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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

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

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 1 300 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…

Southern Africa floods kill dozens, aid sought

Floods in Southern Africa have killed about 45 people in a growing humanitarian crisis that has engulfed the region and brought renewed appeals for Western financial help. Heavy…

New pipeline to help ease SA fuel crunch

A -million diesel and petrol pipeline linking the Mozambican capital, Maputo, with neighbouring South Africa will be in operation by the end of 2009, an official with the company…

Mozambique launches $550m biofuels project

The state-owned Mozambican Petroleum Company on Thursday unveiled a -million biofuels project aimed at easing an energy crunch in the fast-growing Southern African nation. A…

World Bank provides $100m for Mozambican roads

The World Bank agreed on Monday to give Mozambique -million in credit to help upgrade its road network, most of which was damaged and neglected during a 17-year civil war that…

Aids-hit Mozambique looks to recruit more doctors

Mozambique hopes to recruit 8Â 000 doctors from other African nations to improve a healthcare system battered by one of the continent’s worst Aids pandemics, the country’s health…