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Minister of defence assures that the attack on RENAMO SG WILL BE CLARIFIED

Minister of Defence assures that attack on Renamo SG will be clarified .

The Minister of National Defence ensures that the defense and security forces will do everything to clarify the circumstances of the attack on the deputy and General Secretary of Renamo, Manuel Bissopo.

Athanasius Mtumuke, who was speaking on Wednesday , on the sidelines of the ceremony of the launch of the internet portal of the former Head of State, Armando Guebuza, said he accompanied the information about the attack to the number two of the second largest opposition party by media and can not give great reviews since he still had little information.

"First we need to know who are the authors of the act. We only know that there were gunshots, knowing the circumstances in which this has occurred, "said Mtumuke.

Mass grave for the fuel thieves of Matola

Fuel theft in Matola

With no one to claim any of the corpses of the thieves who died in a blaze while trying to steal fuel at a Matola granary,the target could be no other.

The deadline set by the Ministry of Health had already been exceeded.

The five bodies unclaimed victims of the fire in the Matola Grain Terminal were buried in a Mass Grave in Lhanguene cemetery in Maputo. The Health Directorate of Maputo said that the bodies were almost a month in the morgue of the Maputo Central Hospital, and they could not be kept longer, have as their destination the Lhanguene cemetery.

"The standard is that the bodies remain a minimum of 15 days in the mortuary, pending by the complaint. These bodies entered on December 15 and on January 11 were referred to the mass grave. They were 28 days in the morgue, "said the chief doctor of the city of Maputo, Laison Daniel.

36 foreigners arrested in Maputo

The Mozambican police announced on Monday the detention over the past week of 36 foreigners who attempted to enter the country via Maputo International Airport with forged entry visas. The group consisted of 16 Ethiopians, 11 Bangladeshis, four Pakistanis, three Nigerians and two Somalis. The group arrived on two scheduled flights, one of Kenya Airways and the other of Ethiopian Airlines. They will all be sent back to the cities they came from. The detection of false entry visas used by people travelling on these two airlines has become a regular occurrence at Maputo airport. Obviously some organized criminal outfit is selling forged visas to travelers, and those unsuspecting travellers are unaware that the equipment used by Mozambican immigration officials can detect false visas. Source: AIM

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Maputo Train Station among the nine most beautiful in the world

Erected just over a century ago, the central station of the Mozambique Railways (CFM) in Maputo, was voted among the 10 most beautiful in the world by Finantial Express, international publication based in India.

According to the article published on Saturday, the architectural aspect is impressive, and "the season is a testament to the history of the country." The facade was designed by Gustave Eiffel.

The article also highlights the two locomotives in the early twentieth century that are on display and the spaces of culture and leisure created inside, which gives it a very peculiar atmosphere, and where they organize thematic and temporary exhibitions of great jazz concerts.

The Mozambican station was included in a short list of which includes the stations of Antwerp and Liege (Belgium), London St. Pancras (England), New York Terminal (USA), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Atocha, Madrid (Spain ), Kanazawa (Japan), and Flinders Street Station, Melbourne (Australia).

The station of CFM was built between 1913 and 1916 designed by the architects Alfredo Augusto Lisbon, Mario Veiga and Ferreira da Costa.

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