Global trade could reach the $28 trillion mark this year, reveals a new report from the United Nations Confederation, Unctad, released yesterday. The figure is 23% higher than last year and 11% higher than the figures for 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite this year's positive result, Unctad reveals that...
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UN estimates 38 million people living with HIV by 2020
Today the world marks World AIDS Day. According to data from the United Nations Organization, (UN), by 2020, an estimated 38 million people were living with HIV worldwide. And 2.78 million HIV-positive people are children and adolescents up to 19 years old. UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated...
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Portugal suspends flights with Mozambique until next year
The Portuguese Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) announced this Wednesday that flights between Mozambique and Portugal will remain suspended until next year, precisely on January 9. And, in case of receiving passengers coming from Mozambique, they are obliged to remain isolated for 14 days. This obligation also applies to citizens "who...
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Council of Ministers approves regulation for pre-professional internships
The government, through the Council of Ministers, approved this Tuesday the regulation of pre-professional internships. This is a device that aims to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in the implementation of programs and integration into public administration. The idea, according to the spokesperson of the Council of Ministers, Filimão Suazi, is to bring in this new regulation the obligatory consideration...
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Government reinforces security and inspection measures for the festival season
Government ensures that measures are underway to strengthen the festive season is spent in a quiet and orderly. This decision was approved this Tuesday in another session of the Council of Ministers. According to the spokesman of the Council of Ministers, Filimão Suazi, who spoke on Tuesday, such measures are associated with the strengthening of security,...
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BM sanctions banks, microcredits and illegal operators
The Bank of Mozambique (BM) has sanctioned and fined seven credit institutions, four financial companies and nine illegal financial operators for various irregularities, including breach of duties to prevent money laundering and financing of terrorism, between February 2020 and June 2021. According to a statement from the institution cited by several media outlets,...
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AfDB postpones African Investment Forum due to new variant of covid-19
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has postponed, sine die, the African Investment Forum (AIF) 2021, following the emergence of a new variant of covid-19, called Omicron. The event was scheduled to take place between December 1 and 3, in Abidjan, considered to be the economic capital of Ivory Coast. Considered the main market of...
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Not all countries have interrupted air links with Mozambique after all
The company Commerce, Tourism and Travel Agency (COTUR) released this Tuesday, a list containing information about international flights following the restrictions caused by the discovery of new variant Omicron in South Africa. According to the list released by the agency, after all, there are still countries that continue to operate their airline connections with...
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Covid-19: Omicron variant suspected to have reached Mozambique
The Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, announced on Tuesday that Mozambique has detected new covid-19 infections, two of which may be of the omicron variant. The detection of these two suspected cases was possible following the archive testing of positive samples from the month of November. The official further explained that there is a probability that the...
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Interprovincial transport becomes more expensive as of today
Transport is more expensive as of today. According to the Mozambican Road Transport Federation (FEMATRO), the price per kilometer/passenger has increased from 1.50 meticais to 1.75 meticais. The new rates resulted from the agreement between the Gover01no and the Mozambican Federation of Road Transport Associations (FEMATRO) which recently submitted the proposal of increasing the...