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Troops clear barricades as Mozambique riots persist
Mozambique’s government deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital as angry protesters blocked roads and looted shops on Thursday.
Deadly Mozambique riots enter second day
Demonstrators blocked roads with burning tyres and looted shops in Maputo on Thursday as riots sparked by soaring bread prices entered a second day.
Children shot dead in Mozambique riots
At least two children have been shot dead in clashes between police and rioters in and around Maputo on Wednesday in rallies over rising prices.
Mozambique opposition party demands fresh election
Mozambique’s main opposition party, Renamo, on Tuesday rejected the election victory of President Armando Guebuza, saying a fresh poll must be held.
Mozambicans vote, Frelimo expected to win majority
Mozambicans voted in presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections on Wednesday, with President Armando Guebuza expected to retain power.
Madagascar rivals fail to settle power share-out
Crisis talks collapsed on Friday as Madagascar’s rivals failed to agree who should hold key posts in a transition government.
Madagascar’s ex-leader rejects Rajoelina
Madagascar’s ex-leader Marc Ravalomanana refused to accept Andry Rajoelina’s nomination as president of a new transitional government.
Mozambique, SA to build $620m fuel pipeline
A Mozambican and South African consortium, Petroline Holdings, plans to start building a -million oil pipeline linking Johannesburg to Maputo.
Mozambique’s Frelimo picks Guebuza for 2009 poll
Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party on Sunday re-nominated sitting President Armando Guebuza as its candidate for the 2009 presidential election.
Zim pays back $650 000 to ADB
Zimbabwe has paid back 000 in arrears to the African Development Bank (ADB), despite vast economic problems at home, as part of efforts to meet commitments to donors, the bank…
World Bank upbeat on Mozambique’s economy
Mozambique’s target of 8% economic growth this year is realistic despite floods and cyclones which hit the country this year, a World Bank official said. The World Bank’s…
Zim arms ship heads for Angola, says Mozambique
A Chinese ship carrying arms to Zimbabwe, which was turned away from South Africa, is heading to Angola in hopes of docking there, the transport minister of Mozambique said on…
Mozambique to sell more power to SA
South Africa’s state power utility is near a deal to buy more electricity from Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa development in a bid to ease an energy crisis threatening Africa’s…
Over 1Â 300 Mozambique teachers die yearly of Aids
More than one-sixth of Mozambique’s 9 000 teachers are dying of HIV/Aids each year, lowering the quality of education and jeopardising future development, a government official…
Death toll from Mozambique street protests rises
Thousands of Mozambicans have clashed with police in another wave of protests over the rising cost of living in the booming but impoverished Southern African nation, state-owned…