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Government creates inspection to investigate subsidies in the INSS

Government said today in parliament that it has ordered an extraordinary and urgent inspection to be carried out at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) in order to clarify the scandal of the approval of the starting allowance for members of the Board of Directors. According to the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Margarida Talapa, who was responding to the...

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Mozambique has already vaccinated 53% of the population living in rural areas

The Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, said today in parliament that 53% of the population living in rural areas has already been vaccinated against covid-19. Responding to a question posed by the parliamentary bench of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), Armindo Tiago, said that the number of the Mozambican population already vaccinated in the countryside exceeds so far the...

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Tourism raises USD 157 million in flights, but omicron threatens CTA expectations

The CTA-Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique said Wednesday in Maputo that the tourism sector has raised about $157 million (14%) in business and leisure flights alone during January and September 2021 as a result of the relaxation of covid-19 prevention measures. During a press conference on the...

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About 2.9 billion people have never used the Internet due to lack of access

The Facts and Figures report from the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, reveals that 37% of the world's population have never used the internet because they do not have access to the resource. This year, the number of people who used the internet rose to 4.9 billion compared to the amount of 4.1 billion in 2019. ITU secretary-general Houlin Zhao states that...

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Global trade reaches record values in 2021

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,...