Dangerously close links between government officials and the private sector encourage corruption
Roughly 45-million people in southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid as a result of drought, flooding and economic hardship, the UN said Thursday. “This hunger crisis is on a scale we’ve not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to get worse,” World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Lola Castro said […]
One of Mozambique’s most senior journalists escaped a kidnapping attempt in Maputo on New Year’s Eve. Matias Guente, the executive editor of Canal de Moçambique, was accosted in the afternoon of December 31 by three men while in the capital’s Alto Maé area, right behind the headquarters of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces. The men […]
Private schools writing IEB exams obtained a 98.82% pass rate, a fractional decrease from last year
The M&G went to the World Innovation Summit for Education to find out how other countries are dealing with education problems similar to SA’s
There is a simple way to boost climate resilience for farmers in vulnerable regions: investment in goat markets
The Frelimo party, which has ruled thenation since independence in 1975, is widely expected to again beat its former civil war foe Renamo
High levels of violence are expected in the run-up to the October 15 general elections
Not grappling with things that undermine electoral integrity created a culture of impunity
Migrant workers faced many depredations on their railway trips to and from Mozambique
Six months after Mozambique was hit by cyclones Idai and Kenneth, recovery is far from complete
Pope Francis’ recently completed tour of needs to be understood in the context of the church’s long history in Africa and its modern-day difficulties
The Pope’s primary message to each country responded to their unique circumstances
There is funding for renewable energy if countries include climate action in their economic plans
A papal visit will highlight the importance of the recently signed peace agreement between the government and opposition
Despite Africa bearing the brunt of erratic global weather patterns, many people are still unfamiliar with climate change, a new survey says
The leaders of Renamo and Frelimo hail the ‘new era’ ending clashes between the two since 2013
Renamo’s hardened fighters are not getting any younger, so this time the deal may stick
Hundreds of local traders gather each morning and afternoon at Senga only to find that fish populations are falling in Lake Malawi
Chang has been held in South Africa since December at the request of US authorities over alleged involvement in fraudulent loans to Mozambique SOEs
The African free trade agreement is hailed as a huge step forward by some, but criticized as a project with little chance of coming true by others
The business is an unlikely project in a country beset by grinding poverty
A lot is at stake and the cost of reconstruction is very high
Bundling him off to the US would threaten Mozambique’s security and spoil the pan-Africanist agenda
South Africa must adapt rapidly if it is to mitigate the negative effects of the low-carbon transition
Manuel Chang will be tried at home, but the American embassy is not happy
In the great battle between humans and trees, there can be only one victor, says Goldman prize-winner Alfred Brownell
Cyclone recovery has been further complicated by the cost of humanitarian and reconstruction efforts as well as a mysterious insurgency
The first floods have already been seen in some parts of Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado province, as well as in surrounding areas
Forecasters at Meteo-France warned that Kenneth could trigger waves off Mozambique’s northeastern shore as much as five metres higher than usual
‘None of our political elite deserves our vote. How can we entrust our futures to people who put their next shopping trip ahead of our existence?’
‘I have never come across something like this before’