Mozambique News

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday, 1 July 2009, approved a 12-month, SDR113.6 million for Mozambique under the IMF's Exogenous Shocks Facility to cushion the country from the effects of the global economic downturn, said Felix Fischer, IMF resident representative in Mozambique.

A 15-year-old boy was killed and two other teens were seriously injured after a 60 millimetre mortar bomb exploded in a residential area in the north-western city of Tete, the state controlled daily Noticias reported on Saturday.

There's time, there's African time and then there's Azura time. The lodge, on Benguerra Island, sets its clocks later than the mainland to allow guests an extra hour of sunshine.

The unique lost rainforest of Mount Mabu is to be given protection from exploitation, after a new expedition to the remote area revealed a host of new species.

A district administrator in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia has been suspended after a suspiciously large sum of money was found in his bank account, reports Wednesday's issue of the weekly paper "Magazine Independent" . During a visit in May to Zambezia, President Armando Guebuza heard complaints from local residents about the ...

Regulatory News: The Rezidor Hotel Group , one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide, further strengthens the portfolio in Africa: The group announces Park Inn Tete in Mozambique - the property featuring 116 rooms is scheduled to open on Q4 2010.

Maputo - Police confiscated at least one ton of hashish at Chongoene beach in Xai Xai in the southern Gaza district of Mozambique, the state controlled Daily Noticias reported on Tuesday.

Maputo - Mozambican president Armando Guebuza condemned on Monday the high number of mob justice incidents in the southern African country.

Over 7,300 jobs have been created, from 2006 to the present, in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, by the application of the Local Initiative Investment Budget , according to provincial governor Raimundo Diomba.

It is prayer time at the Nur madrassa in Pemba, capital of Cabo Delgado Province, on the northern coast of Mozambique.

Nearly 20 percent of Mozambique's civil servants are HIV positive, but given that several government ministries lack reliable data, this number could even be higher, a study has warned.

Maputo - Four foreigners arrested in Mozambique for allegedly trying to sabotage the Cahora Bassa hydro-electric dam will leave for South Africa on Tuesday, reports said.

INHAMBANE, Mozambique, Jun 15 - Christina M.* looks worried as she cradles one of her sick twin babies.

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has encouraged residents of the district of Chibuto, in the southern province of Gaza, not to despair over the paralysis of a heavy mineral sands project, which it had been hoped would bring substantial employment to the region.

Maputo - A Mozambican former top cop has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for leading a mission that resulted in the torture and killing of a suspected criminal, it was reported on Friday.

Mozambican bloggers Carlos Serra [pt] and Paulo Granjo [pt] respond to the attack yesterday against politician Daviz Simango, in the northern Mozambican port city of Nacala.

CHIMOIO, 10 June 2009 - Carlito, just nine years old, is sitting at the edge of a sandy field in Chimoio, in the central province of Manica, Mozambique, where he and his friends play soccer, putting the finishing touches to an unusual ball to play the beautiful game.

Mozambique's national electoral commission is reportedly short of US7-million to fund the general elections scheduled for October, a report on Tuesday said.

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Saturday inaugurated the National Dispatch Centre for the country's electricity system.

Mozambique's Supreme Court has confirmed the lengthy prison sentences imposed against former bank manager Vicente Ramaya and loan shark Momad Assife Abdul Satar for their part in the largest bank fraud ever to come to trial in Mozambique.