Mozambique plans to reduce a total of 519 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) in direct and indirect emissions by 2030, corresponding to around half of the target set in the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the waste sector. To this end, the government has already secured funding of 18.4 million...
Teachers decree April 19 as National Day of Reflection for Education
The National Association of Teachers (ANAPRO) has decreed April 19, 2025 as the "National Day of Reflection for Education", in protest against what it considers to be the government's failure to fulfill its promises regarding the payment of overtime and other demands from the teaching profession. According to a statement released by the organization and quoted by...
Nampula: Former STAE director sentenced for embezzling more than one million meticais intended for the payment of MMVs
The former director of the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) in Nampula province, Evaristo Alfredo Veleta, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for the crime of corruption, for allegedly embezzling funds intended to pay the Members of the Polling Station (MMVs) during the last general elections. According to the authorities quoted by the newspaper Rigor, the...
Peace Parks to invest 4.6 M$ in wildlife conservation in Banhine National Park
The Peace Parks Foundation (PPF), a South African conservation organization, will invest more than 300 million meticais, equivalent to 4.6 million dollars, to promote wildlife conservation in the Banhine National Park, Chigubo district, in Gaza province, southern Mozambique. This amount, which will be invested over the next...
NGO denounces spread of terrorist attacks in central and southern Cabo Delgado
The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Mozambique (CDD) is warning of the spread of terrorist attacks, especially in the central and southern regions of Cabo Delgado province, in northern Mozambique. According to the CDD's provincial coordinator in Cabo Delgado, Abdul Tavares, villages in the Ancuabe district of Cabo Delgado province have been targeted by...
Chapo calls for unity and calls for Mozambicans to be involved in political dialog
The Head of State, Daniel Chapo, this Monday (07) launched the flame of national unity, an act that aims to exalt Mozambicanity, citizenship and consolidate the unity of all Mozambicans. The event took place in the district of Nangade, Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique. This is the fourth time that the Mozambican state has...
100 boxes of ammunition seized in Ressano Garcia
A Zhong Tong bus carrying passengers on the South Africa-Maputo route was seized after 100 boxes of pistol ammunition were discovered in the compartment, which were being transported illegally. The seizure was the result of an inspection at the Km4 post in Ressano Garcia, at around 2.11am last...
Chapo says that women continue to be a reference in transmitting values
The President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, congratulated all Mozambican women on April 7, the day dedicated to this social group. He said that since the formation of the Women's Detachment on March 4, Mozambican women have stood out in the struggle and in the process of political and economic development. She also highlighted the role...
Ramaphosa says country won't act out of spite or emotion over Trump's tariffs
The President of South Africa said on Sunday that his government will not respond out of spite or driven by emotions to the 31% tariffs that the President of the United States has imposed on South African exports. "These are issues that we will continue to deal with in a very responsible and very appropriate manner. We are not a government...
Vaccination campaign to reach one million children from Tuesday
Just over one million children, aged between nine months and five years, will be covered by the measles and rubella vaccination campaign starting this Tuesday until Sunday in all the districts of the city and provinces of Maputo and Gaza. According to a publication in "Notícias", this is an initiative of the...