By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Rádio Moçambique
Mozambican choreographer Idio Chichava will present the contemporary dance show ‘Vagabundus’ on 21 November at Teatro Viriato, in Viseu, Portugal. The production brings together thirteen Mozambican dancers and draws on Makonde traditions, according to Rádio Moçambique.
Former Mozambican Defence Minister Tobias Dai was honoured at his funeral in Maputo after his death on 2 November. President Daniel Chapo praised his role in the liberation struggle, the organisation of the armed forces and peace processes, according to Agência de Informação de Moçambique.
🇲🇿 Mozambique · Source: Agência de Informação de Moçambique ·
The Coral Norte gas project, led by Eni in Mozambique, will be able to mobilise up to $7.2 billion without creating debt or financial obligations for the state. The 4 November decree authorises up to 70% external financing, according to the Mozambican government.
🇲🇿 Mozambique · Source: Carta de Moçambique ·
The Mozambican government wants to raise the fuel levy to $0.15 per litre of petrol and diesel, compared with about $0.11 for petrol and $0.06 for diesel today, to fund maintenance of the national road network. Transport Minister João Matlombe presented the measure to Parliament, according to Club of Mozambique.
🇲🇿 Mozambique · Source: Club of Mozambique ·
King Olusola Lamidi-Osolo proposes a structured cultural partnership between Nigeria and Brazil to protect Yoruba heritage, through academic research, diaspora exchanges and legal protection of sites and traditions. He presented the proposal during an address at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Rio, according to Punch.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Punch ·
Transformer theft suspends night flights in MozambiqueThe theft of transformers powering around 40 runway lights has led to the immediate suspension of night flights at Lichinga Airport, northern Mozambique, with losses of 20.5 million meticais. State-owned Aeroportos de Moçambique attributes the damage to repeated acts of vandalism.
KwaZulu-Natal wants to speed up school projects during holidaysKwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka has called for greater accountability and faster delivery of school infrastructure projects in the South African province. The upcoming school holidays will be used to speed up construction and maintenance work, according to IOL.The week in Africa
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