[AIM] London -- The African Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday announced that it has granted 665,000 US dollars to support the rehabilitation of the Machipanda railway which runs between the Mozambican port of Beira and the border with Zimbabwe.

[AIM] Maputo -- The opening times of the main border post between Mozambique and South Africa at Ressano Garcia have been altered to conform with new working hours at the South African border facility.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Labour Consultative Commission (CCT), the tripartite negotiating forum between the Mozambican government, the trade unions, and the employers' associations, met in Maputo on Wednesday, and decided, by consensus, to start discussio...

[AIM] Maputo -- The long promised Covid-19 treatment centre in the Mavalane General Hospital in Maputo finally opened its door to patients on Monday.

[AIM] Maputo -- According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health, the number of Covid-19 cases diagnosed in Mozambique is continuing to rise, as are hospitalisations, and the number of active cases.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Prime Minister, Carlos Agostinho do Rosario, on Wednesday said the country has recorded meaningful progress in the implementation of public policies, which led to the improvement of living conditions, 20 years after the ado...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Monday approved a budget of 12 million US dollars to put into motion the SADC Standby Force that will support Mozambique in the struggle against terroris...

[AIM] Maputo -- The General Command of the Mozambican police force has ordered all the provincial police commands to collect and remove from the market razors of the Alshabab brand, reports Tuesday's issue of the independent newsheet "Mediafax".

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Inspectorate of Economic Activities (INAE) has closed two commercial establishments and suspended eight others for violating Covid-19 preventive measures in Maputo city and province.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Covid-19 positivity rate (the percentage of people tested who are carrying the coronavirus that causes the disease) is on the increase across Mozambique, particularly in the Greater Maputo area, and in Tete and Sofala provinces, w...

[UNFPA] Palma -- It's a situation that no woman could wish to find herself in. Caught in conflict in northern Mozambique, displaced women wanting to give birth safely in health facilities are being sent back to their temporary homes, where they may n...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), the second largest opposition party in the country, on Monday announced the criteria for anyone wishing to stand as a candidate for the party's president at the MDM Congress scheduled for Dece...

[AIM] The United States government, via the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has granted US$30 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to address food insecurity in communities affected by terrorism in the northern Mo...

[AIM] Maputo -- The South Africa-based financial group Nedbank on Monday completed its acquisition of one of Mozambique's smaller commercial banks, Banco Unico.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Gas Company (CMG) in partnership with the South African based "iGas", an affiliate of the Central Energy Fund (CEF), will become shareholders of the Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Company (ROMPCO), with holdings of 25 ...

[Nation] Maputo

[AIM] The Public Prosecutor's Office has charged a Chinese national with environmental crimes that carry a prison sentence of between 12 and 16 years, reports the television station, STV. The Chinese citizen, whose name was not given in the STV repor...

[AIM] DP World, the company that holds the concession to operate the container terminal at Maputo Port, has launched a rail service between the port and Harare, reducing the transit time for containers travelling between Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

[AIM] A report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has found that almost two-thirds of renewable power generation brought online around the world last year, accounting for 162 gigawatts of power, had lower costs than the cheapest fos...

[AIM] The Italian energy company ENI has confirmed that it will start production of liquefied natural gas at the Coral South gas field off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado in 2022.

[AIM] Mozambique has launched a programme to improve forestry management in the face of illegal logging and other malpractices which are costing the country incalculable amounts.

[AIM] Over 465,000 residents of 15 neighbourhoods in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area will enjoy a better water supply service, following the inauguration on 17 June of the distribution centres in Matlhemele and Guava neighbourhoods.

[AIM] The customs authorities in the northern port of Nacala have foiled an attempt to illegally export four containers of unprocessed logs destined for China, according to a report in the newssheet "Carta de Mocambique".

[AIM] A former Attorney-General, Sinai Nhatitima, has been appointed to head the ten-member Commission of Inquiry investigating allegations of sexual exploitation of inmates of the Ndlavela Women's Prison, in the southern municipality of Matola.

[AIM] The British charity, the Vodaphone Foundation, and the United Nations Refugee Agency, the UNHCR, have opened two Instant Network Schools in northern Mozambique to help with the education of nine thousand children who are missing their schooling...

[AIM] The World Bank on 18 June approved a US$150 million credit to support the Mozambican government's Northern Mozambique Rural Resilience Fund, with the funds being made available through the Bank's International Development Association (IDA).

[AIM] A lack of funds is hampering the efforts of aid agencies to provide life-saving assistance and protection to 1.1 million people in the northern Mozambican provinces of Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula, according to the United Nations Office for...

[AIM] The authorities on 22 June seized 309 kilos of the illicit drug methamphetamine (crystal meth) in Bive village, Mocuba district, in the central province of Zambezia, according to a report by the television station STV.

[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi met with the leader of the main opposition party, Renamo, Ossufo Momade, on 23 June, to discuss progress in implementing the peace agreement the two men signed in August 2019.

[AIM] The African Development Bank (ADB) and the Italian Technical Cooperation Fund on 24 June announced that a grant of ?990,000 has been awarded to help small agro-processing enterprises in Mozambique boost production and quality control.