The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has donated US$800,000 to fund studies on the effectiveness of the pneumococcal vaccine and antimalarial treatments in Mozambique, the US government agency said.
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There are two Mozambicans in the list for the best players in the world
The players of the national beach soccer team, António José Namape Júnior "Figo" and Nelson João Manuel, are on the list of 100 candidates for the title of Best Player of the Year 2021. The information was disclosed by Beach Soccer WorldWide, an organism that manages, next to FIFA, the beach soccer on an international level. From the list...
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Zimbabwe cuts power 12 hours a day and asks Mozambique for help
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company has decided to cut off power supply to the population for 12 hours a day, as large-scale power plants are unable to produce enough energy to meet the country's energy deficit. A statement from the institution states that two of the main power plants are not...
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Sub-Saharan Africa could have 86M migrants due to climate change
A new World Bank (WB) report concludes that 216 million people will be forced to migrate within their own countries due to climate change, writes UN News. According to the study, entitled wave 2, the foci of this internal movement are expected to emerge as early as the end of this decade and intensify over the next 20...
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The second day of debates will be marked by the presence of Portuguese-speaking countries in the General Assembly
Two more leaders from Portuguese-speaking countries will make their speeches at the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday, reports UN News. Jorge Carlos Fonseca, president of Cape Verde, will be the first to represent the Portuguese-speaking countries and the eighth to take the stage. And the second will be the president...
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Mozambique/Attacks: A third of UNHCR's budget is unfunded
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has a shortfall of one-third of its planned budget for operations in Mozambique, according to data compiled last week
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Portuguese company in Mozambique delays salary payments and accuses the State and Covid-19
Portuguese construction company Elevo said on Monday it has outstanding salaries of about 222 workers in Mozambique. The company blames the Mozambican state for "not honouring its financial commitments," and obstacles caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, says a document cited by Lusa. The engineering and construction group
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UN aid arrives for the first time in Palma after March attack
United Nations agencies announced Monday the arrival of humanitarian aid in Palma, a gas town in Cabo Delgado, for the first time after the rebel attack on it in March, which claimed an unspecified number of victims
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Government Needs $2 Million to Rebuild Palma Health Center
The Health Minister announced that he needs two million dollars for reconstruction at the Palma Health Center, destroyed in March by the armed groups that have been attacking Cabo Delgado
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Mozambique wants to be free of poverty, terrorism and resilient to climate change
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, declared this Monday, at a United Nations (UN) event, that the country wants to be free of poverty, discrimination, terrorism and the negative impacts of covid-19, in addition to being resilient to climate change