July 14
Mozambique: Amend Electoral Law to Avoid Fraud, Demands Renamo Candidate
The candidate for governor of Maputo province from Mozambique's main opposition party Renamo, Antonio Muchanga, has insisted that the only way of eliminating electoral fraud is to… Read more »
July 12
Mozambique: Two Ivory Traffickers Arrested
Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) has announced that on Tuesday it aborted an attempted sale of two elephant tusks in Pemba, capital of the northern… Read more »
July 08
Mozambique: Mob Attacks Police Station for Alleged Release of Murderer in Moatize
A crowd in Caphiridzange locality, in Moatize district, in the central Mozambican province of Tete, have attacked and vandalized the local police station for the alleged release of… Read more »
July 07
Mozambique: 96 Sernic Arrests Two for Attempting to Kidnap Minors in Chimoio
Maputo, 5 Jul (AIM) =96 Mozambique=92s National Criminal Investigation Serv= ice (SERNIC) has arrested two individuals for attempting to kidnap two mino= rs, in Chimoio city,… Read more »
July 02
Mozambique: Mozambique Working to Eradicate Money Laundering
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi believes that the country is working hard in order to eradicate money laundering, in line with the standards set by the Financial Action Task… Read more »
Mozambique: Nyusi Inaugurates Three New Courts in Sofala
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi inaugurated, on Monday, three new buildings for the district courts of Machanga, and Muanza and for the higher appeals court in Beira, all in the… Read more »
Cape Verde: Terrorists Attack Truck Near Mocímboa DA Praia
A group of armed men, believed to be Islamist terrorists, attacked a truck, on Sunday night, in the northern Mozambican province of Cab Delgado, causing the death of one person and… Read more »
June 28
Mozambique: Announces Drug Trafficking Arrests
Mozambique's Central Office for the Fight against Organised and Transnational Crime (GCCCOT) on Friday announced an offensive against a drug trafficking ring, including Mozambican,… Read more »
June 27
Mozambique: Nyusi Calls for More Awareness Against Drug Abuse
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has called for more awareness against drug abuse and trafficking, since cases of the use of illicit drugs are increasing notably, despite the… Read more »
Mozambique: Constitutional Council Rejects Appeal Against Alliance Symbol
The Constitutional Council, Mozambique's highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law, has rejected an attempt by a minor political party, the United Congress of… Read more »
June 26
Mozambique: Court Blocks CTA Bank Accounts
The Maputo City Court has ordered the blocking of the bank accounts of the Mozambican Confederation of Business Associations (CTA), as well as the seizure of its head office… Read more »
June 20
Mozambique: Torturers Will Be Held in Detention Until Trial
The five members of the Mozambican police force (PRM), accused of torturing a couple suspected of theft in the southern municipality of Homoine, will remain in preventive detention… Read more »
June 19
Mozambique: Mozambique Loses Between U.S.$60 and 70 Million Due to Illegal Fishing
Mozambique loses between 60 and 70 million dollars a year as a result of illegal fishing and tax evasion by vessels not licensed to carry out maritime operations. Read more »
June 14
Mozambique: Policemen Arrested for Torturing Alleged Thieves
The provincial attorney's office in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane has detained five police officers who were caught on camera brutally torturing a couple accused of… Read more »
June 13
Mozambique: National Elections Commission Invents an Election Crime
Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) has claimed, quite wrongly, that political parties cannot do any campaigning outside the official election campaign that begins on… Read more »
May 24
Mozambique: Authorities Capture Four Terrorists in Mocímboa DA Praia
The Mozambican Defence Forces and their allies captured four Islamist terrorists, on Tuesday, on the outskirts of Mocímboa da Praia town, in the northern Mozambican province… Read more »
May 17
Mozambique: Government Asks for Lethal Equipment to Fight Terrorists
The Mozambican government has asked the European Union (EU) for lethal equipment to fight Islamist terrorists in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. Read more »
April 02
Mozambique: Authorities Ban Entry of Dangerous Dogs
Mozambique's National Livestock Development Directorate has announced a ban on the entry into the country of dangerous breeds of dogs, as well as cross-bred offspring of uncommon… Read more »
March 27
Mozambique: General Commander of Police Promises to Take Revenge Against Terrorists
The General Commander of the Mozambican Police (PRM), Bernadino Rafael, has promised to take revenge against the attack carried out, on 2 March, by Islamist terrorists against the… Read more »
March 11
Africa: South Africa Resumes Building Wall Along Border With Mozambique
The government of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal has resumed construction of a concrete wall along the South Africa/Mozambique border supposedly to curb the theft of… Read more »
March 08
Mozambique: Kidnappers Strike Again in Maputo
Kidnappers abducted a 22 year old man, of Asian origin, in front of his house in Maputo on Thursday morning, according to a report on the independent television station STV. Read more »
Mozambique: Local Militia Rescues Children Abducted By Terrorists
The local militia (usually referred to as "local forces') on Thursday rescued an unspecified number of children who had been abducted by Islamist terrorists while they were in… Read more »
March 06
Mozambique: Local Forces Kill Terrorists in Ancuabe
The peasant militia known as "naparamas' on Friday killed two Islamist terrorists near the Megaruma River, which separates the districts of Chiúre and Ancuabe, in the… Read more »
February 20
Mozambique: PGR Dismisses Renamo Complaints Against Constitutional Council Judges
The Mozambican Attorney General's Office (PGR) has dismissed the complaint against the seven judges of the Constitutional Council raised by the country's largest opposition party,… Read more »
February 14
Mozambique: Govt Wins Case, Won't Pay Over $100m to Indian Company
Mozambique has won an arbitration case and avoided paying over 100 million US dollars in a case against the Indian company Patel Engineering Ltd (PEL). Read more »