The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries (MIMAIP), Maria Ascensão Pinto, revealed on Wednesday in Maputo that Mozambique loses between 60 and 70 million dollars every year due to illegal fishing. Speaking at the opening of the Global Forum of the EAF-Nansen Program, she said that the issue of illegal fishing...
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Valige Tauabo asks the population to be vigilant after the latest attacks in Mocímboa da Praia
A recent terrorist attack in the district of Mocímboa da Praia has rekindled a sense of fear in the communities and concern among the authorities. In this regard, the Governor of Cabo Delgado province, Valige Tauabo, recently urged the population to remain vigilant. The village of Naquitenge was the target of an attack that left around 12 dead and...
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Mozambique and Rwanda to share information on combating money laundering
The governments of Mozambique and Rwanda will exchange information on combating money laundering, according to an agreement between financial intelligence institutions in the two countries. At stake is a memorandum of understanding initialed on Friday in Kasane, Botswana, between Rwanda's Financial Intelligence Center (FIC) and...
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Mozambique now has a maritime court to combat trafficking in marine resources
As of Wednesday, Mozambique has a maritime court that aims to strengthen the protection of the maritime, lake and river environment against the unbridled exploitation of marine resources, traffic and to combat international crime in the maritime environment. The post was set up in the city of Maputo and is the first maritime court in the capital of...
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Combating terrorism: Students develop National Communication Observatory
The Association of Student Researchers and Innovators of Mozambique, in the province of Nampula, are developing a National Communication Observatory to combat terrorism in the province of Cabo Delgado. The idea is to collect information on how the population in the north of the country can collaborate with the Defense and Security Forces in monitoring and...
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Mozambique falls in the index of combating trafficking in persons
The report on human trafficking released last week (Thu.15) by the US State Department reveals that Mozambique has fallen into sub-category two due to a lack of evidence in the fight against the evil. The sub-group groups together countries that are making an effort to combat human trafficking, but which have a "very significant" number of "victims of serious forms...
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Fighting Cybercrime: Locard launches Cybersecurity Center
It was with the fight against cybercrime in mind that Locard Corporate Protection, a Mozambican private security company dedicated to corporate solutions, recently launched its Cybersecurity Center. The investment is focused on two segments that until now have not been explored in the country, namely property security and...
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Bernardino Rafael sends officers to the Reserve to save money and fight idleness in the PRM
The Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) will send more than 500 officers to the Reserve this year, in order to ease the strain on the corporation's finances and allow it to have enough officers to meet its needs. The measure also aims to revitalize the PRM and make it more operational with the capacity to respond to new challenges. "These reserves have...
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Fighting Malaria: ExxonMobil financed Angola with $41 million
The US oil company announced that in 20 years it has contributed 41 million dollars to the fight against malaria in Angola, the main cause of death in the country. Since 2003, two million mosquito nets and 1.5 million diagnostic kits have also been distributed, and around 600,000 health professionals have been trained, with funding from the...
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Cabo Delgado: Mozambican Military receive French military training for a month
The Armed Defense Forces of Mozambique (FADM) received French military training from the Armed Forces in the Southern Indian Ocean Zone (Forces Armées dans la Zone Sud de l'Océan Indien/FAZSOI) to improve their performance in the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado. The South African website defenceweb reports that the French force's support took place in...