A motorcade from the Tanzania People's Defense Forces (TPDF) was forced to abandon their vehicles after being ambushed by insurgents in Nangade, Cabo Delgado province. The entourage of soldiers was intercepted moments after leaving the headquarters on their way to the north of Nangade "probably to the base...
CoWork Lab celebrates 10 years in Mozambique
CoWork Lab, a company dedicated to providing shared office space for different companies, is marking its 10th anniversary. Ten years of history marked by strong growth in the Mozambican market. There are now seven Business Centers in Maputo, all situated in strategic locations in the city and each with different...
Boosting the flow of cargo between Mozambique and Zimbabwe through the Machipanda line
The handling of goods in transit between Mozambique and Zimbabwe has now increased substantially, with the completion in the critical area of the rehabilitation and extension works of the Machipanda Line, which connects the city of Beira to the border town of Machipanda, over a total length of 317 km. The Chairman of the Board of Directors (PCA)...
Kida defends a journalism complementary to education
The Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs, Helena Kida, called on media professionals to contribute to complementing education, building moral values and, in this way, consolidating national unity, while respecting the established legal framework. Kida was speaking yesterday in Maputo at the opening of the media forum...
"Mozambique's gas has a promising future and will lead the energy transition" - PCA Galp
Natural gas has accentuated Mozambique's global importance in the supply of energy resources. At a time when the world is looking for sustainable forms of exploitation, Galp's CEO in the country recognizes the potential of national natural gas to lead an "organized" energy transition. Paulo Varela is optimistic about Mozambique's future...
IMF grants immediate support to Mozambique under the Extended Credit Facility Agreement
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded the first review under the three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for Mozambique, the review of financing guarantees and approved the authorities' request for a change in conditionality. "This allows for the immediate disbursement of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) of 45.44...
CDD denounces detention of illegal immigrants in "inhumane conditions"
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a Mozambican non-governmental organization (NGO), denounced the detention of illegal immigrants in "inhumane conditions" at a police station in Maputo "Dozens of illegal immigrants from various African countries are being held in completely inhumane conditions in the cells of the 18th Police Station of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM),"...
Food and transport prices put pressure on the country's cost of living
The general level of prices in Mozambique, but particularly in Maputo, is causing alarm bells to ring about the cost of living, leaving citizens apprehensive about what the upcoming Christmas and end-of-year festive season may bring. According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), the cost of...
Águas de Maputo reduces losses by 11% and improves billing
The Accelerated and Integrated Loss Reduction Program (PAIRP), implemented by the company Águas da Região Metropolitana de Maputo (AdRMM) between 2019 and 2024, has resulted in the reduction of unbilled water by more than 11%, i.e. from 56% in 2019 to the current 45%, suspended customers reduced from 55,000 to 35,000,...
About 1,400 war displaced people from Cabo Delgado go hungry in Niassa
Around 1,400 people who fled armed attacks by rebel groups in the district of Namuno, in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, and have taken refuge in the district of Nipepe, in Niassa, are starving and in need of emergency aid, several local sources told VOA on Monday 21. The group is part of the population that fled...