Brazil plays down Mozambique AIDS drug plant offer

(Reuters) - Brazil has prepared a feasibility study for a pharmaceutical plant in AIDS-ravaged Mozambique but did not offer to fund it, the Brazilian Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Earlier, Mozambique's Noticias newspaper said that Brazil offered to build a $23 million factory, which would produce a range of drugs, including generic antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to treat HIV/AIDS as well as medicines for malaria and other diseases.


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Fire guts Mozambique agriculture ministry

(Reuters) - Fire on Friday destroyed some offices of Mozambique's agriculture ministry which oversees more than 30 percent of the southern African nation's economy.

The fire began in the early hours at the building in the capital Maputo and spread quickly due to the presence of flammable material and a shortage of water.


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