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Large parts of Maputo flooded on 27 January as a result of sudden heavy rain, the Mozambican news agency AIM reports. The National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) has said that the flooding affected over 300 households in numerous neighbourhoods around the...
>moreMozambique parliament opens to protests
Tuesday, January 12th 2010The new Mozambique parliament has elected its first woman speaker. Veronica Macamo, who was previously vice speaker, was voted in unopposed after the main opposition party Renamo failed to put forward its own candidate in protest against the results of...
>moreGuebuza returned to power in Mozambique elections
Tuesday, November 10th 2009Incumbent president Armando Guebuza of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) has won an overwhelming victory in Mozambique’s fourth multi-party elections on 28 October. With results from 90 per cent of polling stations counted, the wealthy businessman took 2,624,564 votes, or 76.3...
>moreDevelopment project for Chamanculo C
Tuesday, October 20th 2009 www.italcoopmoz.comThe 26,000 residents of Maputo’s low-income Chamanculo C district are to get new houses and infrastructure, social service facilities and other amenities under a far-reaching development project involving the governments of Italy, Brazil and Mozambique and Cities Alliance, a global...
>moreMozambique wins Manhattan film award
Wednesday, October 14th 2009 www.msfilmfest.comAlcides Soares, aged 16, has won the best documentary award at the annual Manhattan Short film festival for his film Mozambique about AIDS orphans in the country. In his film Soares tells his own story of trying to find a new...
>moreMaputo stadium not ready for World Cup
Tuesday, September 29th 2009The new 42,000-seat stadium under construction in Zimpeto north of the capital will not be ready in time for next year’s football World Cup in neighbouring South Africa as originally planned. Construction got off to a slow start in 2008...
>moreThe Bank of Mozambique has abolished a series of charges for basic banking services as part of efforts to protect consumers. Under the new rules commercial banks can no longer charge customers for full monthly bank statements or a daily balance...
>moreThe 45th edition of the Maputo International Trade Fair (Facim) will take place from 31 August to 6 September. Businesses especially from the southern African region will come together in the Mozambican capital to present and promote their latest products...
>moreItalian restaurant opens in Maputo
Friday, August 28th 2009 www.hotelcardoso.co.mzA restaurant serving Italian food has opened at the four-star Hotel Cardoso in Maputo. Fiamma (meaning “flame” in Italian) offers a buffet lunch and à la carte dining in a panoramic location near the hotel swimming pool and overlooking Maputo...
>moreMaputo protests closure of HIV daycare centres
Monday, August 17th 2009The Mozambique government’s recent closure of its 23 daycare hospitals for HIV positive patients brought thousands to the streets of Maputo in protest at the start of August, according to United Nations news agency PlusNews. A similar protest took...
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