March 20, 2023
Mozambique: Mozambique Submits First Assessment Report to Exit the 'Grey List'
Mozambique has just submitted its first assessment report to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), as part of the steps the country is taking to leave the "grey list', according… Read more »
March 19, 2023
Mozambique: Samora's Son Condemns Police Violence
Samora Machel Junior ("Samito'), son of Mozambique's first President, Samora Machel, has condemned the police attacks on Saturday against peaceful demonstrators attempting to… Read more »
Mozambique: Peaceful March in Quelimane, Tear Gas Elsewhere
Supporters of Mozambique's best known rap artist, Edson da Luz (better known by his stage name of Azagaia), who died on 9 March, were able to pay tribute to him in a peaceful march… Read more »
March 16, 2023
Mozambique: MCC to Expand Sale of Agricultural Products
The Mozambican Chamber of Commerce (MCC) intends to sell national products to international buyers through online selling platforms. Read more »
Mozambique: New Deputy Minister of Science and Technology
President Filipe Nyusi on 10 March urged the new Deputy Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Edson Macuacua, to encourage Mozambicans to work to build a society… Read more »
Mozambique: Tax Authority Seizes 2,300 Boxes of Drinks
The Tax Authority of Mozambique (AT) on 9 March announced the seizure of over 2,300 boxes of alcoholic drinks, at Zona Verde, on the outskirts of Maputo. Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique Mourns Its Best Rap Artist
One of the most influential Mozambican rap artists, Edson da Luz, commonly known by his stage name of Azagaia, died at his home in the southern city of Matola on 9 March at the… Read more »
Malawi: Passenger Train to Link Mozambique and Malawi
Mozambique's publicly owned Ports and Railway company, CFM, will soon introduce a passenger service linking Cuamba in the northern province of Niassa to Liwonde in southern Malawi. Read more »
Mozambique: Over 2,000 Artisanal Mines in Mozambique
Over 2,160 artisanal mining sites have been identified in Mozambique as part of the Artisanal Mining Census. Read more »
Mozambique: Bank of Mozambique Concerned At Proliferation of Pyramid Schemes
The Bank of Mozambique has warned of the proliferation on the domestic market of entities aimed at attracting deposits from individuals without being licensed for this purpose. Read more »
Mozambique: Sweden to Disburse U.S.$19 Million for Climate Change Adaptation
The Swedish government will disburse over five years US$19 million for climate change adaptation in Mozambique. The amount, according to the Beira daily "Diario de Mocambique",… Read more »
Mozambique: Rebuilding Mocimboa DA Praia Port to Cost U.S.$30 Million
The rehabilitation of the port of Mocimboa da Praia, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which was recaptured from islamist terrorists in 2021, is expected to cost US$30… Read more »
Mozambique: World Bank to Fund Repair of En1
The Mozambican government and the World Bank on 10 March in Maputo signed an agreement to formalise a grant of US$400 million to support the rehabilitation of 508 kilometres of the… Read more »
Mozambique: U.S.$600 Million for Infrastructure Hit By Cyclones
The director of the Post Cyclone Reconstruction Office (GREPOC), Luis Mandlate, has revealed that US$600 million has been invested in the reconstruction of various infrastructures… Read more »
Mozambique: GDP to Grow in Real Terms By 6.5 Per Cent
The growth in Mozambique's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is forecast to accelerate from an estimated 4.1 per cent in 2022 to 6.5 per cent in 2023, largely as a result of… Read more »
Mozambique: Annual Inflation Over 10 Per Cent
Mozambique's annual rate of inflation reached 10.3 per cent in February, according to the figures compiled by the National Statistics Institute (INE), drawing on the consumer price… Read more »
Mozambique: President Nyusi and Momade Pledge to Complete DDR
President Filipe Nyusi and the leader of the main opposition party, Renamo, Ossufo Momade, pledged on 8 March in Maputo that they will complete the Demobilisation, Disarmament and… Read more »
Mozambique: Visa Waiver Announced for 28 Countries
The Mozambican government has approved a waiver on entry visas for tourism and business purposes. Speaking to reporters on 14 March, after the weekly meeting of the Council of… Read more »
Mozambique: Agriculture Minister Wants Paradigm Shift
Mozambican Agriculture Minister Celso Correia on Wednesday called for "a paradigm shift' in the approach to agriculture, "because we cannot continue to be a laboratory of… Read more »
Mozambique: - Japan to Disburse 6.2 Million Dollars for Water Supply in Niassa
The Japanese government, through its international cooperation agency (JICA), will disburse 400 million meticais (6.3 million dollars at the current exchange rate) for the… Read more »
Mozambique: Two Chinese Detained Carrying Prohibited Minerals
The Mozambican authorities detained two Chinese nationals on Tuesday night, at Nampula International Airport, in the north of the country, for allegedly carrying three kilograms of… Read more »
Mozambique: To Decent Housing Remains a Challenge - Nyusi
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi acknowledged on Wednesday that access to decent housing for the great majority of the population remains a challenge. Read more »
Mozambique: Announces Allocation of 250 Million Meticais to Zambezia
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday announced that the government will allocate 250 million meticais (about four million US dollars) to the central province of Zambezia,… Read more »
March 15, 2023
Mozambique: Cyclone Freddy Death Toll Rises
The known death toll from cyclone Freddy, which struck the central Mozambican coast on Saturday, now stands at 21, according to Antonio Beleza, the deputy director of the National… Read more »
Mozambique: Businessmen Protest At Alleged Exclusion From Reconstruction in Cabo Delgado
Local businessmen, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, claim that they are being excluded from the rebuilding of infrastructures in the districts plagued by… Read more »