July 28, 2023
Mozambique: Mozambique Loses Around 267,000 Hectares of Forests Per Year
Mozambique loses around 267,000 hectares of forest per year, according to the National Director of Forests, Cláudio Afonso. Read more »
Mozambique: - European Union to Support Mozambican State Budget
The European Union will disburse 430 million Euros (about 472 million dollars at the current exchange rate) to support the Mozambican State Budget in 2024. Read more »
Mozambique: Of Petrol Rises and of Diesel Falls
Mozambique's Energy Regulatory Authority (ARENE) on Thursday night announced a slight increase in the price of petrol, but the price of diesel, kerosene and LPG cooking gas all… Read more »
Mozambique: U.S.$100 Million Available to Support Biodiversity
The Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), a Mozambican non-governmental organization, has around 100 million dollars available over the next seven years to… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique Airlines Announces New Domestic Routes
Mozambican Airlines (LAM) on Wednesday announced that in August it will introduce several new domestic routes, flying directly between various provincial capitals. Read more »
July 27, 2023
Mozambique: - Doctors Threaten to Extend Strike for a Further 21 Days
The Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) has threatened to extend for a further 21 days the doctors' strike that began on 10 July. Read more »
Mozambique: CFM Records a Drop of U.S.$15.7 Million in Its Profits
Mozambique's publicly owned Ports and Rail Company (CFM) last year recorded a drop in its profits of about a billion meticais (15.7 million dollars). Read more »
Mozambique: European Union Calls for Administrative Command in Cabo Delgado
The European Union Military Training Mission in Mozambique (EUTM-MOZ) has called for the creation of a military administrative command in the Rapid Intervention Forces (QRFs),… Read more »
July 26, 2023
Tanzania: - Cabo Delgado to Reopen Borders With Tanzania
Mozambique's General Director of Immigration, Felizardo Sede, has guaranteed that conditions now exist to reopen the border posts on the frontier with Tanzania, which were closed… Read more »
Mozambique: Commissions Mozambique Gas Facility
The South African petrochemical giant Sasol on Tuesday announced that the construction and commissioning of its initial gas facility for its Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)… Read more »
Mozambique: Bank of Mozambique Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambique (CPMO), meeting in Maputo on Wednesday, decided to keep its key interest rate, the MIMO rate, at 17.25 per cent. Read more »
Mozambique: India Invested Over 316 Million Dollars Over Last Decade in Mozambique
India has invested around 316.4 million dollars over the last ten years in Mozambique, especially in the sectors of agriculture, agro-processing, hydrocarbons, agricultural… Read more »
Mozambique: Mineral Transport Must Be By Rail to Alleviate Road Traffic
Mozambique's Deputy Minister of Transport, Amilton Alissone, has stressed that the transport of minerals by rail is the main solution for ending congestion on the N4… Read more »
July 25, 2023
Mozambique: Road Fund Earns Over .$15 Million
The Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Mozambique's Road Fund, Ângelo Macuácua, has revealed that the tolls installed just over a year ago on national roads,… Read more »
Mozambique: Investing in Education Is Not a Waste of Resources
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi said on Monday that investing in education is not a waste of resources, but a way of assisting the nation to achieve economic growth and progress. Read more »
Mozambique: Over 70 Per Cent of Public Servants Have Returned to Work in Cabo Delgado
Over 70 per cent of public servants have returned to their workplaces in some districts plagued by Islamic terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. Read more »
July 24, 2023
Mozambique: Over U.S.$120 Million Needed to Rehabilitate Roads Hit By Natural Disasters
The Mozambican government needs about eight billion meticais (125 million US dollars at the current exchange rate) to finance road rehabilitation projects, in the context of… Read more »
Mozambique: - Over 30 Foreign Prisoners to Be Repatriated
Mozambique will repatriate over 30 foreigners who are currently serving prison sentences in the country, according to a report in Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias'. Read more »
Mozambique: - Delay in Wages At Interior Ministry Blamed On Change in Procedures
Mozambican Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane, speaking on Saturday, in the central province of Zambézia, claimed the delay in paying wages in the Ministry of the Interior is… Read more »
Mozambique: Minister Praises Doctors Who Work Despite the Amm Strike
Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago on Friday congratulated all the doctors who have continued to attend to patients in the country's health units, despite the strike called… Read more »
Mozambique: Mdm Announces Mayoral Candidates
Mozambique's second largest opposition party announced on Saturday, as expected, that it will be running the mayor the central city of Beira, Albano Carige, for a second term of… Read more »
July 16, 2023
Mozambique: Elects Its Candidates for Municipal Elections
Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party on Saturday and Sunday chose its candidates for the assemblies that will be elected to the municipal assemblies in October. Read more »
July 07, 2023
Mozambique: Renamo Announces Candidate for Mayor of Maputo
Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has chosen prominent parliamentary deputy Venancio Mondlane as its candidate for Mayor of Maputo, in the municipal elections scheduled… Read more »
Mozambique: IMF Approves Disbursement of Further U.S.$60.6 Million
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday completed the second review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for Mozambique, which… Read more »
South Africa: Mozambican Sentenced to 22 Years for Poaching in South Africa
The Skukuza Regional Court in South Africa on Tuesday sentenced a 31-year-old Mozambican, named Enock Ngobeni, to 22 years imprisonment, for poaching offences. According to the… Read more »