Mozambican shareholders in the company Procana have welcomed the government's decision to cancel the investment contract with Procana under which the company would have produced ethanol from a 30,000 hectare sugar plantation in Massingir, in the southern province of Gaza.
The Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga has dismissed media reports that appeared in a Mozambican tabloid (Escorpiao) recently insinuating that government wants the Rwandan community living in Mozambique answerable for Genocide crimes.
One of the largest and filthiest of Maputo's informal markets has disappeared, giving way to the largest passenger transport terminal in the country, inaugurated on Wednesday by the city's mayor, David Simango.
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday formally inaugurated the emission of a new biometric identity card.
The British based company Bioenergy Africa decided to pull the plug on its massive biofuel investment in southern Mozambique in early October, but apparently did not bother to inform the Mozambican government.
As Xmas approaches, and as a heat wave overwhelms the city, Maputo is running out of soft drinks.
Prosecuting attorney Miguel Candido on Tuesday urged the Maputo City Court to find all five defendants in a major corruption trial guilty.
The Mozambican government on Tuesday announced that it has cancelled the contract signed in 2007 with the company Procana to produce ethanol from a proposed 30,000 hectare sugar plantation at Massingir, in the southern province of Gaza.
The Mozambican government approved on Tuesday a project to plant eucalyptus trees for industrial purposes across large swathes of the northern province of Nampula.
The central Mozambican government on Monday handed over responsibility for most education, health, commerce and industry in Maputo to the City Council, as part of the government's decentralization policy.
Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has claimed that he lost the 28 October presidential election because the ruling Frelimo Party clandestinely printed extra ballot papers and distributed them in advance to its members.
Antenor Pereira, the former financial director of the Mozambique Airports Company (ADM) on Monday denied claims made by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) that the company's accounts were disorganized.
Members of the Beira Municipal Assembly are demanding payment of a monthly allowance of 2,000 meticais (73 US dollars, at current exchange rates), despite the parlous state of the municipal finances, and doubts about the legality of such an allowance.
The Chinese contractor working on the expansion and modernization of Maputo International Airport has claimed that the costs of the job have soared by over 60 per cent, blaming this on the international financial crisis.
Malagasy leader Andry Rajoelina, who seized power in March, has repudiated internationally-brokered mechanisms agreed with his opponents as a way of restoring constitutional rule in the country.
Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has today released the Final Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group which observed the 28 October 2009 elections in Mozambique
Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, claims that votes cast for its leader and presidential candidate, Afonso Dhlakama, in the northern coastal district of Moma were never counted but were buried.
About 86 million meticais (around 3.2 million US dollars) were stolen this year from the coffers of three provincial directorates, according to Ana Maria Gemo, director of Mozambique's Central Office for the Fight against Corruption (GCCC).
Mozambican Justice Minister Bemvinda Levy has told reporters that relations between Mozambique and Rwanda are good, despite claims published in the Rwandan press that several Rwandan citizens suspected of participating in the 1994 genocide are hiding in Mozambique.
Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo, met on Thursday with leaders of four tiny organisations, which the Mozambican press coyly refers to as "extra-parliamentary parties".
Mozambican Airlines (LAM) on Thursday launched a tourism subsidiary, LamTours, which will sell package tours in the country and abroad.
Mozambique and India are investing 10 million US dollars in building a factory to manufacture solar panels in the Belulune Industrial Park, on the outskirts of Maputo.
The Mozambican police must not only guarantee public order but also, in its mission to strengthen the state and democratic institutions, must always ensure respect for human rights, declared President Armando Guebuza on Thursday.
The Mozambican government has pledged cooperation with the Rwandan authorities in the hunt for people suspected of participating in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo has insisted that the general elections held on 28 October should be annulled, and if they are not, it will hold demonstrations against the results.
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