Maputo, Mozambique News

Mozambique's publicly owned electricity company, EDM, has warned that Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola will suffer intermittent power cuts at peak times for about two weeks due to the replacement of equipment at the Infulene sub-station.

The future of Zimbabwe's Presidential Elephant Herd remains uncertain after elephant protector Sharon Pincott hinted she is stepping aside following a fallout over an "illegal" land claim, a report says.

The ASHA< Foundation in collaboration with R&B Recording Artist Kenny Lattimore, Recording Artists Ray J, Pastor Toure Roberts and over 100 volunteers of One Church International are expected to wash and place adequate shoes and socks on the feet of hundreds of displaced individuals Easter Saturday, April 19, 2014, in the courtyard of The Midnight ... (more)

A new breed of pirate could emerge in northern Mozambique to exploit the gas and oil industry that is about to boom there, unless the region addresses the problem.

The cashew processing company Condor Nuts has categorically denied a story which appeared in the Maputo daily paper "Noticias" on 10 March, blaming it for the mass sacking of 425 workers at a factory in the town of Alto Molucue in the central province of Zambezia.

Brigadier Gold Limited announces it has applied to the TSX Venture Exchange for the extension of the expiry dates of certain warrants previously issued by the company.

The Government of Mozambique and the IMF will convene a high-level conference in May 2014 in Maputo to take stock of Africa's strong economic performance, its increased resilience to shocks, and the key ongoing economic policy challenges.

Exactly how Flight MH370 hit the water makes a big difference to the teams undertaking the painstaking search - this footage could bear startling resemblance.

Mozambique's First Lady Maria da Luz Guebuza has denounced premature marriages as damaging to girls' educational and professional prospects.

After the consensus reached between the Government and Renamo during the negotiations taking place in Maputo, that culminated with Parliament's revision of the electoral law, there is no record of attacks on civilian vehicles that cross the country's main EN1 roadway.

Maputo, April 5: Half a dozen Indian doctors arrived in Mozambique to help national health authorities increase health capacity, Maputo Central Hospital General Director Joao Fumane said Friday.

"You could say my job is exciting," said Margarida Luis Sitoe, a manual de-miner who works with UNDP's humanitarian demining partners, Apopo.

You would think that the Mozambican Parliament, of which almost 40% are women, would not approve a law that affords rapists impunity if he marries his victim and thus "cleanses her honour."

The general secretary of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party, Eliseu Machava, on Thursday condemned the armed attacks carried out by the former rebel movement Renamo in the central province of Sofala, pointing out that it makes no sense for a party to talk with the government in the capital, while waging military action in the centre of the country.

Besides the provision on insulting content, the law would cover fraudulent access to the internet, databases and financial transactions.

Mozambique's government accused revived rebel movement Renamo Wednesday of attacking a coal train belonging to Brazilian miner Vale, as a simmering conflict struck a vital artery of the country's economy.

Thousands of Ugandans led by President Yoweri Museveni have held a rally celebrating tough new anti-gay laws, praising the bill despite international criticism and donor aid cuts.

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Mozambique's General Inspectorate of Labour has closed down the popular "Escorpiao" restaurant in downtown Maputo on health and safety grounds.

The Mozambican and Portuguese governments signed in Maputo on Thursday a memorandum of understanding for institutional, scientific and business cooperation in mineral resources.