French oil company TotalEnergies TTEF.PA said on Thursday (26) that it was unaware of the torture and murder of civilians that allegedly took place in 2021 at the site of its future LNG plant in Mozambique, in response to a press report. A Reuters publication, quoting the American online newspaper "Político" said in a report published on Thursday that...
Venâncio Mondlane's lawyer escapes assassination due to lack of ammunition
Lawyer Elvino Dias revealed yesterday in Maputo that he has been in the crosshairs of death squad guns and that the only reason he hasn't been martyred is because of a lack of ammunition. After leaving the Attorney General's Office (PGR), he noted, without fear, that threats to his physical integrity and that of his client are "the...
South African manager leaves LAM after 18 months of management and accusations
Fly Modern Ark (FMA), the consultancy hired by the government to recover Mozambique Airlines (LAM), ended its management agreement with the national flag carrier yesterday (Thursday 19). The information was provided to MZNews by an internal source at the airline, signaling the end of an era marked by accusations of...
Erling Haaland vs Lautaro Martínez: bet on the Champions League 1st matchday duels!
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State owes teachers around 3.3 billion meticais
The Mozambican state's debt to teachers is estimated at around 3.3 billion meticais, Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane revealed today in Maputo. The figure refers to overtime over the last two years. "What we know is that there are at least 3.3 billion meticais unpaid in Education....
Fuel marking: MIREME awards million-dollar tender to an "old lobbyist"
The SACOM consortium is to receive 3.1 billion meticais from the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) for fuel quality control services in the distribution chain and at filling stations. According to the weekly Canal de Moçambique, the beneficiary of the contract, SACOM/"Authentix", is made up of the Americans from Authentix and some Mozambican lobbyists. The...
First transfers to the Sovereign Fund exceed seven billion meticais
The revenues derived from the exploitation of natural resources, which the Mozambican state intends to control and manage through a transitory account domiciled at the Bank of Mozambique, called the Sovereign Fund, have already begun to revert to the country. According to the daily newspaper Notícias, this year alone, 7.285.74 million euros were transferred to the Sovereign Fund's transitory account...
The contrast: A rich country hiding in the midst of poverty
Mozambique is a rich country with a vast expanse of land. It has diverse natural resources from Rovuma to Maputo and from Zumbo to the Indian Ocean. Liquefied natural gas alone, the export of which begins in November 2022, has a gigantic wealth, with more than 120 billion cubic feet hidden in the province of...
In addition to Frelimo, these other parties use public resources for their election campaigns
The use of public resources to embody party activities during election campaigns is a practice that deviates from the Electoral Law. Meanwhile, during the first week of the vote hunt, political parties used public resources for their own benefit in the course of their campaigns. During this period, it was reported that Frelimo was one of the...
Prosecutors dismissed for facilitating the release of international drug traffickers may be reinstated in the Public Prosecutor's Office
The Center for Public Integrity (CIP) defends the criminal liability of public prosecutors dismissed for facilitating the release of foreign citizens involved in drug trafficking. The non-governmental organization (NGO) also criticizes the lenient sentences handed down to magistrates and the fact that there is no information that they have...