July 15

• Moatize - Nacala Railway Ready Next Year

  AIM

  The new railway line linking the Moatize coal basin in western Mozambique with the northern port at Nacala-a-Velha could be ready by September 2014. Read more »

• Health Minister Claims Steps Taken Towards Abuja Target

  AIM

  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

• Zambia, Lesotho Reach Regional Semi-Finals

  Cosafa

  Hosts Zambia and Lesotho have won through to the semi-finals of the COSAFA Cup Zambia 2013 after winning their quarterfinal matches on Sunday. Read more »

• Government Accuses Renamo of Blackmail

  AIM

  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 »

• Private Water Suppliers Retreat

  AIM

  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 »

• G4s Accused of Defrauding British Government

  AIM

  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

• Southern Africans Head for Soccer Quarterfinals

  Council of Southern African Football Assocations

  Lesotho will be seeking to keep up their giant killing run at the Cosafa Cup on Sunday when they take on Angola in the first of two quarter-finals in Kitwe. Read more »

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

  AIM

  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 »

• Engen Investing in Beira Oil Depot

  AIM

  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 »

• Private Water Suppliers Turn Off the Taps

  AIM

  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 »

• Quicker Journey On Nampula - Cuamba Train Service

  AIM

  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 »

• Opening Hours for Voter Registration Posts to Be Extended

  AIM

  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

• Potential Frelimo Mayoral Candidate Drops Out

  AIM

  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 »

• Belgium Supports WFP Projects in Gaza Province, Mozambique

  WFP

  Thanks to a contribution of €3.7 million (US$ 4.7 million) from the Belgian Fund for Food Security and Nutrition (BFFS), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is able... Read more »

• LAM Still Barred From Europe

  AIM

  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 »

• Private Water Supplies Blackmail Government

  AIM

  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 »

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

  AIM

  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 »

July 10

• Machel and Mandela - the Brothers-in-Arms Who Never Met [analysis]

  ThinkAfricaPress

  Samora Machel and Nelson Mandela's fates, thoughts, and fights for independence were closely intertwined from the start. Read more »

July 09

• Further Corruption in Education Ministry Uncovered

  AIM

  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 »

• Attacks Continue On Vehicles in Sofala

  AIM

  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 »

• Agricultural Development Fund Acquires GPS for Land Demarcation

  AIM

  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 »

• Afrifocus Resources Prospecting for Heavy Sands

  AIM

  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

• Govt Forces Destroy 'Guerrilla Camp'

  AIM

  The Mozambican police have confirmed that an operation by the defence and security forces on 6 July destroyed the guerrilla camp used by members of Renamo when they launched the... Read more »

• Fitch Revises Upwards Mozambique's Status

  AIM

  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 »

• Impasse Continues Between Government and Renamo

  AIM

  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 »