Mozambique: 'Almost a State of Siege', Says Minister

The riots and looting of December have plunged Mozambique into "almost a state of siege', Defence Minister Cristovao Chume has claimed. Read more »

Mozambique: Mondlane Breaks Off Relations With Podemos

The office of Mozambique's former presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane has announced that it is breaking all ties with Podemos (Optimistic Party for the Development of… Read more »

Mozambique: 88 Schools Will Remain Closed in Cabo Delgado

The Mozambican education authorities have announced that 88 schools will remain closed during the first days of the 2005 school year as a result of extreme violence carried out by… Read more »

Mozambique: Concerned At Kidnapping of Minors in Cabo Delgado

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed its concern at the increase in cases of the kidnapping of minors by armed groups in the northern Mozambican province of… Read more »

Mozambique: MISA Denounces Disinformation Against Nyusi

The Mozambican chapter of the regional press freedom body MISA (Media Institute of Southern Africa) claims that the stories circulating on social media claiming that the president… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique Has Not Received Notification of Citizens to Be Deported

The Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maria Manuela Lucas, claims that the country has not yet received any notification of the deportation of citizens in an irregular… Read more »

Mozambique: Mondlane Seeks to Scrap Heroes' Day

Former Mozambican Presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane on Sunday ordered the cancellation of the Heroes' Day celebrations scheduled for Monday, 3 February. Read more »

Mozambique: Rwandan Security Forces To Send More Troops to Cabo Delgado

The Rwandan security forces have announced that they will send a new contingent to support the fight against Islamist terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. Read more »

Mozambique: 31 Measles Deaths in Mozambique

31 people are known to have died of measles out of a total number of 1,191 cases diagnosed in central and northern Mozambique between 9 July and 28 January. Read more »

Mozambique: MISA Demands Investigation Into Disappearance of Journalist

The Mozambican chapter of the regional press freedom body MISA (Media Institute of Southern Africa) on Wednesday urged the Defence and Interior Ministries to explain, with maximum… Read more »

Mozambique: Halted Again At Maputo Tollgate

Traffic once again ground to a halt on the Maputo-South Africa motorway (National Road EN4) on Wednesday morning, as motorists refused to pay the tolls at the tollgate between the… Read more »

Mozambique: Mondlane Ready for Dialogue With Chapo

Mozambique's former presidential candidate, Venancio Mondlane, stressed on Tuesday that he is willing to participate in a dialogue with President Daniel Chapo - but Chapo has not… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique Short of 12,000 Teachers

Mozambique is short of 12,000 primary and secondary teachers, required for the 2025 school year which is due to begin on Friday. Read more »

Mozambique: Government Backtracks - Agrees to Pay '13th Month'

The Mozambican government on Tuesday reversed its predecessor's policy and agreed to pay the traditional New Year Bonus to all staff in the state administration. Read more »

Mozambique: To Revise Election Laws, Says Chapo

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Monday stressed the urgency of revising the country's election legislation, and the laws on decentralisation. Read more »

Mozambique: 'Great Expectations and Hopes Deposited in New Ministers', Says Chapo

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Tuesday told his six newly appointed Ministers that "you are called upon to serve the county at a moment of significant changes, with great… Read more »

Mozambique: Chapo Appoints Six More Ministers

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Monday appointed six more ministers to his government, including Nyeleti Mondlane, the daughter of the man regarded as the founder of… Read more »

Mozambique: Police Must 'Regain the People's Trust'

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Monday swore into office Joaquim Sive as the new General Commander of the Mozambican Police (PRM), telling him that his task "is to regain the… Read more »

Mozambique: Cut to U.S. Foreign Aid Hits Mozambican HIV/Aids Projects

The executive order issued by Donald Trump on 20 January, suspending almost all foreign aid programmes for 90 days, is now in effect in Mozambique. Read more »

Mozambique: Bank Cuts Interest Rates

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambique (CPMO), at a meeting in Maputo on Monday decided to cut its benchmark interest rate, the MIMO rate, by 50 base points. Read more »

Mozambique: Mini-Bus Drivers Block Maputo-Katembe Bridge

Traffic across the suspension bridge over the Bay of Maputo came to a halt on Monday when drivers refused to pay the toll for using the bridge. Read more »

Mozambique: Destruction By Rioters in Nampula Schools

Rioters have destroyed 137 classrooms in 64 schools in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, according to a Friday report on the independent television station, STV. Read more »

Mozambique: Chapo Meets With Mozambican Diplomats

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Wednesday met in Maputo with the heads of Mozambican diplomatic and consular missions abroad, stressing the importance of "economic diplomacy'… Read more »

Mozambique: Swears Provincial Governors Into Office

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo has called on the ten provincial governors to prioritise "quick wins' - which he defined as "daring measures that will rapidly make a difference… Read more »

Mozambique: Tollgates Will Reopen On Thursday

Trans-Africa Concessions (TRAC), the South African company that operates the Maputo-South Africa motorway, has announced that, as from Thursday, it will resume the collection of… Read more »