November 28

• Mozambique: New Hospital Reduces Zumbo's Dependence On Zambia

  The residents of the district of Zumbo, in the western Mozambican province of Tete, have warmly welcomed the new district hospital, which will reduce the district’s... Read more »

• Mozambique: Police Kill Alleged Kidnapper

  The Mozambican police have shot dead one alleged kidnapper and injured another in an exchange of gunfire, according to a Tuesday press release from the General Command of the... Read more »

• Mozambique: "Cahora Bassa an Instrument of National Unity"

  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Monday declared that the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi is an undertaking for all Mozambicans and an instrument of national unity. Read more »

• Mozambique: Forty Two Foreigners Detained At Airport

  The Mozambican police last week detained 42 foreign citizens at Maputo International Airport, as they attempted to enter the country, either with forged entry visas, or with no... Read more »

November 27

• Mozambique: Companies Fail to Buy Peasants' Cotton

  About 2,500 tonnes of raw cotton is at risk of rotting in the northern Mozambican district of Mecuburi, because the company that has the obligation to buy the cotton from the... Read more »

• Mozambique: Health Week Launched in Maputo

  A national Health Week for Women and Children began throughout Mozambique on Monday, with the main task of vaccinating all children under the age of five against polio. Read more »

• Mozambique: Thieves Strike in Broad Daylight in Beira

  A group of gunmen on Friday attacked a shop selling frozen chickens and eggs, belonging to the company Abilio Antunes, in the Beira neighbourhood of Maquinino, and stole four... Read more »

• Mozambique: Mozambican Arrested With Cocaine in India

  The Indian police have arrested a 25 year old Mozambican citizen, named as Pedro Jose Salvador, for drug trafficking in Bangalore, according to a report carried by the news agency,... Read more »

• Mozambique: Maputo Council to Take Over Drainage System

  Maputo Municipal Council will, as from January, take over responsibility for managing the city’s drainage system which up until now has been run by the Ministry of Public... Read more »

November 24

• Mozambique: Guebuza Addresses Conference of Economists

  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza said on Friday that the mining industry and the business opportunities it is generating have given greater pertinence and relevance to the... Read more »

• Mozambique: Critics Will Not Blow Government Off Course - PM

  The Mozambican government is guided by the policies it has designed and will not be blown off course every time somebody criticizes it, Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina warned on... Read more »

• Mozambique: Health Week Targets Four Million Children

  The Mozambican Health Ministry is launching a nationwide "Health Week" as from Monday, offering intervention to improve the health of more than four million children under five... Read more »

• Mozambique: Germany Pledges Further Aid

  The German government has pledged a further 80 million euros (103 million US dollars) in aid to Mozambique for the period 2013-2014, according to a Friday press release from the... Read more »

• Mozambique: Govt Sets up Delegation to Meet With Renamo

  The Mozambican government has set up a commission, headed by Agriculture Minister Jose Pacheco, to enter into a dialogue with the country's main opposition party, the former rebel... Read more »

November 23

• Mozambique: Guebuza Receives Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister

  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Thursday received the Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Zhai Jun, who is on a three day working visit to the country. Read more »

• Southern Africa: SADC Condemns M23 Capture of Goma

  The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has condemned the latest military offensive in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the M23 rebel group, which led to the... Read more »

• Mozambique: No Major Tax Breaks for Mining Companies

  Mining companies are not entitled to any exemptions from corporation tax, or reductions in the rate paid, Mozambique’s Minister of Planning and Development, Aiuba Cuereneia,... Read more »

• Mozambique: 38 Per Cent of Mozambicans Have Electricity

  Currently 38 per cent of the Mozambican population have electricity in their homes, as compared with just seven per cent in 2004, according to the Minister of Energy, Salvador... Read more »

November 22

• Mozambique: District Administrator Closes Community Radio

  The administrator of Macanga district, in the western Mozambican province of Tete, has illegally closed down the local community radio station, according to a report in... Read more »

• Mozambique: Vietnamese Arrested With Rhino Horns

  The Mozambican police have arrested a Vietnamese citizen caught in possession of six rhinoceros horns. Read more »

• Mozambique: Minister Explains Surge in Cement Prices

  A breakdown in one Mozambican cement factory, rises in the international price of cement, and increased demand have all conspired to cause sharp rises in the domestic price of... Read more »

• Mozambique: Prime Minister On Tax Breaks and Renegotiation

  Mozambican Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina on Wednesday effectively denied a claim by the main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, that he had ever claimed it was... Read more »

• Mozambique: No Consensus Reached on Electoral Bodies

  Despite a week of meetings between the leaderships of the three political parties in the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, there is still no consensus on the... Read more »

November 21

• Mozambique: Eight Miners Die in Manica Collapse

  Eight miners died last Friday when an illegal gold mine collapsed in Macossa district, in the central Mozambican province of Manica. Read more »

• Mozambique: Dozens Escape From Tete Provincial Prison

  The Mozambican Ministry of Justice on Monday sent a brigade from the General Directorate of Prisons (DGP) to investigate a mass break-out from the Tete provincial prison. Read more »