Mozambique: Constitutional Council Rejects Renamo Appeal

The Constitutional Council, Mozambique's highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law, has rejected an appeal by Ossufo Momade, the presidential candidate of the… Read more »

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: 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: 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: Minister Demands Discipline

Mozambican Defence Minister Cristovao Chume on Wednesday demanded discipline from the soldiers of the country's armed forces (FADM). 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: 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: 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 »

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 »

Mozambique: CAD Accuses CNE of Conspiring With Notarial Offices

The Democratic Alliance Coalition (CAD), a grouping of nine Mozambican extra-parliamentary parties, has claimed that the National Elections Commission (CNE) is conspiring with the… Read more »

Mozambique: Convinced That Terrorists Will Be Defeated

Daniel Chapo, the candidate of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party for the presidential election scheduled for 9 October, has declared he is convinced that the islamist terrorists… Read more »

Mozambique: Policemen Arrested for Torturing Alleged Thieves

The provincial attorney's office in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane has detained five police officers who were caught on camera brutally torturing a couple accused of… Read more »

Mozambique: Nyusi Challenges Judiciary On Drug Trafficking

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday challenged the judiciary to join forces in the fight against drug trafficking, taking into account that the phenomenon also plagues… Read more »

Mozambique: Port Denies Any Loss of Traffic

The management of the central Mozambican port of Beira has categorically denied that it is losing cargo in favour of the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. Read more »

Mozambique: National Elections Commission Invents an Election Crime

Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) has claimed, quite wrongly, that political parties cannot do any campaigning outside the official election campaign that begins on… Read more »