June 26, 2017
Africa: Changing Perceptions on Display at U.S.-Africa Business Summit in DC
"We must change the lenses with which we look at Africa from the traditional development mindset to an investment mindset," Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development… Read more »
October 18, 2016
Mozambique: 15 Things You Need to Know About #SamoraMachel
1. Samora Machel was born on September 29, 1933 Read more »
September 23, 2016
Mozambique: Quake Shakes Central Province
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale was recorded late on Thursday, September 22, in the southern province of Manica, in central Mozambique, according to Verdade.co.mz. Read more »
July 04, 2016
Africa: Indian PM Modi's African Safari
Nearly nine months ago the third India-Africa Forum Summit, and the first that included all African states, was held with much fanfare in Delhi. Read more »
June 09, 2016
Africa: Thirty Nations Cut 'Multidimensional' Poverty in 'Runaway Success'
According to a new analysis from the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford, 30 of 35 sub-Saharan African countries analysed for changes to… Read more »
April 23, 2016
Mozambique: Govt Takes First Step to Repairing IMF Ties
The Mozambican government has made an “extensive disclosure of information” to the International Monetary Fund in recent days, after earlier hiding from the IMF more… Read more »
June 02, 2015
Southern Africa: Historic Slave Shipwreck Found Off South African Coast
Researchers have announced the discovery of the wreck of a Portuguese slave ship in which an estimated 200 Mozambicans died when the ship sank just off Cape Town more than two… Read more »
March 18, 2015
Africa: New Development Goals 'Unprecedented' Opportunity for Families
The two of us met for the first time more than a decade ago, in the small rural village of Momemo, an hour's drive and a world away from the urban bustle of Maputo, Mozambique's… Read more »
August 04, 2014
Africa: Broadening Mozambique's Governance Horizons
Good governance, accountability and inclusive development have been recurrent themes in contemporary international relations and development discourse. Nevertheless, scant… Read more »
March 21, 2014
Mozambique: The Bishop Who Smashed Guns At the Altar
The longest-serving Anglican bishop in the world, Bishop Dinis Sengulane of Lebombo, a church diocese which covers southern Mozambique, is to retire after nearly four decades… Read more »
January 27, 2014
Africa: Africans Struggle to See Oil, Mineral Revenues
A major new survey of African countries which depend on mining or oil revenues shows that six in 10 people have difficulty in finding out how their governments spend the proceeds… Read more »
November 30, 2013
Namibia: No Survivors in Mozambique Airlines Crash
Namibian officials searching for a missing Mozambique Airlines plane have located the wreckage but found no survivors. Most of the 27 passengers were Mozambicans and Angolans… Read more »
April 08, 2013
Mozambique: Renamo, Govt in War of Words After Deadly Attacks
Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza has warned that he would respond firmly to the deadly weekend attacks against civilian vehicles blamed on armed members of the former rebel… Read more »
April 24, 2012
Africa: U.S. in Drive to Boost Africa's Energy Supply
As I fly over Africa at night - a regular occurrence in my job - the continent is an indelible image of sporadic pinpricks of light that identify the largest cities and towns, with… Read more »
December 06, 2011
South Africa: Africa Shoots Beyond Stars in Radio Telescope Bid
South Africa's science and technology minister, Naledi Pandor, reflects a face of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) which is often eclipsed by populist rhetoric, party… Read more »
August 12, 2011
Africa: Continent's New Middle Class Lures Investment
For too long, the story of Africa has been about government corruption, war and disease. Economic news was also bad. From 1975 to 1995, the continent was mired in negative growth,… Read more »
April 01, 2011
Zimbabwe: Southern African Leaders Condemn Recent Political Violence
In their first public response to Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's campaign to lobby them about violent attacks on his supporters by those of President Robert Mugabe,… Read more »
December 17, 2010
Mozambique: Journalist's Legacy Inspires Fight Against Corruption
The recent commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Mozambique's best known investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso, was held at the same place, and at the… Read more »
January 20, 2010
Nigeria/Mozambique: Super Eagles Swoop Down on Mambas
Nigeria had little appetite for entertaining the possibility of a fairytale at the Africa Nations Cup finals and dispatched the challenge of plucky Mozambique with some ease in… Read more »
January 17, 2010
Egypt/Mozambique: Record-Breaking Pharaohs Roll on Relentlessly
Egypt's relentless machine of success rolled on at the African Nations Cup on Saturday, winning again, making sure they topped their group and breaking a record along the way. Read more »
January 12, 2010
Benin/Mozambique: Mambas Draw Against Squirrels
Benin and Mozambique kept up their unwanted record of never having won a match at the African Nations Cup finals, drawing their opening Group C game 2-2 in Benguela on Tuesday… Read more »
December 21, 2009
Madagascar: Rajoelina Walks Away From Deal
Malagasy leader Andry Rajoelina, who seized power in March, has repudiated internationally-brokered mechanisms agreed with his opponents as a way of restoring constitutional rule… Read more »
September 06, 2009
Ghana/Sudan: Black Stars Qualify for 2010 World Cup
Ghana's Black Stars became the first African soccer team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup when they beat Sudan at home in Accra by two goals to nil. Read more »
August 04, 2009
Madagascar: Rivals to Meet in Top-Level Summit
Preparations are on the way in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, for a summit on Friday that will for the first time bring together all four previous heads of state of Madagascar… Read more »
July 14, 2009
Mozambique: Conference Seeks to Entice American Companies to Southeast Africa
The American Embassy in Mozambique - in collaboration with the U.S.-Mozambique Chamber of Commerce, Center for Business Promotion, and the Confederation of Business Associations -… Read more »
