July 15

• Mozambique: Government Terminates Nacala Water Treatment Contract

  The Mozambican government has terminated a contract with the Indian consortium Tecnofab-Goon for its failure to construct a new water treatment plant in the northern city of... Read more »

• Mozambique: Health Minister Claims Steps Taken Towards Abuja Target

  Mozambique has been taking "encouraging steps" towards the African Union target, enshrined in the Abuja Declaration of 2001, that governments should spend at least 15 per cent of... Read more »

July 14

• Mozambique: Government Accuses Renamo of Blackmail

  The Mozambican government has accused the country's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, of resorting to blackmail in its dialogue with the government,... Read more »

• Mozambique: Private Water Suppliers Retreat

  The strike by Mozambique's private water suppliers, who are demanding huge sums in “compensation” from the government, lasted for less than two days. Read more »

• Mozambique: G4s Accused of Defrauding British Government

  The largest private security company in the world, the London-based Group Four Securicor (G4S), has been accused of defrauding the British government of tens of millions of pounds,... Read more »

July 12

• Mozambique: Kentz Awarded 38 Million U.S.$ Contract for Nacala Port

  The global engineering and construction company Kentz will construct the new stock yard at the Nacala export terminal in northern Mozambique under a 38 million US dollar contract... Read more »

• Mozambique: Engen Investing in Beira Oil Depot

  The South African fuel company Engen is upgrading its oil import and storage facilities at the Mozambican port of Beira which will open the door to increasing exports to Zimbabwe,... Read more »

• Mozambique: Private Water Suppliers Turn Off the Taps

  Private water suppliers on Thursday carried out their threat to turn off the taps, depriving many thousands of consumers in the Greater Maputo area of water, and posing a serious... Read more »

• Mozambique: Quicker Journey On Nampula - Cuamba Train Service

  From next month the time taken to travel by train between the northern Mozambican cities of Nampula and Cuamba will be cut from ten to seven hours. Read more »

• Mozambique: Opening Hours for Voter Registration Posts to Be Extended

  Mozambique's Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) will, as from Saturday, extend the opening hours of voter registration posts, in order to raise the percentage of... Read more »

July 11

• Mozambique: Private Water Supplies Blackmail Government

  The Mozambican government has promised to put an emergency water supply plan into action if private water suppliers carry out their threat to switch off supplies in parts of the... Read more »

• Mozambique: Sasol to Abandon Search for Hydrocarbons in Blocks 16 and 19

  The South African petro-chemical giant Sasol is on the verge of abandoning the search for petroleum and gas in offshore blocks 16 and 19 in the Mozambique sedimentary basin,... Read more »

• Mozambique: Potential Frelimo Mayoral Candidate Drops Out

  It seems that the current mayor of Maputo, David Simango, will be unopposed inside the ruling Frelimo Party, in his bid for a second term of office, now that the only other known... Read more »

• Mozambique: LAM Still Barred From Europe

  Mozambique Airlines (LAM) remains on the list of companies banned from flying in European Union airspace despite the European Commission welcoming the “good progress”... Read more »

July 09

• Mozambique: Attacks Continue On Vehicles in Sofala

  Unidentified assailants attacked a vehicle containing three Somali nationals at about 02.30 on Sunday morning on Mozambique's main north-south highway, in the central province of... Read more »

• Mozambique: Agricultural Development Fund Acquires GPS for Land Demarcation

  The Mozambican government's Agricultural Development Fund (FDA) has purchased twenty Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to assist with land demarcation and reduce land... Read more »

• Mozambique: Further Corruption in Education Ministry Uncovered

  Mozambique's Central Office for the Fight against Corruption (GCCC) has announced the discovery of a further scheme whereby corrupt officials have defrauded the Ministry of... Read more »

• Mozambique: Afrifocus Resources Prospecting for Heavy Sands

  Fifteen health units damaged by the flooding that hit five provinces in Mozambique in January are now fully operational. The destruction was not limited to the physical... Read more »

July 08

• Mozambique: Fitch Revises Upwards Mozambique's Status

  The Fitch Credit Ratings Agency, which is based in both New York and London, has upgraded Mozambique's long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'B+' from 'B' and... Read more »

• Mozambique: Impasse Continues Between Government and Renamo

  The Mozambican government on Monday announced that it has unilaterally signed the minutes of the talks it has held with the country's largest opposition party, Renamo. Read more »

• Mozambique: Dhlakama Optimistic About Dialogue With Government

  The leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, Afonso Dhlakama, claimed on Sunday that he is optimistic about dialogue between Renamo and the... Read more »

• Mozambique: Campaign Against Trachoma

  The Ministry of Health is to spend four million meticais ($133,000) on a health campaign to treat trachoma in the northern province of Niassa where the disease affects about a... Read more »

• Mozambique: Dutch Companies Awarded Maputo Water Contract

  The Dutch companies Royal HaskoningDHV and Vites Evides International have been awarded a contract to work on a project to supply drinking water in Mozambique's capital city... Read more »

• Mozambique: Roads Destroyed During Rainy Season

  The floods which hit Mozambique during the last rainy season destroyed about thirteen per cent of the country's roads, along with other infrastructure, according to the Minister of... Read more »

• Mozambique: Indian Companies to Buy Stake in Rovuma Basin

  The Indian state owned hydrocarbon companies ONGC and Oil India have agreed to jointly buy a ten per cent stake in Offshore Area 1 in the Rovuma Basin in northern Mozambique from... Read more »