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Mozambique votes in tense election after violent campaign

The Frelimo party, which has ruled thenation since independence in 1975, is widely expected to again beat its former civil war foe Renamo

Embracing peace: Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi (left) and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade (right) hug each other after signing a ceasefire agreement that formally ends decades of military hostilities. (AFP)

Third time lucky for peace in Mozambique?

Renamo’s hardened fighters are not getting any younger, so this time the deal may stick

Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang. (Getty Images)

Former Mozambican finance minister continues to fight against extradition to the US

The US accuses Manuel Chang of conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering

Mozambican Pedro Abilio plies his new trade with his chainsaw

Mozambique will be stripped of its forests ‘in just a few years’

Illegal logging to appease Chinese paymasters is speeding up deforestation in developing countries, all in the name of profit.

Mozambique’s former president Armando Guebuza. (AFP)

Mozambique peace deal a nod to democracy

President Jacob Zuma has commended a peace agreement in Mozambique ahead of the country’s October elections.

United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has received a black belt in the Korean martial art

UN pushes for peace talks in Mozambique

Following ex-rebels declaring the end to a peace deal, the UN has called on Mozambique’s government and former rebels Renamo to stop the violence.

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Moz sticks to voting plans despite threats of boycott

Mozambique’s government has said it plans to stick to a schedule for elections later this year and in 2014.

SA’s stature battered by migrant killings

South Africa’s aspirations to lead the continent are being shredded by the xenophobic mobs who have hacked, shot and beaten to death at least 42 African migrants in the land…

Campaign against Zim arms gains momentum

A campaign to prevent arms currently aboard a Chinese ship from reaching Zimbabwe gained momentum on Monday with trade unions calling on their counterparts not to allow the…

New power station to help alleviate SADC crisis

A new coal thermal power project already approved by the Mozambican government in the north-western province of Tete could provide solutions to the power crisis in the Southern…

Mozambique needs $8m for cyclone repairs

The Nampula provincial government in Mozambique will need at least -million to reconstruct infrastructure in five districts destroyed by Cyclone Jokwe, Francisco Mucanheira, the…

Wild animals kill more than 130 in Mozambique

Wild animals killed at least 133 people and seriously injured 50 in Mozambique last year, the Agriculture Ministry said Tuesday. ”This is a very high figure, but lower than the…

Mozambique seeks urgent food aid after cyclone

The Mozambican government has made an urgent appeal to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to help more than 60 000 people left destitute when Cyclone Jokwe hit…

Bottleneck at Mozambique border causes alarm

Inefficiency at one of the border posts between South Africa and Mozambique is a key constraint to accelerated growth of trade and investment between the two countries, the…

Riots force Mozambique to scrap bus-fare hike

The Mozambican government announced on Wednesday that it was scrapping a planned increase in bus fares as the death toll from riots sparked by the price hikes rose to three. Calm…

Mozambique, Sasol to increase gas exports to SA

Fuels and petrochemicals group Sasol, along with the South African and Mozambique governments, will invest R1,1-billion to expand natural gas delivery to South Africa by 20%. The…

Mozambique gets $60m boost in fight against poverty

Mozambique’s poverty-alleviation programme this week received a boost following the approval of a further -million loan by the World Bank. ”The council of executive directors of…

Mozambique takes control of Cahora Bassa

Mozambique will finally take control this week of the biggest dam in sub-Saharan Africa, which had remained in Portuguese hands for more than three decades after the former…

SA-Mozambique pipeline fuels regional growth

Four years on, a Mozambique-South African gas pipeline is fuelling economic growth and regional cooperation in Southern Africa. It challenges Western assumptions of a…

Lions cause panic in Mozambique

A pride of lions is causing panic in the rural district of Barue in Mozambique, official radio reported on Monday. An environmental inspector from a government department was…