Mozambique News

To the Editor: During the past 2 decades, several countries in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, to which Rift Valley fever virus is endemic, have reported outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in humans and livestock.

The opposition party Renamo, a former guerrilla organization, threatened on Wednesday to paralyse the only railway line leading from Mozambique's northwest coalfields.

LICHINGA, Mozambique, June 19 -- Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has strongly condemned the attack on an arms depot in the central province of Sofala on Monday which left several soldiers dead.

Zimbabwe Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Morgan Tsvangirai gestures during a news conference in Harare, June 13, 2013.

Mozambican Deputy Foreign Minister Eduardo Koloma on 14 June announced that the Japanese government has forgiven $83.81 million of debt owed by Mozambique.

Tanzanians who are most at risk of HIV face widespread police abuse and often can't get help when they are victims of crime.

Media in Mozambique say at least five government troops were killed and two others were wounded in fighting with alleged members of an opposition group.

New airborne laser scanning data has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating an entire bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex.

The Southern African Development Community will respect any decision made by the Constitutional Court regarding the holding of elections in Zimbabwe, whether it's upholding the initial 31st July deadline or agreeing to extend the period by two weeks, as endorsed at the just ended Extraordinary SADC summit in Maputo Mozambique.

President Armando Guebuza on 2 June in Yokohama categorically denied that land grabbing could take place along the Nacala Corridor in the north of Mozambique under the ProSavana project.

The Mozambican Medical Association , which represents the country's doctors, and the Commission of United Health Professionals , have called off the strike they embarked upon on May 20, without achieving any of their demands.

The container line will offer a call at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on a weekly sailing with improved connectivity to Zanzibar and Tanga, Tanzania.

Regional presidents opened a special summit on Zimbabwe on Saturday after President Robert Mugabe set crucial elections for the end of July, despite opposition from the country's prime minister.

Esethu Hasane says he wonders why the DA are focusing on Gauteng if they want to improve the living conditions of the poor.

Parts of the capital reflect the lives of the super-rich, corruption is a big concern, and 55% of people live below the poverty line In Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, international hotels are booked to 95% capacity during the week.

A file photo taken on June 4, 2013 shows health workers wearing tape over their mouths during a protest in Maputo, Mozambique, to demand higher salaries and better working conditions for medical sector workers nationwide.

"We, the rural populations, families from the communities of the Nacala Corridor, religious organisations and Mozambican civil society, recognising the importance and urgency of combating poverty and promoting sustainable and sovereign development, believe it is timely and crucial to voice our concerns and proposals in relation to the ProSavana ... (more)

President Robert Mugabe on Thursday found himself with the upper hand, but also in a complicated situation after he proclaimed the harmonised poll date as July 31. More legal impediments stand in his way, including a flurry of challenges placed before the Constitutional Court this week as well as a rejection of the date by the Movement for ... (more)

Salamao Moudlane was the first man in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, to use urine as a fertiliser.

The publicly owned Mozambican Hydrocarbon Company says it is not currently seeking to sell any of its stake in the country's gas fields but acknowledges that it has been approached by companies interested in buying into Offshore Areas 1 and 4, situated in the Rovuma Basin off the northern coast of Cabo Delgado Province.