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Crime on the rise in Mozambique
Crime in Mozambique is on the increase, according to Attorney-General Augusto Paulino. In his annual report Tuesday to the country's parliament, Paulino said the...
Murderer changes journalist killing story and blames another
The man who led the death squad that murdered Mozambique's foremost investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso, in November 2000, Monday changed his story and claimed...
Africa to refuse cargo flights from China to Zimbabwe in their airspace
South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) Thursday called on the governments of Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia to deny overflight rights to cargo...
Mozambique wants more time for demining
Mozambique is to present to the November meeting of the parties to the Ottawa Convention against anti-personnel land mines, a request to extend its...
Chinese arms ship not welcome in Africa
Zimbabwean authorities yesterday said the cash-strapped government
has a right to buy arms from any legal source as long as they are
needed to...
Mozambican and six others win environmental prizes
A Mozambican musician, Feliciano dos Santos, is one of this year's winners of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.
A statement from the prize jury, received...
Foot and Mouth disease discovered in Mozambique
The dreaded Foot and mouth disease has been detected in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, reports Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
The...
Air Corridor in trouble
The private Mozambican airline Air Corridor may never fly again because its two Boeing 737s are grounded in South Africa with serious safety problems,...
Mozambique’s economy declared satisfactory by IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday declared that the performance of the Mozambican government's reform programme in 2007 was "satisfactory", despite missing a...
US$ 700,000 relief donation from Portugal to Mozambique
The Portuguese government Wednesday donated US$ 700,000 to support Mozambique's relief agency, the National Disasters Management Institute (INGC) and to assist small scale fishermen,...
Stiffer penalities for human traffickers in Mozambique
The Mozambican government favours stiffer penalties for criminals found guilty of trafficking in people, Justice Minister Benvinda Levi said Thursday.
Levi was speaking at a...
Diana wanted by two governments for crimes
A team from the Mozambican Criminal Investigation Po lice (PIC) and the Attorney General's Office have arrived in South Africa to negotiate the extradition...
Mozambique: ex-migrant workers storm labour ministry
Over a hundred Mozambicans, who had once been migrant workers in the now defunct German Democratic Republic (GDR), Wednesday burst into the Labour Ministry,...
Cuba receives Mozambique delegation
The Mozambiquan president, Armando Guebuza, is on a three day official visit to Cuba honouring an invitation from Cuban president, Raul Castro, to define...
Mozambique’s clandestine abortions
Back-street abortions are well on the way to becoming a chronic health problem in Mozambique, and urgent measures are needed to reduce the number...
Oil refinery project takes off in Mozambique
The project to build an oil refinery at Nacala-a-Velha, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, has taken off with the transportation of equipment...
Mozambique undecided about recognising Kosovo
The Mozambican government has not yet taken a position on whether to recognise Kosovo, the former Serbian province that declared its independence 10 days...
Southern Africa Floods Victims: Aid Sought
After barely recovering from last year's floods and only halfway into the current rainy season, rivers have overflowed their banks and predictions of more...
Four retired african presidents in Kenya to mediate election crisis
Four retired African presidents arrived here Tuesday t o mediate in the stand off between Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition O r ange...
Chissano wins Mo Ibrahim leadership prize
Former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, was Monday named the first winner of the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
The honour will...