May 21

• Mozambique-Zimbabwe Joint Commission Calls for Lifting of Sanctions

  AIM

  The Mozambique-Zimbabwe Permanent Joint Commission for Defence and Security on Thursday in Maputo reiterated its call for the lifting of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western... Read more »

• Prosecutions Over Unfinished Public Works in Sofala

  AIM

  The Provincial Directorate of Education and Culture in the central Mozambican province of Sofala has referred for prosecution 35 cases of companies failing to complete public... Read more »

• Maputo Province Registers Rapid Growth

  AIM

  Last year Maputo province grew by more than 17 per cent, reports the daily newspaper "Noticias". This exceeded the province's Economic and Social Plan for 2011 which predicted... Read more »

• Ncondezi Coal to Complete Feasibility Studies By 2014

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  The London-based Ncondezi Coal Company has agreed with Mozambique's Ministry of Mineral Resources (MIREM) to complete feasibility studies on its coal mines in the western province... Read more »

• President Guebuza Blasts Foreign Investors Who Break Labour Laws

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  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Friday declared that foreign investors are welcome provided that they are willing to abide by the country's labour legislation. Read more »

May 18

• Tongaat Hulett Heps Seen Up 10 Percent to 839 Cents

  Biz-Community

  Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett (TON) says its headline earnings per share for the year ended March 2012 are expected to be 839 cents per share - a 10% increase on last year's 761... Read more »

May 17

• Compensation Agreed for Pirate Victims

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  The Spanish-Mozambican fishing company Pescamar, which operated the "Vega 5", a vessel seized by Somali pirates in the Mozambique Channel in December 2010, has finally agreed to... Read more »

• University Delegations Must Be Authorised

  AIM

  The Mozambican Education Ministry announced on Thursday that it is to become obligatory for all institutions of higher education to request authorisation from the Ministry before... Read more »

• Reprieve for 'Special Clinic'

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  The new director of Maputo Central Hospital, Joao Fumane, has declared that he has no intention of shutting down the hospital's "Special Clinic", where well-to-do patients can pay... Read more »

• Guebuza Urges Culture of Work

  AIM

  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Thursday urged Mozambicans to commit themselves to work to increase production and productivity as the only way to achieve a better... Read more »

• Trip to London a Success, Say Businessmen

  AIM

  The Mozambican businessmen who accompanied President Armando Guebuza on his official visit to Britain last week say that they regard their time in London as well spent. Read more »

• Country At CPLP Constitutional Jurisdictions Conference

  ANGOP

  A delegation of the Constitutional Court (TC) led by its presiding judge Rui Ferreira attended a Conference of the Constitutional Jurisdictions of the Portuguese Speaking Countries... Read more »

May 16

• ENI Announces New Gas Discovery

  AIM

  The Italian energy company, ENI, on Wednesday announced a further discovery of natural gas in the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. Read more »

• Former Arsenal Transformed Into Nature Reserve

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  The Mozambican government announced on Tuesday that an area once occupied by a military arsenal, in the outer Maputo suburb of Malhazine, is to become an "ecological park". Read more »

• Viettel Announces Launch of Mobile Network [press release]

  African Press Organization

  On May 15, 2012, Viettel announced in in Maputo, Mozambique, the official launch of Movitel - the group's first mobile network in Africa to join its already flourishing networks in... Read more »

• Guebuza Inaugurates Machel Statue in Matola

  AIM

  To remember Mozambique's first President, Samora Machel, is to rescue and dignify Mozambican history, declared President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday. Read more »

• Police Arrest Man Suspected of Killing Priest

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  The Mozambican police have arrested one of the gang who robbed a Catholic church residence in the southern city of Matola on 3 May, and beat to death one of the priests living... Read more »

• Overweight Trucks Damage Motorway

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  An average of 100 trucks a day are known to carry cargo that is in excess of the legal weight limit along the Maputo-South Africa motorway, according to the South African company... Read more »

• Government Approves Minimum Cotton Prices

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  The Mozambican government on Tuesday fixed the minimum producer price for first grade raw cotton in this year's harvest at 10.5 meticais (about 38 US cents) per kilo Read more »

May 15

• Petroleum Company Announces Major New Gas Discovery

  AIM

  The Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday announced that it has found a major new gas field in the Rovuma Basin off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of... Read more »

• Security Essential for Development, Says President of Mozambique [analysis]

  African Arguments

  On 8th May 2012 the President of Mozambique, Amando Guebuza, spoke at the latest Oppenheimer lecture in London. Mr Guebuza came to London at the invitation of the Oppenheimer group... Read more »

• USAID Pledges U.S.$60 Million Dollars for Health Programme

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  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has pledged to disburse 60 million US dollars over the five year period 2012-2016 to finance a new Health... Read more »

• Exclusion of Civil Society From CNE 'Unacceptable'

  AIM

  The exclusion of civil society from the Mozambican National Elections Commission (CNE), as demanded by Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the former rebel movement Renamo, would be... Read more »

• Khalau Unrepentant

  AIM

  The General Commander of the Mozambican police, Jorge Khalau, has expressed no remorse for his challenge to the judiciary in late April, which led to calls for his resignation or... Read more »

• Third Mobile Phone Operator Officially Launched

  AIM

  Mozambique's third mobile phone operator, Movitel, officially launched its services on Tuesday - although it has in fact been selling its pre-paid phone cards from shops across the... Read more »