May 17, 2022
Mozambique: MRG Metals Applies for Rare Earth Elements and Uranium Exploration Licences
The Australian based mining company MRG Metals announced on 11 May that it has applied for three exploration licences for Rare Earth Elements and Uranium deposits about 150… Read more »
Mozambique: World Bank to Provide U.S.$300 Million for Budget Support
The World Bank is to disburse US$300 million in support for the Mozambican state budget. The World Bank country director for Mozambique, Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough, announced the… Read more »
Mozambique: Former PM Warns of 'Painful Measures'
Former Prime Minister, Luisa Diogo, warned on 12 May that the country must be prepared for a bout of austerity, in order to take advantage of the resumption of normal relations… Read more »
Mozambique: Chronic Malnutrition Affects Over 131,000 Children in Manica
More than 131,000 children suffer from chronic malnutrition in the central province of Manica. This was announced on 13 May at a press conference in the provincial capital,… Read more »
Mozambique: IMF Approves U.S.$456 Million Credit
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 9 May approved a three-year agreement with Mozambique that will make available US$456 million for the country, of… Read more »
Mozambique: Vulcan to Continue Operating Moatize Mine
The Indian company Vulcan Resources, which is part of the Jindal Group, on 5 May pledged to continue coal mining in Moatize, in the western Mozambican province of Tete, and to… Read more »
Mozambique: Police Arrested For Alleged Kidnapping
The Mozambican Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) on 5 May announced the arrest of three more members of a kidnap gang, two of them members of the police force, and one a… Read more »
May 16, 2022
Mozambique: Bus Rapid Transit Scheme for Maputo Revived
The Maputo transport authorities have revived plans to establish a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, which should greatly improve conditions for bus passengers in the Mozambican… Read more »
Mozambique: Quelimane Mayor Wants Another Term of Office
The Mayor of the central Mozambican city of Quelimane, Manuel de Araujo, announced on Saturday that he intends to run for a further term of office in the municipal elections… Read more »
Mozambique: Ex Chronic Malnutrition Affects Over 131,000 Children in Manica
More than 131,000 children suffer from chronic malnutrition in the central Mozambican province of Manica. Read more »
Mozambique: Covid-19 - Five New Cases, No Deaths and No Recoveries
The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday reported a further five new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease. Read more »
Mozambique: War Against Terrorism 'Almost At an End'
The General Commander of the Mozambican police force, Bernadino Rafael, said on Friday that "the war against terrorism (in the northern province of Cabo Delgado) is almost at its… Read more »
May 14, 2022
Mozambique: Import of Fuel Continuing Normally, Says Imopetro
The Mozambican fuel import company, Imopetro, has guaranteed that the import of liquid fuels is continuing normally, and no interruption in stocks is forecast in the short term. Read more »
December 14, 2017
Mozambique: ENI Completes Rovuma Basin Sale to Exxonmobil
The Italian energy company ENI announced on Wednesday that it has completed the sale of half of its holding in Area Four of the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the northern… Read more »
December 02, 2015
Mozambique: Cahora Bassa Not Cause of Cheap South African Power
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Pedro Couto, on 26 November denied a claim by Renamo that electricity is cheaper in South Africa than in Mozambique because power from the… Read more »
November 26, 2015
Mozambique: Cahora Bassa Not the Cause of Cheap South African Power
Mozambique's minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Pedro Couto, on Thursday denied a claim by the former rebel movement Renamo that electricity is cheaper in South Africa than… Read more »
March 20, 2008
Mozambique: Business Licence Issued in a Single Day
Commercial licences for small businesses in Mozambique are to be issued in a single day and place, according to a decree on "simplified licensing" approved by the… Read more »
February 22, 2008
Mozambique: IMF 'Fully Confident' in Government
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is "fully confident" that the Mozambican government is dealing appropriately with the crisis in passenger transport in Maputo. Read more »
October 01, 2006
Mozambique: 'We Negotiated With Portugal, Not Eurostat' - Guebuza
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has reiterated that, when, in November 2005, the Mozambican government signed a memorandum of understanding over the future of the Cahora Bassa… Read more »
July 18, 2006
Mozambique: President Demands Conclusion of Cahora Bassa Dam Transfer From Portugal
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has demanded that the agreement on transferring majority ownership of the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi river from Portugal to Mozambique be… Read more »
July 13, 2006
Mozambique: Programme to Promote National Innovators Launched
The Mozambican Science and Technology Ministry launched on Wednesday, in both Maputo and the northern city of Nampula, the National Programme to promote innovators, with the aim of… Read more »
December 01, 2005
Mozambique: Cardoso Murder: I Didn't Do It, Claims Anibalzinho
Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"), the man accused of recruiting the death squad that murdered Mozambique's top investigative journalist in 2000, on Thursday said… Read more »
November 23, 2005
Mozambique: Cardoso Murder: Fifth Anniversary
Hundreds of friends, colleagues and admirers of murdered Mozambican journalist Carlos Cardoso joined his widow, Nina Berg, in a ceremony an Tuesday evening marking the fifth… Read more »