The Northern Integrated Development Agency (ADIN) wants to promote self-employment projects to benefit over 800 thousand people displaced due to the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado. According to the president of ADIN, Armindo Ngunga, the initiative will be promoted in partnership with the Institute for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (IPEME), an entity with...
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Bad weather dislodges 270 people in the central region
One person died and 270 others were left homeless due to bad weather recorded over the weekend in the province of Manica, in the center of the country. The National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (INGD), revealed today, without specifying the number, that the rains and strong winds also destroyed classrooms and...
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Access Bank donates water pump to Maxaquene swimming pool
Access Bank Mozambique has offered a water pump to the Maxaquene swimming pool. The donation will ensure the operation of that infrastructure considered one of the main ones for the holding of swimming championships in the country, according to the statement sent to our newsroom. The pump has an estimated functional durability of 15 years and will allow...
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Antibodies that can neutralize Omicron identified
An international team of researchers has identified antibodies that neutralize Omicron and other variants of SARS-CoV-2. These antibodies target areas of the coronavirus spike protein that remain essentially unchanged as the viruses mutate. By identifying the targets of the "strongly neutralizing" antibodies in the spike protein, it may be possible to design vaccines and antibody treatments that will be effective not only...
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"Risk of Omicron variant remains very high," WHO warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) considers that the risk presented in the world by the Ómicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes covid-19 disease remains "very high". "The glocal risk linked to the worrying new variant Ómicron remains very high," the WHO warns in the weekly epidemiological bulletin quoted by Lusa. According to the WHO "reliable evidence demonstrates...
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Scientists identify antibodies capable of neutralizing Omicron variant
An international team of scientists has identified antibodies with the ability to neutralize Omicron and other Covid-19 variants. In their new study, the international researchers found that certain antibodies can target areas of the virus' spike protein that do not change significantly as the pathogen mutates. The findings were published...
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US lifts travel ban on Mozambique and seven other southern African countries
Mozambique is on the list of eight southern African countries whose travel restrictions to the United States of America (USA), due to the Omicron variant of covid-19, were this Tuesday annulled by US President Joe Biden. According to the US government, the announcement of the annulment, which takes effect on Friday, was made as a...
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Guterres maintains hope for a 2022 of economic recovery
The world "welcomes 2022 with hope for the future being tested" said António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in an end of year message, released Tuesday night. Looking back on the year that is about to end, the head of the UN highlighted the "worsening of poverty and inequality; the...
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First grade enrollment ends this Thursday, but with goals still to be reached
Enrollment for entry into the first grade of public education for the 2022 school year ends tomorrow, nationwide, without reaching the projected target of 1,312,000 children turning six years old by next June 30. So far, only 843,000 children are enrolled, corresponding to 64.3% of the...
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United Nations approves $3.12 billion budget for 2022
About $312 billion is the amount approved by the United Nations (UN) member states for spending on their expenses during the coming year. According to UN News agency, The amount was announced by the General Assembly after a recommendation by the Fifth Committee, which deals with financial and administrative aspects in the House....