambican, 41 Zimbabweans, a Mozambican and an undocumented South African, the local press...
Every Girl Can project funded with $13 million to combat gender-based violence
The Every Girl Can (EGC) project, which translates as "Every Girl is Capable", has received funding of 13 million Canadian dollars from Canada to combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The EGC covers females between the ages of 8 and 24, and aims to ensure that they...
Polytechnic University will train state agents
The Maputo City State Representation Council has expressed interest in establishing a partnership with the Polytechnic University, with a view to training state agents in the areas of education, health, employment and assistance to people in vulnerable situations. This intention was expressed on Wednesday, April 11, in Maputo, by the Secretary of State...
Cabo Delgado: Mozambican Military receive French military training for a month
The Armed Defense Forces of Mozambique (FADM) received French military training from the Armed Forces in the Southern Indian Ocean Zone (Forces Armées dans la Zone Sud de l'Océan Indien/FAZSOI) to improve their performance in the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado. The South African website defenceweb reports that the French force's support took place in...
ENH debt reaches 180 billion meticais by 2021
The debt of Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), the state's business arm in the extractive sector, exceeded 181.7 billion meticais (2.5 billion euros) in 2021, according to the company's accounts, consulted today by Lusa. In the previous financial year of 2020, ENH's debt was just over 167 billion...
Mozambican photographer wins international award with work on maziones
Mozambican photographer Mário Macilau won the French Roger Pic Award 2023 with his project "Faith", about the practice of animism [a doctrine formulated by Ernst Stahl (1660-1734), who considered the soul to be the determining principle of the functioning of the organism] in Mozambique. In addition to the prize money of five thousand euros (around 350,000...
Fuel truck collides with ore truck on the N4
A truck carrying fuel and another carrying minerals collided on Wednesday afternoon on National Road No. 4 in the city of Matola, injuring three people. The victims were the two drivers of the cargo trucks and an occupant who, according to the Police of the Republic of Mozambique,...