June 25
Mozambique: Nyusi Calls for Hard Work to Improve Higher Education
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi encouraged, on Monday, in Maputo, the new vice-chancellors and deputy vice-chancellors of four higher education institutions, who were being sworn… Read more »
June 24
Mozambique: Government Admits 'Endemic Corruption'
In a key policy document, the Mozambican government has admitted there is "endemic corruption' in the country. Read more »
Mozambique: Debts Ruin Anti-Poverty Strategy
Over the past decade the number of Mozambicans living below the poverty line increased, and now accounts for much more than half the population. Read more »
Mozambique: Constitutional Council Accepts Four Presidential Candidates
The Constitutional Council, Mozambique's highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law, on Monday announced that it has confirmed the validity of four nominations for… Read more »
Mozambique: Three Die Following Explosion
Three people lost their lives on Sunday, in Ndunda neighbourhood, in the Beira central Mozambican city of Beira, following the explosion of a device which may have been a land… Read more »
June 23
Mozambique: Millions of Dollars in Subsidies for Political Parties
Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) expects to pay subsidies of about 260 million meticais (equivalent to over four million US dollars) to the political parties… Read more »
June 24
Mozambique: Terrorists Launch Attacks Against Four Cabo Delgado Districts
A group of Islamist terrorists raided, over the past week, the districts of Metuge, Chiúre, Quissanga and Mecúfi, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. Read more »
June 20
Mozambique: 73 Per Cent of Mozambican Population Does Not Have Access to Internet
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Mateus Magala, announced on Wednesday that around 73% of the Mozambican population does not have access to Internet services. Read more »
Mozambique: UN Refugee Agency Calls for International Commitment
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called for renewed international commitment to finding solutions for displaced people in Mozambique. Read more »
Mozambique: Government to Transfer Every Year 32.9 Million Dollars to Sovereign Fund
The Mozambican government plans to transfer an average of 2.1 billion meticais (32.9 million dollars, at the current exchange rate) to the country's sovereign wealth fund every… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau Strengthen Cooperation
Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau have pledged to strengthen bilateral cooperation, and promote business exchanges for the economic growth of both countries. Read more »
Mozambique: Of Terrorist Movements Spark Panic in Macomia
Residents of the town of Macomia, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, have been experiencing moments of panic after they received information about the alleged… Read more »
Mozambique: Torturers Will Be Held in Detention Until Trial
The five members of the Mozambican police force (PRM), accused of torturing a couple suspected of theft in the southern municipality of Homoine, will remain in preventive detention… Read more »
Mozambique: Minister Demands Discipline
Mozambican Defence Minister Cristovao Chume on Wednesday demanded discipline from the soldiers of the country's armed forces (FADM). Read more »
June 19
Mozambique: Govt Extends Pipeline Concession for Matola Gas Company
The Mozambican government has extended, for a further period of 15 years, the gas pipeline concession held by the Matola Gas Company (MGC) for the transport of natural gas from the… Read more »
Mozambique: Parliamentarian Accuses Momade of 'Silence and Inaction'
Alfredo Magumisse, a senior parliamentarian from Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, on Wednesday denounced Renamo leader, Ossufo Momade, for his alleged silence and… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique Loses Between U.S.$60 and 70 Million Due to Illegal Fishing
Mozambique loses between 60 and 70 million dollars a year as a result of illegal fishing and tax evasion by vessels not licensed to carry out maritime operations. Read more »
Mozambique: Competition Authority Condemns Increase in Telecommunication Tariffs
Mozambique's Competition Regulatory Authority (ARC) has strongly criticized the National Communications Institute (INCM) for its ill-fated attempt to hike telecom tariffs. Read more »
Mozambique: EU Has Invested Over 400 Million Euros in Mozambique
The European Union (EU) has already invested over 400 million Euros (430 million US dollars, at the current exchange rate) in Mozambique, as part of bilateral cooperation and… Read more »
June 17
Mozambique: Nyusi Claims Terrorists Expelled from District Capitals
The Mozambican Armed Forces (FADM), with the help of the Rwandan Forces and the Southern African Development Community Military Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM), succeeded in… Read more »
Mozambique: Govt Has U.S.$50 Million Available for Repairs to EN1
The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Carlos Mesquita, has announced that the country has 50 million US dollars available to rehabilitate 27 kilometres of two sections of the… Read more »
Mozambique: Quelimane Mayor Denies That Renamo Is Dying
The major of the central Mozambican city of Quelimane, Manuel de Araujo, on Saturday repeatedly dismissed the idea that the main opposition party, Renamo, is in its death throes. Read more »
Mozambique: Nyusi Inagurates Aerodrome in Muenda
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi inaugurated, on Sunday, in Mueda district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, a refurbished aerodrome prepared to receive civilian and… Read more »
Mozambique: IMF to Disburse Further 59.8 Million Dollars
The Mozambican government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement on economic policies under which the Fund will disburse a further 55.9 million Euros… Read more »
Mozambique: New Banknotes Go Into Circulation
The governor of Bank of Mozambique, Rogério Zandamela, has announced that the new series of notes and coins of the Metical, the national currency, have been circulating… Read more »