Another businessman was kidnapped this morning in the country's capital, Maputo, specifically at the Olympic Committee building in the Polana Cimento neighborhood. The victim was kidnapped in Rua Mateus Sansão Muthemba, in the Museu area of Maputo city, as he was leaving the gym in the Olympic Committee building. According to the video circulating on...
Gorongosa Restoration Project receives BBVA Foundation World Biodiversity Conservation Award
The Gorongosa Restoration Project received the prestigious BBVA Foundation World Biodiversity Conservation Award at a gala ceremony in Madrid on Wednesday - recognition of the successful ecological recovery of Gorongosa National Park over the last 20 years. The award ceremony celebrated "the value of life in...
Cabo Delgado's reconstruction "dependent" on USAID
The continuity of the Reconstruction and Resilience Plan for the destroyed infrastructure in Cabo Delgado province depends on whether or not new funding is released by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). "USAID is on the agenda. It will certainly make a statement, we continue with the...
Nampula approves 100-day governance plan worth more than 330 million meticais
The provincial government of Nampula, in northern Mozambique, this Thursday approved the plan for the first 100 days of government, which is valued at 336.5 million meticais. Meeting in its first ordinary session, the spokesman for the Nampula Provincial Executive Council (CEP), William Tunzine, explained to the press that "this plan presents actions to be carried out...
Protests in Mozambique have gone beyond electoral issues, according to Chapo
The President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, considers that the current protests in the country have gone beyond the post-election issues that have dominated the country since October 21, 2024. "The post-election crisis translated into violent and illegal demonstrations, whose human and material consequences continue to be felt in the country, have nothing to do with...
Italy provides 100 M$ for digital transformation project in Mozambique
The Italian government, through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), is funding the implementation of the "Digital Flagship for Africa" project, an initiative budgeted at 100 million dollars to support digital transformation in Mozambique. The project is part of a broader initiative of the Mattei Plan program, which aims to accelerate...
Demonstrations cost the Mozambican economy 32.2 billion meticais
The post-election demonstrations that broke out in the last quarter caused an estimated 32.2 billion (around 504 million dollars) in damage to the Mozambican economy and led to the loss of more than 17,000 jobs nationwide. The figures were released on Thursday (20) by the President of the Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA),...
Vendors denounce demolition of Mercado 1 de Agosto in Bairro Polana Caniço
Vendors accuse the Maputo City Council (CMCM) of ordering, without warning, the demolition of the 1 de Agosto Market (Mercado do Metical), on September 16, 2020, where they had been trading for more than 40 years. The complaint was forwarded this week to the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD)...
Ministry of Justice and partners promote training for minors in conflict with the law
The Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs (MJACR), in partnership with UNICEF, is holding a training seminar on the care and referral of minors in conflict with the law in Maputo province on February 20 and 21. Speaking at the opening of the meeting, the National Director of Human Rights...
Millennium bim supports exhibition "Madjoni-Djoni" by Nuno Silas
On February 11, Millennium bim, in partnership with the Franco-Mozambican Cultural Center (CCFM) and the Mozambican-German Cultural Center (CCMA), inaugurated the exhibition "Madjoni-Djoni - Portraits of Mozambican Miners and Families in South Africa", by Mozambican artist Nuno Silas. The exhibition, supported by Millennium bim as part of its...