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Mozambique: Brazil and U.S. join in cooperative development program
Mozambique has lots of fertile land and access to the region’s major rivers. Yet the country imports most of its food, much of it...
Fuel crisis hits Southern African countries amid protests
Malawians are bracing for demonstrations countrywide by end February to protest against persistent chronic fuel shortage saying they are prepared to be shot at....
Maputo riots blamed on rising wheat prices in Southern Africa
Food riots in Maputo, Mozambique on Wednesday left at least six protesters dead including a female student as police sprayed bullets at demonstrators.
Reports from...
TV Brazil International bridges gap with Africa
Brazil Monday launched its international television network in the Mozambican capital of Maputo. TV Brazil International will be broadcast in Portuguese and beamed to...
Catholic sex abuse scandals uncovered in Africa
Recent sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Roman Catholic Church in Europe and the Americas seem to be spreading to Africa. Alleged claims...
CAN 2010: Nigeria join Egypt in final 8
Nigeria needed a win against Mozambique. Not only to qualify for the quarter finals of the 2010 African Cup of Nations but also to...
CAN 2010: Egypt reach last eight
Egypt 2 Mozambique 0, the Pharaos have booked their ticket for the quarters.
Champions Egypt have secured their place in the quarter finals of the...
Zimbabwe-Madagascar: Mugabe pushing proposal to overthrow Andry Rajoelina militarily?
Zimbabwe leader, President Mugabe, is reportedly pushing for his military intervention in Madagascar to topple its president - Andry Rajoelina.
He is expected to further...
Rwanda: Southern African nations ‘unwilling’ to hunt genocide suspects
Rwanda has accused Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia of being unwilling to co-operate in hunting genocide suspects. Bosco Mutangana, head of the unit tracking those...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe and Tsvangirai prepare for confrontation in Maputo
Zimbabwe's long time ruler President Mugabe and his political rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will attend Thursday’s regional summit in Maputo, Mozambique, in a...
Mozambique: Frelimo to remain in power
According to the Financial Times, the Mozambican Liberation Front, which led the country’s independence war against Portugal is set to remain in power. Preliminary...
Zimbabwe: SADC to meet Mugabe and Tsvangirai
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is scheduled to hold discussions with Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe and Prime Minister Tsvangirai Thursday. SADC is on a...
Mozambique: Voting proceeds “normally”
According to the African Press Agency, voting is underway today Thursday, following the closing of polling booths yesterday evening, as the country’s Election Commission...
Polls open in Mozambique
Mozambique polls opened Wednesday for the country’s fourth national elections since the introduction of multi-party democracy in 1994. The presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections...
Mozambique: Will Armando win again?
The Front of the Liberation of Mozambique is expected to win its fourth consecutive election since the end of the civil war 17 years...
Mozambique: SADC calls for transparent election
The South African Development Community (SADC) is calling for a transparent vote in Mozambique’s general election scheduled on October 28th. SADC made the call...
Madagascar: Who will head the transition government?
The current strong man of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, alongside three former presidents of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy met Wednesday in...
Mozambique Constitutional Council dumps two-thirds of presidential candidates
Mozambique's Constitutional Council (CC), the body in charge of verifying the nomination papers of presidential candidates, has rejected six candidates who had submitted their...
Madagascar: Political leaders begin negotiations
Malagasy political leaders are back together on the negotiating table. They are in Mozambique to find a solution out of the crisis that has...
Mozambique: Citizens demand better treatment for AIDS patients
Hundreds of Mozambicans demonstrated on Monday in Maputo, Mozambique. They demand a better treatment and more privacy for AIDS patients, said TV5.
Last February the...
South Africa-Mozambique: One man’s fight against human trafficking
A casual conversation in a Pretoria, South Africa, café launched a dangerous investigation by Inácio Sebastião Mussanhane, a lawyer from Mozambique who was studying...
Mozambique: Health workers killed for cholera spread
A mob angered by rumors in Mozambique that health workers there are spreading the deadly cholera virus has killed four people have ...
A new stadium for Portugese speakers at 2010 World Cup
China is set to build a massive $60 million soccer stadium in Mozambique in a bid to tap into the Soccer World Cup in...
Mozambique: Many killed as rains threaten population
Mozambique has witnessed a season's amount of rain in a week which has caused flooding, killed 26 people and left thousands of others homeless....
Half of Mozambique’s 2009 budget faces a deficit
More than half of the Mozambican 2009 Budget introduced in the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, is dependent on foreign aid.
The estimated...
Zimbabwe cholera spreads to Mozambique, Mugabe says no
With reports of a growing cholera crisis having killed about 800 people as well as spreading to neighbouring Mozambique, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has...
Zimbabwe’s neighbour Mozambique reports cholera outbreak
Four people have died of cholera in the central Mozambican district of Mossurize, near the border with Zimbabwe, confirming fears that the disease that...
Chinese gov’t pledges financial support to Mozambican armed forces
The Chinese government has pledged financially support to the Mozambican armed forces (FADM) in 2009 to the tune of US$ 1.5 million. To actualize...
National official blames HIV/AIDS on homosexuals
The Deputy Executive Secretary of Mozambique's National AIDS Council (CNCS), Diogo Milagre, has denied making remarks earlier this week that accused gays and bisexuals...
A national cultural heritage site for the late Samora Machel
The Mozambican government has decided to grant the town of Chilembene - the birthplace of the country's first president Samora Machel - in the...