November 29

• Assembly Moves Towards Vote On Electoral Laws

  AIM

  The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, moved closer to a vote on amended electoral legislation on Wednesday, when it approved a report from the Assembly’s... Read more »

• Baobab Signs Joint Venture Agreement

  AIM

  The British company Baobab Resources on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with the Australian exploration company, Metals of Africa (MTA), in... Read more »

November 28

• Government Calls for Housing for Middle Class

  AIM

  The Mozambican government has called on building companies to invest in housing aimed at the lower middle class. Read more »

• New Hospital Reduces Zumbo's Dependence On Zambia

  AIM

  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 »

• Police Kill Alleged Kidnapper

  AIM

  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 »

• Forty Two Foreigners Detained At Airport

  AIM

  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 »

• "Cahora Bassa an Instrument of National Unity"

  AIM

  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 »

November 27

• Companies Fail to Buy Peasants' Cotton

  AIM

  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 »

• Health Week Launched in Maputo

  AIM

  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 »

• Mozambican Arrested With Cocaine in India

  AIM

  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 »

• Maputo Council to Take Over Drainage System

  AIM

  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 »

• District Administrator Shuts Down Radio Station [press release]

  IFEX

  Reports from Mozambique's capital, Maputo, say the administrator of the Macanga district, in the western province of Tete, has illegally shut down a local community radio station,... Read more »

• Thieves Strike in Broad Daylight in Beira

  AIM

  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 »

November 26

• Govt, China Happy With Cooperation

  Focac

  Visiting Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Zhai Jun has said in Maputo that the Chinese government is satisfied with the state of the bilateral cooperation between China and... Read more »

November 24

• Govt Sets up Delegation to Meet With Renamo

  AIM

  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 »

• Guebuza Addresses Conference of Economists

  AIM

  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 »

• Critics Will Not Blow Government Off Course - PM

  AIM

  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 »

• Health Week Targets Four Million Children

  AIM

  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 »

• Germany Pledges Further Aid

  AIM

  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 »

November 23

• Can Africa's Biggest Marine Reserve Bring Prosperity? [analysis]

  ThinkAfricaPress

  Mozambique has established Africa's largest coastal marine reserve, and there are hopes it could prove to be the key to prosperity for the coastal population. Read more »

• Guebuza Receives Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister

  AIM

  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 »

• SADC Condemns M23 Capture of Goma

  AIM

  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 »

• Thousands Held Illegally in Mozambique Prisons

  OSISA

  Thousands of people are being held in Mozambique's prisons despite not having been found guilty of a crime, says a new report from Amnesty International, which exposes how many... Read more »

• No Major Tax Breaks for Mining Companies

  AIM

  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 »

• 38 Per Cent of Mozambicans Have Electricity

  AIM

  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 »