August 02

• Mozambique: Inactive Companies May Lose Licences

  The Chinese company Hong Ti Mineral and the Irish Kenmare Moma Mining may have their licences to explore the heavy mineral sands in Mogincual district, in the northern Mozambican... Read more »

• Mozambique: Smugglers Ordered to Compensate Mozambican Company

  A court in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado has ordered a Chinese company to pay 3.5 million US dollars to its Mozambican partners, because of the damages they... Read more »

• Mozambique: Zambezia Tantalum Mine Closes

  The tantalum mine at Marropino in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia has closed, due to increased costs of mining, according to a source in the Ministry of Mineral... Read more »

• Mozambique: CNE Cannot Explain Falling Electorate in Some Areas

  Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) does not yet have any explanation for why the registered electorate has declined in several of the country's municipalities. Read more »

• Mozambique: Frelimo Registers for Local Elections

  Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party on Friday registered with the National Elections Commission (CNE), in order to take part in the municipal elections scheduled for 20 November. Read more »

August 01

• Mozambique: First Wild Juice Factory to Open

  A processing factory to produce juice from wild fruits, tubers and roots will soon be opened in the central province of Manica. This will be the first of its kind in Mozambique. Read more »

• Mozambique: Govt and Thailand to Double Trade

  Mozambique and Thailand have agreed to a series of measures to strengthen bilateral cooperation. The accords cover technical cooperation, visa exemptions, hydrocarbon development,... Read more »

• Mozambique: President Stresses Resources Should Drive Industrialisation

  The Mozambican government is striving to ensure the right balance between exporting raw materials and using them on the domestic market in a way that is socially viable and... Read more »

• Mozambique: Municipalities Lose Voters

  The registered electorate in several Mozambican municipalities, including large cities such as Maputo and Beira, has shrunk. Read more »

• Mozambique: New Director for Daily Paper

  The Board of Directors of the company “Sociedade de Noticias” (SN), which owns Mozambique's oldest daily paper “Noticias”, has appointed as editorial... Read more »

• Mozambique: Assembly Begins Extraordinary Sitting

  The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Thursday began an extraordinary sitting, but with a shorter agenda than initially envisaged. Read more »

• Mozambique: MDM Announces Mayoral Candidates in Nampula

  The opposition Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) on Wednesday announced its candidates for mayor in the seven municipalities in the northern province of Nampula, at a ceremony... Read more »

• Mozambique: Elections Set for October

  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday issued a statement that the next parliamentary and presidential elections will be held on 15 October 2014. Read more »

• Mozambique: Opposition Leader Agrees to Talk

  Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has changed his mind about dialogue with the government, and now wants more time... Read more »

July 30

• Mozambique: Road Construction Firms Fail to Fulfil Contracts

  Mozambique's National Road Administration (ANE) has cancelled five contracts covering repair work on about 200 kilometres of roads in the southern province of Inhambane. Read more »

• Mozambique: President Appoints Two Diplomats

  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Tuesday appointed new diplomatic representatives to Sri Lanka and Sao Tome and Principe. Read more »

• Mozambique: Police Officers Arrested Over Rhino Poaching

  Three members of the Mozambican police force (PRM) have been detained in Magude district, in Maputo province, over their alleged involvement in rhinoceros poaching. They also face... Read more »

• Mozambique: Renamo Leader Threatens to Divide Mozambique

  Afonso Dhlakama has threatened to seize Sofala province if the Mozambican government goes ahead with municipal elections without first reaching consensus with the country's largest... Read more »

• Mozambique: Mozambique and Malawi to Discuss Power Interconnection

  Technicians from Mozambique and Malawi will meet next month in Maputo to discuss a proposal to interconnect the two countries' electricity grids. Read more »

July 31

• Mozambique: Coal of Africa's Exports Halve Due to Ressano Garcia Line Closure

  The South African based company Coal of Africa has announced that its exports in the second quarter of this year were down by 49 per cent. Read more »

• Mozambique: Renamo Leader Should Give Orders to His Own Men, Not Govt

  The head of the Mozambican government team in the dialogue with the former rebel movement Renamo, Agriculture Minister Jose Pacheco, has advised Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama to... Read more »

• Mozambique: Tractors Boost Mechanised Agriculture in Manica

  Twenty new tractors will be available through a government scheme during the next harvest in the central Mozambican province of Manica. As a result, the province will have 145... Read more »

• Mozambique: Tender for Cuamba - Lichinga Roadworks Launched in September

  The public tender to select the companies to carry out the upgrading of the road between Cuamba and Lichinga in the northern Mozambican province of Niassa will be launched in... Read more »

• Mozambique: Cuba Maintains Strong Ties With Mozambique

  The departing Cuban ambassador, Rafael Lopez, has stressed that his country continues to strengthen cooperation with Mozambique. Read more »

July 29

• Mozambique: Council of State Calls for Elections to Be Held On Time

  The Council of State has called for general elections to be held in 2014, as envisaged by the Mozambican Constitution. Read more »