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Mozambique: Three Phoney Policemen Detained

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:18:54 GMT

The Mozambican authorities have detained two men pretending to be police officers in the southern province of Inhambane, according to Pedro Cossa, the spokesperson for the National Police Command, speaking to reporters on Tuesday.

Mozambique: Dhlakama Denounces Municipal Elections

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:18:54 GMT

Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has threatened that he will disregard the results of the municipal elections held on 19 November.

Mozambique: Mining Company Abandons Gold Mine

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:18:53 GMT

The Canadian-based company African Queen Mines Ltd has abandoned its involvement in the Braganza gold mine in the central Mozambican province of Manica.

Mozambique: Policemen Injured in Maputo Gun Battle

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:18:52 GMT

Three members of the Mozambican police force were injured in a shoot-out with armed criminals on Monday night in the inner Maputo neighbourhood of Coop, reports Tuesday's issue of the daily paper "Noticias".

10 killed in heavy rains in Mozambique

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:53:18 GMT

At least 10 people have been killed in the heavy rains battering several regions of Mozambique since December, the daily paper Noticias reported on Tuesday.

Mozambique: Swiss Company Wins Tender to Exploit Ancuabe Graphite Mines

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:11:31 GMT

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.

Mozambique: Graphite Production to Resume, Governor Confirms

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:36:03 GMT

The 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.

Grain Silos Built in Tete

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:36:02 GMT

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.

Repayment of Local Fund 'Insignificant' in Sofala

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:36:01 GMT

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".

Mozambique: Military Registration Begins

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:36:01 GMT

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.

Worsening Flood On Pungue River

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:35:59 GMT

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".

Death of Domingos Arouca

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:04:06 GMT

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.

Mozambique: Floods Threaten Six Towns

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:05:08 GMT

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 ...

Policemen Arrested for Collaborating With Criminals

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:00:37 GMT

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.

New Project Benefits Farmers in Zambezia

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:20:36 GMT

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.

Mozambique: Guebuza Reiterates Commitment to Fight Poverty

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:02:15 GMT

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 ...

Mozambique: Guebuza Reiterates Commitment to Fight Poverty

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:50:12 GMT

Mozambique: Floods Threaten Six Towns

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:50:11 GMT

The surrounding areas of the towns of Ch�kw�, 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".

Mozambique: Rainfall Above Normal Between January And March 2009

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:29:14 GMT

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.

Mozambique: Rainfall Above Normal Between January And March 2009

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:46:27 GMT

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.

Illegal Export of Hardwood Aborted

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:43:59 GMT

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".

Traffic Resumes On North-South Highway

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:43:58 GMT

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,

Anibalzinho Escape - Top Police Officers Responsible

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:43:56 GMT

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.

Flooding in Mozambique

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:21:19 GMT

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.

MOZAMBIQUE: Lives at play

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:58:19 GMT

MAPUTO, 29 December 2008 - The actors are on standby and the lights and microphones are on.

MOZAMBIQUE: Lives at play

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:30:06 GMT

MAPUTO Monday, December 29, 2008 (IRIN) - The actors are on standby and the lights and microphones are on. But before he says “Action,” director C�lio 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.

Prime Minister Criticises High Interest Rates

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:24:31 GMT

Mozambican Prime Minister Luisa Diogo has agreed that the interest rates charged by the country's commercial banks are far too high.

Xmas Day Prison Break

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:24:31 GMT

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".

Pungue River Bursts Its Banks

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:24:30 GMT

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".

Southern Mozambique Flooded

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:33:28 GMT

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.

Mozambique: Rail And Port Company Made Profit in 2008

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:27:32 GMT

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.

Mozambique: Torrential Rains Cut North-South Highway

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:27:32 GMT

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.

Electoral Fraud 'In the Heads of Bad Losers'

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:49:41 GMT

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,

Assembly Passes Fiscal Benefits Law

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:49:40 GMT

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".

Mozambique: Govt Sets Up Human Rights Body

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:31:14 GMT

The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Friday passed the final reading of government bill to set up a human rights commission.

Mozambique: Opposition Boycotts Guebuza

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:20:51 GMT

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 ...

Mozambique: Migrants Complain Against Customs And Traffic Police

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:20:09 GMT

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.

Thumb for Mozambique Hunger

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:11:24 GMT

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 ...

Mozambique: Opposition Boycotts Guebuza

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:58:39 GMT

Mozambique: 'The Face of the District is Changing' - Guebuza

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:58:38 GMT

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.

Mozambique: Leprosy 'No Longer a Public Health Problem'

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:58:37 GMT

Leprosy "is no longer a public health problem in Mozambique", President Armando Guebuza announced on Wednesday.

Mozambique: Surtax On Cement Imports Suspended

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:58:36 GMT

The Mozambican government on Tuesday suspended, for a period of two years, the surtax on cement imports.

Mozambique: More Than 350,000 Face Food Shortages

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:55:51 GMT

MOZAMBIQUE: More than 350,000 facing food shortages

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:49:57 GMT

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.

Durban's unsung heroes

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:15:59 GMT

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.

Huge Mobile Phone Breakdown

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:04:28 GMT

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.