August 22, 2022
Mozambique: Covid-19 - Nine New Cases and 25 Recoveries
The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday reported a further nine cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and 25 recoveries. Read more »
Mozambique: Tanker En Route to Pick Up First Mozambique LNG
The tanker British Mentor is on its way to the northern province of Cabo Delgado to pick up the first-ever supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) produced in Mozambique. Read more »
Mozambique: President Asks If District Elections Are Feasible
President Filipe Nyusi on 10 August insisted that there must be further reflection on the viability of holding elections to district assemblies in 2024, as proposed in the… Read more »
Mozambique: Containers of Illegal Hardwoods Seized
The Mozambican authorities in the city of Pemba, capital of the northern province of Cabo Delgado have seized 63 containers full of precious hardwoods that were about to be… Read more »
Mozambique: Prime Minister Calls for Increased Use of Renewable Energies
Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane on 10 August instructed the National Energy Fund (FUNAE) to continue implementing programmes and projects for the mass use of renewable energies. Read more »
Mozambique: Annual Inflation Reaches Almost 12 Per Cent
Mozambique's annual inflation rate has reached almost 12 per cent according to the latest figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Read more »
Mozambique: Rehabilitation of 5,000 Kilometres of Roads Planned
The Mozambican government plans to pave or rehabilitate about 5,000 kilometres of road in the centre and north of the country by 2024, using funds from the European Union and the… Read more »
Mozambique: Government Relaxes Entry Visa Rules
The Mozambican government on 16 August announced new immigration rules intended to attract more tourists and investors. These will be submitted for approval to the country's… Read more »
Mozambique: Cocaine Seized At Maputo Airport
The Mozambican authorities have arrested a citizen from Ivory Coast at Maputo International Airport after cocaine was found in his luggage. According to a spokesperson for the… Read more »
Mozambique: Nearly 350,000 Hectares of Land Revert to the State
The Ministry of Land and Environment has over the last 12 months taken back nearly 350,000 hectares of land which had been granted to users who then allowed it to lie idle.… Read more »
Southern Africa: SADC Extends Military Mission in Cabo Delgado
The countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on 17 August renewed the mandate of the SADC military mission in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Read more »
Mozambique: Renamo Military Base in Montepuez Closed
A thirteenth Renamo military base has been closed under the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme, agreed by the government and Renamo as part of the… Read more »
Mozambique: Us Donates U.S.$41 Million in Emergency Aid
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$41 million from the United States government to cover emergency humanitarian aid in Mozambique, particularly in the… Read more »
Mozambique: Ukraine May Supply Wheat to Mozambique
The Ukrainian government has assured Mozambique that it is willing to provide the country with wheat. The guarantee was given in Maputo on 19 August by the Ukrainian ambassador,… Read more »
Mozambique: Supreme Court Seeks Strategies for Fight Against Poaching
The President of the Mozambican Supreme Court (TS), Adelino Muchanga, has expressed his concern about the persistence of poaching in the country. According to Muchanga, speaking on… Read more »
Mozambique: Dissidents Seek to Overthrow Renamo Leadership
A group of dissidents from Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has announced its intention to dethrone the current Renamo leadership, and head a coalition of parties that… Read more »
Mozambique: President Inaugurates Vegetable Oil Factory
President Filipe Nyusi on 18 August inaugurated a new vegetable oil factory in the city of Cuamba, in the northern province of Niassa. The factory is owned by the Niassa Cotton… Read more »
Mozambique: Police Apologise for Wrongful Arrests
The Mozambican police have apologized for arresting four people last week, two Mozambican citizens and two South Africans, who were allegedly in possession of 32 illegal shotguns. Read more »
December 14, 2017
Mozambique: ENI Completes Rovuma Basin Sale to Exxonmobil
The Italian energy company ENI announced on Wednesday that it has completed the sale of half of its holding in Area Four of the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the northern… Read more »
December 02, 2015
Mozambique: Cahora Bassa Not Cause of Cheap South African Power
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Pedro Couto, on 26 November denied a claim by Renamo that electricity is cheaper in South Africa than in Mozambique because power from the… Read more »
November 26, 2015
Mozambique: Cahora Bassa Not the Cause of Cheap South African Power
Mozambique's minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Pedro Couto, on Thursday denied a claim by the former rebel movement Renamo that electricity is cheaper in South Africa than… Read more »
March 20, 2008
Mozambique: Business Licence Issued in a Single Day
Commercial licences for small businesses in Mozambique are to be issued in a single day and place, according to a decree on "simplified licensing" approved by the… Read more »
February 22, 2008
Mozambique: IMF 'Fully Confident' in Government
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is "fully confident" that the Mozambican government is dealing appropriately with the crisis in passenger transport in Maputo. Read more »
October 01, 2006
Mozambique: 'We Negotiated With Portugal, Not Eurostat' - Guebuza
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has reiterated that, when, in November 2005, the Mozambican government signed a memorandum of understanding over the future of the Cahora Bassa… Read more »
July 18, 2006
Mozambique: President Demands Conclusion of Cahora Bassa Dam Transfer From Portugal
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has demanded that the agreement on transferring majority ownership of the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi river from Portugal to Mozambique be… Read more »