June 19
Mozambique: Govt Extends Pipeline Concession for Matola Gas Company
AIM
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'
AIM
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
AIM
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
AIM
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
Rwanda: EU Mulls €40m Support to Rwandan Forces in Mozambique
New Times
The European Union (EU) is considering providing up to €40 million (Rwf56 billion) in support to anti-terrorism operations by Rwandan Security Forces (RSF) in Mozambique,… Read more »
Mozambique: Nyusi Claims Terrorists Expelled from District Capitals
AIM
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
AIM
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
AIM
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
AIM
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
AIM
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
AIM
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 »
June 15
Mozambique: CAD Accuses CNE of Conspiring With Notarial Offices
AIM
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
AIM
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 »
June 14
Mozambique: Policemen Arrested for Torturing Alleged Thieves
AIM
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: Mozambicans Endorse Media's Watchdog Role but Wary of Media Freedom
Afrobarometer
Slim majority see their country's media as free of government interference. Read more »
Mozambique: Nyusi Challenges Judiciary On Drug Trafficking
AIM
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 »
June 13
Mozambique: Port Denies Any Loss of Traffic
AIM
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
AIM
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 »
Mozambique: Govt Calls On Sweden to Boost Private Investment
AIM
Mozambique's Deputy Foreign Minister, Manuel Gonçalves, has called on the Swedish government to mobilize its business people in order to boost their investment in the… Read more »
Mozambique: Inflation Turned to Deflation in May
AIM
The average level of prices in Mozambique fell by 0.38 per cent in May, as inflation turned to deflation, according to the latest figures on inflation issued by the National… Read more »
Mozambique: Candidates for the Presidency
AIM
The Constitutional Council, Mozambique's highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law, has received the nominations of 11 people for the presidential election… Read more »
June 12
Africa: Mozambique - Journalist Arrested, Others Harassed and Equipment Seized [press release]
IFJ
Journalist Sheila Wilson, a reporter with the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, was violently pushed into a police vehicle sustaining injuries to her head. She was taken to… Read more »
June 11
Mozambique: Justice Minister Concerned At Attacks Against Journalists
AIM
The Mozambican Justice Minister, Helena Kida, has expressed her concern at the reports of human rights violations and attacks against journalists, following the police violence… Read more »
Mozambique: Social Security Institute to Pay Paternity Allowance
AIM
The Mozambican Labour Consultative Commission (CCT) has approved draft regulations which would allow the payment of a paternity allowance, as well as extending the period of… Read more »
June 10
Mozambique: CNE Approves Fraudulent Registration of 878,868 Non-existent Voters
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
The CNE today announced total registration figures and admitted that they include 878,868 registered voters that the National Statistics Institute (INE) says cannot exist. That… Read more »