July 28, 2022
Mozambique: Central Bank Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged
The Bank of Mozambique on 21 July decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged. A statement from the Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (CPMO) stated that the… Read more »
Mozambique: EU Approves €89 Million for Fight Against Terrorism
The European Union (EU) has approved an €89 million (US$89.4 million) package for the fight against terrorism that has been plaguing parts of Cabo Delgado, since October 2017.… Read more »
Mozambique: President Nyusi Invites Italy to Invest in Northern Mozambique
President Filipe Nyusi has expressed interest in seeing Italy support the Programme for Resilience and Integrated Development of the Northern Region (PREDIN) which aims to promote… Read more »
Mozambique: Half a Million HIV-Positive People Abandon Anti-Retroviral Treatment
About 500,000 people living with HIV in Mozambique have abandoned anti-retroviral treatment in the last two years, which is an estimated 25 per cent of all HIV-positive people in… Read more »
Mozambique: Wage Reform Will Not Solve Cost of Living Problems
President Filipe Nyusi has recognised that the Single Wage Table (TSU), introduced this month in public administration, does not constitute a solution to the rising cost of living. Read more »
July 26, 2022
Mozambique: Hidden Debts - Decision On Chang Extradition Not Yet Definitive
Contrary to the impression given in some of the Mozambican media, the decision by the South African authorities to extradite Mozambique's former finance minister, Manuel Chang, to… Read more »
Mozambique: 4th Round of Polio Vaccination to Take Place Soon
The Mozambican health authorities are preparing a fourth round of the polio vaccination campaign for children aged between zero and 59 months, a measure considered to be effective… Read more »
Mozambique: Greater Efforts Needed to Combat Human Trafficking
Mozambique's Assistant Attorney General, Amabélia Chuquela, has called for greater joint efforts between the public sector, the private sector, civil society and companies… Read more »
July 22, 2022
Mozambique: Covid-19 - 92 New Cases and 36 Recoveries
The Mozambican health authorities on Thursday reported 92 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease and 36 recoveries. Read more »
Mozambique: Bank of Mozambique Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged
The Bank of Mozambique on Thursday decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Read more »
Mozambique: Hidden Debts - Credit Suisse Obliged to Compensate Ematum Bondholders
The bank Credit Suisse has admitted that much of the money supposedly intended to create a Mozambican tuna fishing fleet was in fact diverted into bribes and kickbacks and has… Read more »
Mozambique: Elections Body Plans Monitoring and Management System
Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) plans to set up a monitoring and management system, costed at about 81,000 US dollars, for electoral risks which could come from a… Read more »
July 12, 2022
Mozambique: Deaths of Prisoners Blamed On Security Lapses
The deaths of five prisoners, shot dead while trying to escape from the Milange district jail, in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia, was due to failure to implement basic… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Mozambique: Polio Vaccination Campaign Extended
The Maputo city health authorities have extended the third round of the polio national vaccination campaign by a further 24 hours, in an attempt to cover all children under the age… Read more »
Mozambique: Beira Minibus Drivers Go On Strike
The operators of the minibuses (known as "chapas") that provide much of the passenger transport in the central Mozambican city of Beira pulled their vehicles off the roads on… Read more »
Mozambique: Trade Unions Denounce Government's Transport Plans
The main Mozambican trade union federation, the OTM (Mozambican Workers' Organisation), has denounced the government's plans for passenger transport, in unusually strong language. Read more »
July 10, 2022
Mozambique: Dhlakama Family Threatens to Sue Sibindy
The family of Afonso Dhlakama, who led Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, from 1979 until his death from diabetes in 2018, is threatening to sue a minor opposition figure,… Read more »
Mozambique: Covid-19 - 77 New Cases and 101 Recoveries
The Mozambican health authorities on Saturday reported a further 77 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 101 recoveries. Read more »
Mozambique: Nyusi Calls for Redoubling of Solidarity
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi declared on Saturday that the Muslim celebration of Idul Ad'Ha should serve as a source of inspiration for the current crucial moment in the… Read more »
July 07, 2022
Mozambique: Truckers Block Mozambique-South Africa Motorway
Truckers from South Africa on Wednesday morning blocked the motorway between South Africa and Mozambique, on the South African side of the border, in the latest protest against… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Mozambique: Third Round of Polio Vaccination Campaign Launched
The Mozambican Health Ministry on Tuesday launched the third round in the national campaign of vaccination against polio. Read more »
Mozambique: Covid-19 - 91 New Cases, No Deaths, No Recoveries
The Mozambican health authorities on Tuesday reported a further 91 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease. Read more »
Mozambique: Senior Frelimo Official in Tete Charged With Embezzlement
The Mozambican Public Prosecutor's Office is charging the First Secretary of the ruling Frelimo Party in the western province of Tete, Goncalves Jemusse, of acts of corruption,… Read more »
Mozambique: Nyusi Invites Italy to Invest in the Northern Region
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has expressed interest in seeing Italy finance the Programme for Resilience and Integrated Development of the Northern Region (PREDIN) which aims… Read more »
Mozambique: Fuel Suppliers Warn of Risk of Stock Rupture
Fuel distribution companies in Mozambique believe that the climate of uncertainty that characterizes the current business environment in the sector could lead to a rupture in… Read more »