The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Coalition for Dialogue in Africa announced yesterday that almost 6 million dollars have been made available for a project to combat the outflow of illicit financial flows from the continent. "The project will help African actors actively involved in combating these flows to improve their capacity...
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Drugs: Brazilian police announce "Operation Maputo"
Last Thursday, the Federal Police announced Operation Maputo, with the aim of arresting a 33-year-old Nigerian who was responsible for a cargo of five tons of cocaine. According to a note from the PF, published on the Brazilian government's website, the drugs were seized at the Port of Rio de Janeiro in October...
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Cabo Delgado: EU willing to support strategies to combat arms supply to terrorists
MEP Carlos Zorrinho said on Monday that the European Union (EU) is available to support "all initiatives" to "prevent" the arming of rebel groups in Cabo Delgado. "The EU will collaborate in all initiatives that are put in place to prevent the arming of these rebel groups," said Carlos Zorrinho, as co-president of the...
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EU provides 23 million euros to fight food crisis in Mozambique
The European Union (EU) will provide 23 million euros (about 1,430,668,385 meticais) to support the fight against the food crisis in Mozambique. Of this amount, eight million are earmarked for emergency crises. The aim is to help "mitigate the growing food insecurity" in the face of "uncertain climatic and macroeconomic conditions," says a...
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UN and Norway support Mozambique in the fight against transnational organized crime
Norway and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have committed to extend their financial contribution to UNODC in Mozambique with a grant of about three million dollars. The funding aims to strengthen assistance to the Mozambican government in its efforts to combat organized crime...
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Government toughens measures to contain traffic accidents
The government announced yesterday, in Maputo, the immediate arrest of offenders involved in traffic accidents with serious fault resulting in death. This is one of several extraordinary measures announced in the framework of the prevention and combat of road accidents in the country. As part of the same measures, cases of overtaking a vehicle will be subject to immediate arrest...
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Authorities promise no letup in the fight against illegal immigration
The National Migration Service (SENAMI) warns that it will remain firm in the fight against all criminal phenomena closely associated with illegal immigration or dependent on it, which in recent times have been of great concern to the Mozambican authorities. The commitment was renewed, Monday (25), in Maputo, by the General Director of SENAMI, Fulgencio Seda, during the launch of the week...
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G7 allocates 4.7 billion euros to combat food insecurity
The group of the seven most industrialized countries in the world (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) today reached a commitment to spend 4.7 billion euros on measures to address "food insecurity" caused by the war in Ukraine. Information on the funds earmarked to combat "food insecurity"...
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General Police Commander demands a concerted fight against kidnappings
The General Commander of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique says that the authorities should be implacable in the fight against kidnappings and never admit that in the public way there is circulation of weapons in foreign hands. Bernardino Rafael says that it does not make sense that in a territory where there are police units there is shooting and circulation of weapons without the knowledge...
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Covid-19: Vaccines Combat Omicron Variant - WHO
The new variant of covid-19, Omicron, can be fought effectively with the use of existing vaccines, according to assurance from the World Health Organization (WHO). According to WHO's emergency public health response officer, Michael Ryan, "there is no reason to doubt" that the current vaccines protect...