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Mozambique: Graphite Production to Resume, Governor ConfirmsThe Governor of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, Eliseu Machava, has confirmed that the graphite mine in the district of Ancuabe, paralysed for the last ten years, will resume production in mid-2009.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:36
Grain Silos Built in Tete
Six silos with the capacity to store 50,000 tonnes of grain have been built on the outskirts of the western Mozambican city of Tete, as part of the country's efforts to minimize the effects of the world food crisis, according to Leonor Neves, the Tete Provincial Director of Agriculture.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:36
Repayment of Local Fund 'Insignificant' in Sofala
The government of the central Mozambican province of Sofala has admitted that so far the repayment of loans under the Local Initiative Investment Budget (OIIL) has been "insignificant", reports Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:36
Mozambique: Military Registration Begins
The Mozambican Defence Ministry has tacitly admitted that, as in previous years, the majority of young people who should register for military service in 2009 will not do so.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:36
Worsening Flood On Pungue River
The flood on the Pungue river, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala is worsening, with new areas inundated in Dondo and Nhamatanda districts, reports Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:35
Death of Domingos Arouca
Mozambique's first black lawyer, Domingos Arouca, died, after a brief illness, early on Saturday morning at his Maputo home, at the age of 80.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:04
Mozambique: Floods Threaten Six Towns
The surrounding areas of the towns of Chkw, Xai-Xai, Chibuto, in the province of Gaza, and Inharrime, Inhambane and Maxixe, province of Inhambane, all in the southern region of Mozambique, could face localized ...
Source : Topix.net | 04-Jan-2009 11:05
Policemen Arrested for Collaborating With Criminals
Five policemen from the Maputo City Police Command have been arrested on charges of extortion and of supplying firearms to gangs of criminals, according to the Maputo director of the Criminal Investigation Police (PIC), Dias Balate.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Jan-2009 20:00
New Project Benefits Farmers in Zambezia
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is implementing a new project aimed at improving food access for more than 100,000 Mozambicans living in rural areas, in Zambezia province, through a three-year income generation project.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 16:20
Mozambique: Guebuza Reiterates Commitment to Fight Poverty
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza reiterated in Maputo on Wednesday that 2009 will be a year for continuing the efforts in the fight against poverty, public sector reforms and promoting country's ...
Source : Topix.net | 02-Jan-2009 11:02
Mozambique: Guebuza Reiterates Commitment to Fight Poverty
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza reiterated in Maputo on Wednesday that 2009 will be a year for continuing the efforts in the fight against poverty, public sector reforms and promoting country's development.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 09:50
Mozambique: Floods Threaten Six Towns
The surrounding areas of the towns of Chókwè, Xai-Xai, Chibuto, in the province of Gaza, and Inharrime, Inhambane and Maxixe, province of Inhambane, all in the southern region of Mozambique, could face localized flooding due to the persisting rains and increased water levels in the river basins, reports the Thursday's issue of the daily "Noticias".
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 09:50
Mozambique: Rainfall Above Normal Between January And March 2009
The National Meteorology Institute said in Maputo on Tuesday that there is a strong likelihood that Mozambique could see rainfall above average during the next raining season, between January and March 2009.
Source : Topix.net | 01-Jan-2009 14:29
Mozambique: Swiss Company Wins Tender to Exploit Ancuabe Graphite Mines
The Swiss company Timcal Graphite & Carbon has been awarded the contract for the exploitation of Ancuabe graphite mines, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 16:46
Mozambique: Rainfall Above Normal Between January And March 2009
The National Meteorology Institute (INAM) said in Maputo on Tuesday that there is a strong likelihood that Mozambique could see rainfall above average during the next raining season, between January and March 2009.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 16:46
Illegal Export of Hardwood Aborted
The Mozambican authorities have aborted an apparently illicit attempt to export 93 containers of logs from the northern port of Pemba, reports Tuesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 17:43
Traffic Resumes On North-South Highway
Traffic resumed on Monday morning along the stretch of Mozambique's main north-south highway through Inhambane province that had been damaged by torrential rains on Saturday,
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 17:43
Anibalzinho Escape - Top Police Officers Responsible
The Mozambican Interior Ministry has sacked the entire leadership of the Maputo City Police Command following revelations that it was they, and not mere low level prison guards, who were responsible for the escape of three assassins earlier this month.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 17:43
Flooding in Mozambique
Authorities in Mozambique say torrential rains and flooding have forced more than 2,000 from their homes, severed road links, damaged crops and killed at least one person.
Source : Topix.net | 30-Dec-2008 14:21
MOZAMBIQUE: Lives at play
MAPUTO, 29 December 2008 - The actors are on standby and the lights and microphones are on.
Source : Topix.net | 30-Dec-2008 09:58
MOZAMBIQUE: Lives at play
MAPUTO Monday, December 29, 2008 (IRIN) - The actors are on standby and the lights and microphones are on. But before he says ?Action,? director Célio Grandes Machado spends several minutes carefully going over the script. Ntxuva ? Vidas em Jogo (Ntxuva ? Lives at Play), Mozambique's first locally produced soap opera, has an educational purpose, so there can be no deviations.
Source : irinnews.org | 30-Dec-2008 06:30
Xmas Day Prison Break
Somewhere between six and ten prisoners escaped from a cell in a police station in the southern Mozambican city of Matola on the night of 25 December, according to a report in the independent daily "O Pais".
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 17:24
Prime Minister Criticises High Interest Rates
Mozambican Prime Minister Luisa Diogo has agreed that the interest rates charged by the country's commercial banks are far too high.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 17:24
Pungue River Bursts Its Banks
The Pungue river has burst its banks in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, submerging hundreds of hectares of crops in Nhamtanda and Dondo districts, according to a report in Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 17:24
Southern Mozambique Flooded
An outbreak of showers and thunderstorms triggered by a cold front unloaded torrential rain upon parts of southern Mozambique from late Wednesday to Friday afternoon, local time.
Source : Topix.net | 29-Dec-2008 10:33
Mozambique: Rail And Port Company Made Profit in 2008
Mozambique's publicly owned ports and rail company, CFM, made a profit of slightly more than 293 million meticais (about 11.7 million US dollars) between January and November, according to CFM chairperson Rui Fonseca, in his end of year message.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 09:27
Mozambique: Torrential Rains Cut North-South Highway
Torrential rains in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane have cut the country's main north-south highway at Mahoche, between the towns of Morrumbene and Massinga.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 09:27
Electoral Fraud 'In the Heads of Bad Losers'
Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party won an overwhelming victory in the municipal elections held on 19 November, "because we prepared and we organised - we won the elections because we worked", declared the head of the Frelimo parliamentary group, Manuel Tome, on Friday,
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 07:49
Assembly Passes Fiscal Benefits Law
The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Friday passed the second and final reading of a government bill revising the country's fiscal benefits code, despite claims by the opposition Renamo-Electoral Union coalition that it is "discriminatory".
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 07:49
Mozambique: Govt Sets Up Human Rights Body
The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Friday passed the final reading of government bill to set up a human rights commission.
Source : Topix.net | 28-Dec-2008 10:31
Mozambique: Opposition Boycotts Guebuza
All the deputies from the opposition Renamo-Electoral Union coalition boycotted the State of the Nation address given by President Armando Guebuza to the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on ...
Source : Topix.net | 26-Dec-2008 16:20
Mozambique: Migrants Complain Against Customs And Traffic Police
Mozambicans living abroad have complained to President Armando Guebuza of abuses they suffer at the hands of customs officers and traffic police when they return to the country on holiday.
Source : Topix.net | 25-Dec-2008 16:20
Thumb for Mozambique Hunger
More than 350,000 people in Mozambique are in need of food aid with hamstrung aid relief agencies saying the onset of the annual flood season in Mozambique will also jeopardise other food interventions for ...
Source : Topix.net | 24-Dec-2008 16:11
Mozambique: Opposition Boycotts Guebuza
All the deputies from the opposition Renamo-Electoral Union coalition boycotted the State of the Nation address given by President Armando Guebuza to the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Wednesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Dec-2008 14:58
Mozambique: 'The Face of the District is Changing' - Guebuza
The face of Mozambique's rural districts is changing, thanks to government interventions such as the allocation of district investment budgets, said Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Dec-2008 14:58
Mozambique: Leprosy 'No Longer a Public Health Problem'
Leprosy "is no longer a public health problem in Mozambique", President Armando Guebuza announced on Wednesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Dec-2008 14:58
Mozambique: Surtax On Cement Imports Suspended
The Mozambican government on Tuesday suspended, for a period of two years, the surtax on cement imports.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Dec-2008 14:58
Mozambique: More Than 350,000 Face Food Shortages
More than 350,000 people in Mozambique are in need of food aid with hamstrung aid relief agencies saying the onset of the annual flood season in Mozambique will also jeopardise other food interventions for vulnerable children, home-based care recipients and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Dec-2008 14:55
MOZAMBIQUE: More than 350,000 facing food shortages
JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, December 24, 2008 (IRIN) - More than 350,000 people in Mozambique are in need of food aid with hamstrung aid relief agencies saying the onset of the annual flood season in Mozambique will also jeopardise other food interventions for vulnerable children, home-based care recipients and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Source : irinnews.org | 24-Dec-2008 12:49
Durban's unsung heroes
By R W Johnson Percey Mayer was born in Mauritius and studied engineering in London but moved to Tananarive, Madagascar, in 1934 to represent his family firm there.
Source : Topix.net | 23-Dec-2008 16:15
Huge Mobile Phone Breakdown
Mozambique's main mobile phone provider, the publicly owned Mcel, has suffered a catastrophic breakdown, leaving many of its three million subscribers unable to make or receive calls.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 15:04
Mozambique: Renamo Tries Again to Summon Interior Minister
For the third time in the space of a week, deputies of the former rebel movement Renamo attempted to call Interior Minister Jose Pacheco to the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, to explain "the repeated escapes of Anibal dos Santos Junior".
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 15:04
Assembly Passes Second Reading of Budget
The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Tuesday passed the second reading of the state budget for 2009, and the resolution approving the government's Social and Economic Plan for the year, with deputies from the Renamo-Electoral Union opposition coalition voting against
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 15:04
AFRICA: New hope for malaria vaccine
DAKAR Monday, December 22, 2008 (IRIN) - The world?s most clinically advanced malaria vaccine trials have given new hope in the fight against the disease, which in sub-Saharan Africa kills a child every 30 seconds.
Source : irinnews.org | 23-Dec-2008 11:55
Mozambique: Fuel Prices Fall
The Mozambican government has cut the prices of liquid fuels by up to 9.5 per cent, effective as from Wednesday.
Source : Topix.net | 23-Dec-2008 11:37
Mozambique: "Model Institutions" in Hygiene Campaign
The national hygiene and sanitation campaign, launched ten months ago, has succeeded in creating a series of "model institutions" across Mozambique, according to Health Minister Ivo Garrido.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Dec-2008 16:37