July 03, 2023
Mozambique: Second LNG Floating Platform Planned
The Italian energy company, ENI, is preparing to build and launch a second floating platform to extract natural gas from the depths of the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the… Read more »
Mozambique: Do Communities Benefit From Natural Resource Exploitation?
A study on the governance of extractive resources, undertaken by a consortium of civil society organisations, has concluded that the exploitation of natural resources in Mozambique… Read more »
July 02, 2023
Mozambique: Five Billion Meticais for Post-Cyclone Rehabilitation
The Mozambican government has allocated over five billion meticais (about 78 million US dollars, at the current exchange rate) to rehabilitate infrastructures destroyed by tropical… Read more »
Mozambique: To Choose Mayoral Candidates Within a Fortnight
Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, will choose its mayoral candidates for the 11 October municipal elections within the next fortnight. Read more »
June 29, 2023
Mozambique: Do Communities Benefit From Natural Resource Exploitation?
A study on the governance of extractive resources, undertaken by a consortium of civil society organisations, has concluded that the exploitation of natural resources in Mozambique… Read more »
Mozambique: LNG Floating Platform Planned
The Italian energy company, ENI, is preparing to build and launch a second floating platform to extract natural gas from the depths of the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique Can Meet Debt Service Obligations, Says Finance Minister
Mozambique's Minister of Economy and Finance, Max Tonela, claimed on Tuesday that the country will be able to meet this year's debt servicing obligations. Read more »
Mozambique: MCC Board Approves Aid of 500 Million Dollars for Mozambique
The Board of Directors of the US government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on Wednesday approved a programme of 500 million dollars of aid for Mozambique. Read more »
June 27, 2023
Mozambique: Toll in Attack On Palma Estimated At Around 1,200
The jihadist attack against the town of Palma in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado in March 2021, resulted in the death or disappearance of almost 1,200 people,… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Mozambique: Accepts That Popular Discontent Is a Factor in Cabo Delgado Conflict
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday accepted that "popular dissatisfaction' is one of the factors behind terrorist attacks in the northern province of Cabo Delgado - but… Read more »
Mozambique: Bank Approves Business Development Fund
The Confederation of Mozambican Business Associations (CTA) on Thursday announced that the Bank of Mozambique has approved creation of the Business Development Support Fund (FADE). Read more »
Mozambique: Registration of Political Parties for Municipal Elections Begins On Monday
Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) announced on Wednesday that political parties, coalitions of parties, and independent citizens' groups who wish to stand candidates… Read more »
June 21, 2023
Mozambique: U.S.$377 Million Available for Increased Energy Access
The Mozambican government has US$377 million available to increase the rate of access to electricity from 49 per cent to 64 per cent of the population by 2024, in the context of… Read more »
Mozambique: President Inaugurates Water Supply System
President Filipe Nyusi on 14 June commissioned a new water supply system in the Pussulane resettlement neighbourhood in Marracuene district, 30 kilometres north of Maputo City. The… Read more »
Southern Africa: Mozambique to Sell an Extra 100 Megawatts of Power to South Africa
Mozambique will make a further 100 megawatts of electricity available to help South Africa face its current energy crisis, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos… Read more »
June 14, 2023
Mozambique: Mozambique Joins International Coffee Organization
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Mozambique: Government Forecasts Seven Per Cent Growth This Year
The Mozambican government has forecast that the economy will grow by seven per cent this year - considerably higher than the five per cent forecast in the government's own Economic… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Mozambique: Government Envisages Average Inflation Rate of 6.5 Percent in 2024
The Mozambican Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) envisages an average annual inflation rate of 6.5 percent in 2024, taking into account the tightening of national monetary… Read more »
Mozambique: Ministry Preparing New Polio Vaccination Campaign
The Mozambican Health Ministry plans to vaccinate over 15 million children under the age of 15, in a further round of vaccination against polio. Read more »
June 07, 2023
Mozambique: Lam to Begin Flights to Lusaka
Mozambique Airlines (LAM) has announced that it will begin flights between Maputo and the Zambian capital, Lusaka, with a stop in Harare, as from 30 June. Read more »
Mozambique: - About 6.5 Million Dollars Available for Resilience Projects
About 6.5 million US dollars are available for resilience projects in the communities plagued by natural disasters and terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo… Read more »
Mozambique: Nine Arrested in Pemba for Wildlife Crimes
The Cabo Delgado provincial attorney's office in northern Mozambique on Tuesday announced the arrest of eight members of staff working in various institutions at the airport in the… Read more »
Mozambique: - Renamo Demands Annulment of Voter Registration
Mozambique's largest opposition party, Renamo, is demanding the annulment of the voter registration that ended at midnight last Saturday. Read more »
June 04, 2023
Mozambique: Registration Posts Close, Many Thousands Unable to Register
Mozambique's voter registration, ahead of the municipal elections scheduled for 11 October, ended on Saturday night, but with many citizens still unable to register. Read more »
May 29, 2023
Mozambique: - Canada to Disburse 1.5 Million Dollars for Mozambican Elections
Maputo, May 29 (AIM) - Canada has pledged to disburse 1.5 million Canadian dollars (about 1.1 million US dollars) to support the current electoral cycle in Mozambique, taking into… Read more »