June 29, 2023
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 »
Mozambique: - Crocodiles and Buffalos Threaten Households in Marromeu
1,500 households threatened by crocodiles and buffalos in Marromeu district, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, have been forced to abandon their homes. Read more »
May 25, 2023
Mozambique: - Fipag Says Over 25,000 People Do Not Pay Water Bills
Mozambique's publicly owned Water Supply Investment and Assets Fund (FIPAG) estimates that in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Region over 25,000 people do not pay their water… Read more »
Mozambique: - Road Administration Seeks Consultant for Main North-South Highway Conceptual Design
Mozambique's National Road Administration (ANE) has launched a public tender for selecting a consultant to draw up the conceptual design to repair 508 kilometres of the main… Read more »
Mozambique: - Mozambique and Malawi Must Look for Flexible Prisoner Swap
The bodies of the administration of justice in the central province of Tete are calling for flexible prisoner swap between Mozambique and neighbouring Malawi in order to avoid… Read more »
May 24, 2023
Mozambique: - Cooking Oil Producers Consider Tax On Plastic a Threat
The Cooking Oil Industry Association (AIOPA) considers the recent tax on plastic containers introduced by the Mozambican government a threat, since the sector is still trying to… Read more »
Mozambique: - Mozambique to Submit Its Tariff Offer to AfCFTA By June
Mozambique must submit its tariff offer to the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA) by June of the current year. Read more »