July 08

• Dhlakama Optimistic About Dialogue With Government

  AIM

  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 »

• Dutch Companies Awarded Maputo Water Contract

  AIM

  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 »

• Roads Destroyed During Rainy Season

  AIM

  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 »

• New Chief of Staff for FADM

  AIM

  President Armando Guebuza on 26 June appointed Graca Chongo as the new Chief of Staff of the country's armed forces (FADM) following consultations with the National Council for... Read more »

• Cotton Goes to Waste Due to Lack of Storage

  AIM

  The Mozambique Cotton Institute (IAM) has estimated that during the last agricultural campaign two thousand tonnes of cotton went to waste due to a lack of storage. Read more »

• Still 9.7 Million Square Metres of Land to Be Demined

  AIM

  According to the Mozambican government's National Demining Institute (IND) there are still an estimated 9.7 million square metres of land to be demined before the cut-off date of... Read more »

• Rio Tinto Resumes Coal Shipments

  AIM

  The Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto has resumed moving coal along the Sena railway line from its mine in Moatize in the western province of Tete to Beira port after a... Read more »

• Renamo Admits It Carried Out Ambushes

  AIM

  Afonso Dhlakama, the leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, on 3 July admitted that Renamo was responsible for ambushes on the country's main north-south highway (the EN1)... Read more »

• Campaign Against Trachoma

  AIM

  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 »

• Indian Companies to Buy Stake in Rovuma Basin

  AIM

  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 »

• Prime Minister Inspects Maputo Ring Road

  AIM

  Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina has stressed the extreme importance of the Maputo ring road for relieving the capital city's traffic congestion. Read more »

• Exim Bank of India Opens $217 Million Credit Line

  AIM

  The Exim Bank of India has opened a $217 million credit line to finance infrastructure projects in Mozambique. Read more »

July 05

• Angolan Officials of Justice and Culture in Maputo

  ANGOP

  The minister of Justice and Human Rights, Rui Mangueira and the deputy Attorney General of Angola, Henriques dos Santos, are since Thursday in Maputo (Mozambique) to attend on... Read more »

July 04

• Government Insists On Separation of Powers in Talks With Renamo

  AIM

  Talks between the Mozambican government and the largest opposition party, Renamo, once again failed to make any progress due to Renamo's insistence that the government changes the... Read more »

• Dhlakama Admits Renamo Carried Out Ambushes

  AIM

  The leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, Afonso Dhlakama, on Wednesday admitted that Renamo was responsible for ambushes on the main... Read more »

• Passenger Service Resumed Along Sena Line

  AIM

  Mozambique's publicly-owned port and rail company, CFM, has resumed passenger trains along the Sena railway line, ending the suspension caused by threats made by the country's... Read more »

• UNAIDS Appoints Maria DA Luz Guebuza Patron of "Global Plan"

  AIM

  The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Wednesday appointed Mozambique's First Lady, Maria da Luz Guebuza, as patron of the "Global Plan towards the elimination... Read more »

July 03

• Renamo Still Refusing to Submit Proposals to Assembly

  AIM

  Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has said that it will only submit its proposed amendments to the electoral legislation, to the country's... Read more »

• Scientists Developing New Malaria Vaccine

  AIM

  Researchers have made a possible breakthrough in the development of a vaccine against malaria, the mosquito borne disease that afflicts a quarter of a billion people around the... Read more »

• Prime Minister Pays Official Visit to Maputo City

  AIM

  Mozambican Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina on Thursday began a two day working visit to Maputo City to monitor the implementation of the government's Five Year Plan, Economic and... Read more »

• 700 Classrooms Built in 2012

  AIM

  Mozambique's Education Ministry has revealed that last year 700 new classrooms were constructed throughout the country. Read more »

• Queensland Bauxite Buys Into Moatize Licences

  AIM

  The Australian mining company Queensland Bauxite has signed an agreement that will give it a stake in two exploration licenses in the Moatize coal basin in the western Mozambican... Read more »

• Conference On Infrastructure Development in the Oil & Gas Sector in Mozambique

  Confederation of Business Associations

  A Conference on infrastructure development in the oil and gas sectors in Mozambique will take place from July 24 to 26, 2013 at the Convention Center Aberdeen, Scotland. The... Read more »

• Interactive Session On Mozambique-India Trade & Investment Opportunities

  Confederation of Business Associations

  The event was held on July 4 at the VIP Hotel under the patronage of CTA in the presence of the President of CTA, the representative of the Ministry of Mineral Resources of... Read more »

• Second Edition of Business Meetings Mauritius-Mozambique

  Confederation of Business Associations

  The event took place in Maputo on July 4, 2013 and was launched by the Vice-President of the CTA, Agostinho Vuma, with a representative of the Mauritian Embassy in Mozambique, the... Read more »