France reckoning on offering direct flights from Paris to Maputo.

Aviation group Air France-KLM says it is negotiating with the Mozambican government to offer direct flights from Paris to Maputo this year. 

The airline roup’s vice-president Frank Legre is quoted in local media on Sunday as saying the route includes direct links between Paris and Maputo,the Mozambican capital, where the economy is growing quickly and which has become attractive because of the discovery of natural gas deposits.

 The most recent airline to enter the Mozambican market is Qatar Airways, which introduced flights from Doha to Maputo three times a week via Johannesburg, South Africa. João Abreu, the president of thenMozambique Institute of Civil Aviation (IACM), said that the negotiations were the result of a memorandum signed late last year with his French counterpart concerning a direct link between France and Mozambique and covering the French islands in the Indian Ocean. 
As part of the plan, three weekly flights are now offered between Pemba in northern Mozambique and Mayotte in the Comoros by French carrier Air Austral under a code- sharing agreement with Mozambican flagship airline Linhas Aéreas de Mozambique(LAM). 

The agreement could also potentially open up new routes between Reunion and Maputoand other Mozambicandestinations. 



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INHAMBANE:VEHICLE THEFTS ON THE RISE

PELO menos 12 viaturas de diversas marcas foram recuperadas na província de Inhambane no mês de Dezembro último, das quais seis foram roubadas só na semana das festas.

 O recrudescimento da onda de roubo de viaturas, um fenómeno considerado novo e estranho na província, preocupam sobremaneira as autoridades policiais que, entretanto, prometem apertar cada vez mais o cerco para estancar aquele crime que afecta sobretudo a capital provincial onde foram furtados aqueles automóveis durante a recente quadra festiva. 

Depois de roubadas na capital de Inhambane, de acordo com Juma Ali Dauto, chefe das Relações Públicas no Comando Provincial da Polícia da República de Moçambique (PRM) foram recuperadas nos distritos de Massinga, Inhassoro, Govuro, na cidade da Maxixe e no posto de controlo de Save. Em conexão com aqueles roubos, de acordo com a nossa fonte, oito pessoas foram detidas. Trata-se, segundo explicou, de indivíduos que se dedicam ao roubo de viaturas dentro e fora do país, nomeadamente na província de Tete e na cidade de Maputo, bem como na vizinha República da África do Sul. 

“Estamos preocupados com roubo de viaturas em Inhambane e circulação de veículos ilegais. Devido ao facto estamos a trabalhar no sentido de travar esses crimes. Em alguns casos tem sido difícil localizar os assaltantes porque os lesados comunicam à Polícia a ocorrência depois de esgotarem todas as tentativas de recuperar as viaturas contando com os seus próprios meios de perseguição”, explicou o porta-voz da PRM, indicando ser importante a participação imediata do sucedido às autoridades policiais com vista à neutralização das redes criminosas. As viaturas de marca Izusu, cabine dupla ou simples, Toyota Runex e Corola, têm sido as mais preferidas pelos assaltantes alegadamente por ter maior mercado. 

Por outro lado, a Polícia chama atenção aos proprietários das viaturas a observarem todas as medidas de segurança dos seus veículos, tal como fechar os vidros e trancar as portas de modo a evitar que os assaltantes sejam tentados pela forma como o veículo se encontrar. Em relação a outros tipos de crimes, a PRM, em Inhambane, diz ter neutralizado uma pessoa na posse de uma arma de fogo do tipo pistola sem a devida licença para o seu porte. TRANSIÇÃO PACÍFICA A Polícia da República de Moçambique (PRM) na província de Inhambane elogia o comportamento demonstrado pela população durante a recente quadra festiva evitando que houvesse muitos casos criminais, situação que contribuiu para a tranquilidade, ordem e segurança públicas. 


A despeito desta relativa tranquilidade, o chefe das Relações Públicas e porta-voz do Comando Provincial da PRM, Juma Ali Dauto, disse que alguns automobilistas viram as suas cartas de condução apreendidas depois de surpreendidos a conduzir em estado de embriaguez. As praias de Tofo, Barra e Tofinho, na cidade de Inhambane, Vilankulo, Morrungulo, na Massinga, Guinjanta e Baía dos Coco, no distrito de Jangamo, tal como acontece todos anos por ocasião da quadra festiva, voltaram a acolher maior número de turistas nacionais e estrangeiros que escolheram aqueles locais de lazer para as festas do Natal e do fim do ano. 

A presença da Polícia nas praias bem como nas vias públicas que dão acesso a estes locais e outros aglomerados, permitiram que houvesse disciplina, contribuindo, deste modo, para a redução drástica dos acidentes de viação bem com de naufrágios. 

 Em relação ao sector de Saúdo, o Hospital Provincial de Inhambane
atendeu naquele período 135 doentes padecendo de várias enfermidades, incluído 18 casos de acidentes de viação. Doze doentes chegaram ao HPI transferidos dos hospitais rurais de Chicuque, Quissico, em Zavala, e do Centro de Saúde Urbano de Inhambane. Durante este período não foi registado nenhum óbito. 


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Lack of banks affects north of Inhambane

Lack of banks affects north of Inhambane

THE SITUATION causes many pubic institutions to be abandoned each month by civil servants in various parts of those districts, who travel long distances to Vilanculos,Massinga and Homoíne to have access to their salaries, paid via bank.

 Economic agents still rely on rudimentary methods to save money and to pay wages to their workers, besides the great danger associated with their having to carry huge monetary values ​​over long distances to do their banking.
In view of these concerns the provincial director of Earth,Environment and Rural Development in Inhambane, Diogo Borges,said  banking in rural areas remains one of the main challenges of the Government,which for this purpose is mobilizing commercial banks to assess  the financial situation on the ground in the districts.

 (RM)

Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Montupuez

Heavy rain has displaced close to 140 people in the town of Montepuez, in the final end-of- last week.The rains completely destroyed seventeen homes and other over one hundred and twenty partially, as well as streets,some of them
impassable.Rainwater swept in its wake.It destroyed yards and flooded homes. The Municipal Council of Montepuez unfolded into action to alleviate the
suffering left by the fury of the rains. (RM)

RESSSANO GARCIA'S BORDER POSTS CLOGGED DURING FESTIVE SEASON

Border posts in Ressano Garcia,the southern province of Maputo, recorded their highest-ever rate of entry and exit of nationals and foreigners during the festive season. According to figures released today in Maputo by the National Migration Service(SENAMI), the border post recorded 333,045 persons
entering and leaving the country in the period from December 11 to last Sunday. The borders at Machipanda and Cuchamano in Manica and Tete with Zimbabwe registered 22,172 and 16,581 crossings respectively.

 The border with Malawi at Zóbwè in Tete recorded 10,222, while Maputo International Airport had 18,481. The border post at Golden Point
at the southernmost tip of the country with the South African province of KwaZulu Natal was the least busy, with only 2,791 entries and exits registered. According to the head of the Office of Public Relations of SENAMI, Lúcio Rosa, the country had about 500,000 entries and exits overall between locals and
foreigners. 

Foreign visitors over the festive season included 67,790 South Africans, 45 000
Malawians and 28,778 Zimbabweans. Taking into account the concerns of Mozambican workers in South Africa,especially miners, SENAMI has
promised to redouble its efforts to speed up the replacement of passports to enable their timely return to their jobs. Increased efficiency at borders
is ensuring the rapid replacement of passports with SENAMI issuing 5,980 passports during the period and replacing 19,522 passports with the new biometric version, which has particulars to distinguish miners, seasonal workers and other citizens. Overall, SENAMI has been able to legalize the situation of more than 14,000 Mozambicans living and working in South Africa.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH REPORT ON FESTIVE SEASON shows that rape is on the rise.

The Ministry of Health says the festive season was characterized by a calm and
peaceful environment,the level of incidents recorded in all health facilities in the country. 

During the reference period,there was a reduction of about 5 percent of trauma
cases, compared to the same period 2014 / 2015.During the festive season of Christmas and New-Year, the Ministry of Health recorded 130 cases of rape,half of which were against minor victims of 14 years.

The Health Minister Nazira Abdula was speaking on Monday in Maputo, at a press conference for the balance of the festive season,she explained that
almost all the country's hospitals were able to meet demand for their services. Regarding  pyrotechnic objects, Abdullah said Nazira 31 cases were
registered,which represents a reduction of about seventy-two percent. 

The Health Minister Nazira Abdula, said that all facilities during the holidays of Christmas and New Year's Eve, were at the height of responding to all requests for blood,for road accident and other incidents.However,the Ministry of Health is concerned about increasing cases of rape,that have occurred since the
festive period 2014 / 2015.About 2,016 people were injured in road accidents during the transition to 2016

New repeater transmitter installed in Morrumbala

The governor of Zambezia said Monday in Morrumbala that the inauguration of the Provincial repeater transmitter signal will galvanize access to information and popularize the development strategies and national unity. 

Abdul Razka spoke at a rally after thebinauguration of the first repeater of Zambezia provincial Issuer Sign, installed in Morrumbala district.According to that ruling, the more than five hundred thousand beneficiaries of the repeater's Morrumbala district,Mopeia, Milange, Nicoadala, Derre, Mutarara, Marromeu and
Sange in Malawi will have information on culture, health,politics, education, sports and state time, with greater speedand quality. 

The president of the board of Radio Mozambique Faruco Sadique,said in turn that then installation of a repeater inbMorrumbala part of thepackage of projects that aim to put the signal to more than sixmillion people in forty districtsof the Zambezi valley.However, some participants o fthe rally said that the implementation of the Zambezia provincial repeater transmitter signal will increasebthe information published by that station on various activities of society.

 (RM-Zambezia)