Mozambique: Interns Promise to End Strike If Government Pays Their Allowances

Maputo — The medical interns from UNIZAMBEZE University, in the central city of Beira, who have been demonstrating in front of the Health Ministry building, in Maputo, have promised to stop their strike only if the government pays their allowances, which have not been paid for the past 10 months.

The students’ position is in response to the government’s announcement claiming it has already begun paying the overdue allowances after a meeting held on Thursday with the students themselves.

The…