July 24

• No Parties Register for Elections On First Day

  AIM

  On Tuesday, the first day for political parties to register for participation in the Mozambican municipal elections, scheduled for 20 November, not a single party, coalition of... Read more »

• First Lady - Invest in Health to Increase Productivity

  AIM

  Mozambique's First Lady, Maria da Luz Guebuza, has argued that investing in health will lead to improvements in production and productivity. Read more »

• Thai Prime Minister to Visit Mozambique

  AIM

  The Prime Minster of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra, will visit Mozambique next week. This will be the first time a Thai leader has visited the country since diplomatic relations... Read more »

July 23

• Feeding the Future Through School Meals

  WFP

  Albertina Naftal (9) lives with her parents, two brothers and two sisters in a hut made of sticks and grass in the village of Muchenga, in Changara, west of Mozambique. Read more »

• Institute Alarmed at Threats to Media [press release]

  MISA

  STATEMENT ON THE STATE OF MEDIA FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Read more »

• Cancer Vaccine "coming Soon"

  AIM

  A vaccine against cervical cancer could be available by 2014 according to Mozambique's Deputy Minister for Health Nazira Abdula. Read more »

• Government to Issue Biometric Passports Abroad

  AIM

  The Mozambican government will soon begin issuing biometric passports (e-passports) at its diplomatic missions abroad. Read more »

• Government Optimistic About Aberdeen Conference

  AIM

  The Mozambican government is hopeful that the conference on oil and gas infrastructures which begins on Wednesday in the Scottish city of Aberdeen will attract further foreign... Read more »

• Canadian Cadastre Company Expands Services

  AIM

  The Canadian company Spatial Dimension has been contracted by the Mozambican government to expand its Mining Cadastre System. Read more »

• Statoil Abandons Exploration Well

  AIM

  Norwegian state owned hydrocarbon company Statoil has plugged and abandoned its Cachalote-1 exploration well after failing to find commercial quantities of natural gas. Read more »

• Ocean Fair in Mozambique Teaches Coastal Conservation [document]

  State Department

  Promoting coastal conservation in Mozambique was the aim of a a three-day Ocean Fair recently organized by Peace Corps education volunteer Patrick McGettigan of Haddonfield, New... Read more »

• Mozambique - Programme Officer Wash and Gender

  AlertNet

  Programme Officer WASH and Gender Read more »

• Cimentos De Mocambique to Increase Cement Production

  AIM

  The company Cimentos de Mocambique (CM) is to increase its cement milling capacity by 220,000 tonnes per year, according to its major shareholder CIMPOR. Read more »

July 22

• Parastatal to Invest Billions in Rovuma Basin

  AIM

  The publicly owned Mozambican Hydrocarbon Company (ENH) plans to invest between 2.5 and five billion US dollars as it exercises its rights to participate in the Offshore Area 1 and... Read more »

• Voter Registration Reaches 72 Percent

  AIM

  As voter registration nears its end, ahead of Mozambique's municipal elections scheduled for 20 November, the pace of registration has picked up. Read more »

• President Guebuza to Visit Scotland

  AIM

  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Tuesday will begin a visit the Scottish city of Aberdeen. Read more »

• New Bridge Over Zambezi Ready by September 2014

  AIM

  The construction of the new bridge crossing the Zambezi River in Tete city is on schedule to be completed by September next year. Read more »

July 21

• Dhlakama Boycotts Council of State

  AIM

  Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has announced that its leader, Afonso Dhlakama, will boycott a meeting of the Council of State, scheduled for... Read more »

July 20

• Summit of the Troika of the Organ On Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation Plus Mozambique Communiqué [press release]

  SA Govt

  1. The Summit of the Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation plus Mozambique was held in Pretoria, South Africa on 20 July, 2013. Read more »

July 19

• Portuguese Businessman Kidnapped in Maputo

  AIM

  A Portuguese businessman was been kidnapped in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, on Tuesday, reports the Portuguese news agency, Lusa. Read more »

• Siemens to Install Electricity Supply for Nacala-a-Velha Port

  AIM

  The German company Siemens has won a contract worth just over 150 million US dollars to install the electricity supply for the deep-water port at Nacala-a-Velha in northern... Read more »

• Tourism Grows by Seven Per Cent

  AIM

  Mozambique's Minister of Tourism, Carvalho Muaria, on Thursday revealed that last year the sector earned the country 248 million US dollars, an increase of seven per cent on 2011. Read more »

• Funds Available to Repair Massingir Dam

  AIM

  Emergency repair work to the Massingir Dam will improve irrigation for 16,000 farmers in the districts of Xai-Xai, Chokwe and Massingir in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza. Read more »

July 18

• World Bank Approves 110 Million Dollar Loan

  AIM

  The Executive Board of the World Bank on Tuesday approved a loan of 110 million US dollars to support the Mozambican government's poverty reduction plan. Read more »

• Voter Registration Reaches Almost Two Thirds

  AIM

  With just one week to go before the end of the voter registration period, almost two thirds of the estimated potential electorate in Mozambique's 53 municipalities have registered... Read more »