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08 April 2020

China’s CNPC Natural Gas Project in Mozambique Delayed
The final investment decision for the Rovuma LNG natural gas project, in Mozambique, which was scheduled for this year, has been postponed, announced US group ExxonMobil, that partners with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for the project. The decision is part of the measures to respond to the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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08 April 2020

Portuguese-Macanese group Quinta da Marmeleira joins wave of solidarity with Portugal
The increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Portugal, to over 12 thousand, generated a wave of solidarity in Macau, with important donations from the community, including one of more than 250 thousand protective masks by the Portuguese-Macanese group Quinta da Marmeleira.

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07 April 2020

Beijing Capital Airlines resumes flights to Lisbon
The Beijing-Lisbon flight by Beijing Capital Airlines (BCA), had support from the Portuguese and Chinese governments, but lasted a little over a year, until October 2018, due to BCA's parent companies financial difficulties. Despite turmoil in the aviation industry, it is now set to resume.

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06 April 2020

Support grows for African countries’ call for urgent debt relief
The call is now growing from African Governments, with support from the United Nations and NGOs, for a debt relief package. Around one-fifth of Africa's debt pile is estimated to be owed to China. 

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03 April 2020

Angola, Mozambique and Cabo Verde among the African countries where Covid-19 will peak later
According to a study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTP), almost all African countries should have more than 1,000 cases by 1 May. Angola, Mozambique and Cabo Verde are among those where the number of infections is expected to peak later.

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01 April 2020

Covid-19 Halts Angola’s Main Diamond Mine and New Soyo Oil Refinery Tender
Sociedade Mineira de Catoca has laid off most of its workers and suspended work at its new concessions, as part of measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. For the same reason, the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Oil postponed the selection of the proposal in the international public tender for the construction of an oil refinery in Soyo, Zaire province.

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01 April 2020

Lusophone Africa geared up for Coronavirus with donations from Jack Ma
In Africa, Jack Ma and the Alibaba Foundation have taken center stage in supplying medical masks, Covid-19 tests and other protective kit to countries with fragile health systems. Just a few days after the gear arrived in Ethiopia for redistribution in the continent, all lusophone countries were stocked up.

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31 March 2020

Mozambique faces economic blow from lockdown in South Africa
With a three-week nationwide lockdown being enforced, South Africa's economy has grinded to a halt, putting neighbouring economies, including Mozambique's, into further strains amid the Coronavirus outbreak.

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30 March 2020

BNU Macau “saved” a critical sale of 500 Chinese ventilators to Portugal
Last week, an order of 500 Chinese ventilators from Portugal was threatened by an offer from another country, but was saved "in extremis" by BNU bank in Macau.

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27 March 2020

Angolan shipyard partners with Chinese companies to build fishing vessels
Sociedade de Pescas de Kwanza Sul (Sopesul) in Angola plans to increase construction of semi-industrial fishing vessels from wood, to minimise the costs related to imports, with partners from China.
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