Chinese investors are interested in tuna fishing in Nampula province, in northern Mozambique, reports local newspaper Notícias. The fishery should be carried out in the exclusive economic zone off the coastal district of Angoche.

Guinea-Bissau President José Mário Vaz has dissolved the Government, following internal political differences.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) growth in China recovered in July, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. FDI in Mainland China increased 5.2 percent year-on-year in July to 50.6 billion yuan (US$8.2 billion).

China has appointed new Ambassadors to Portugal, Mozambique and East Timor, Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for economic growth in Mozambique, according to a report this week by Mozambican newspaper Folha de Maputo.

The recent fluctuation of the yuan exchange rate is “within control” and the People’s Bank of China is “fully capable” of stabilising the market if necessary, said Ma Jun, an economist from the Chinese central bank speaking on Wednesday. The comments followed the institution’s decision this week to devalue China’s currency.

A Chinese state-owned shipbuilder delivered a refurbished oil and gas production and storage vessel to Brazilian oil giant Petrobras on Tuesday, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported. The FPSO Cidade de Saquarema could boost the daily crude production of the Brazilian firm by 150,000 barrels in the next 25 years, said Xinhua,.

The sole clearing bank for yuan business in Macao, Bank of China Macao Branch (BOC Macao), has been approved to provide clearing and settlement services in China’s currency to Portuguese-speaking Countries, local newspaper Macao Daily News reported.

China will donate two new maritime patrol ships to Cape Verde on Friday as part of a military co-operation protocol between the two nations, Cape Verde newspaper A Nação reported.

China devalued its currency the yuan by the most recorded at one sitting since 1994. The move is to enhance the market orientation of the yuan, China’s central bank said.

Portugal’s exports of goods increased by 7.4 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, totalling 13 billion euros (US$14.3 billion), Statistics Portugal announced on Monday.

China’s consumer prices increased in July while producer prices continued to fall, official data showed. China’s consumer prices index went up by 1.6 percent year-on-year in July, the National Bureau of Statistics of China announced on Sunday. It was a 0.3 percent increase from June, it added.