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In Changara, the Dead Vote AgainAs the Constitutional Council considers the results of the 28 October general elections, and the appeal against them by the former rebel movement Renamo, one of the issues it will have to consider is the curious case of polling stations that declared a turnout of 95 per cent, 100 percent or more. (AllAfrica)
Need to Regulate Sale of Medicines Stressed
Mozambican Health Minister Ivo Garrido on Tuesday warned African countries not to neglect the problems of regulation and control of the sale of medicines on the continent. (AllAfrica)
Alarming Failure Rates in Secondary School Exams
Failure rates in this year's examinations in central Maputo secondary schools are over 80 per cent, and in some classes reached 100 per cent, according to a report on the independent television station STV. (AllAfrica)
Renamo Claims Plot to Eliminate Dhlakama
Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo has accused the ruling Frelimo party and the Mozambican police of conspiring to kidnap or assassinate its leader, Afonso Dhlakama. (AllAfrica)
Mozambique: Former Minister 'Did Not Know' Loans for His Children Were Illegal
Mozambique's former Transport Minister, Antonio Munguambe, on Wednesday admitted that he had requested a large loan from the publicly owned airports company, ADM, to pay school fees for his children studying in South Africa.
(Topix.net)Brazil to invest 300 million dollars in Mozambique infrastructure
Brazil has plans to invest 300 million dollars to develop infrastructure in Mozambique, where the Latin American giant is a big investor in coal and biofuels, a Mozambican newspaper reported Thursday.
(Topix.net)MOZAMBIQUE: Historic railway revived
Vendors selling to passengers at the Savane train station. The rebuilt Sena Railway has brought new life to the Mozambican communities it serves As the locomotive rolls into Savane, a colorful palette of vendors converges on the station to sell sandwiches, soft drinks, fruit and other articles to passengers.
(Topix.net)Four People Died in Cholera Riot
Four people lost their lives when the Mozambican police opened fire on a mob destroying a cholera treatment centre in the northern province of Cabo Delgado earlier this month, according to a report in the Beira daily paper "Diario de Mozambique". (AllAfrica)
Building Workers' Union Changes Its Line
Mozambique's National Union of Building, Timber and Mine Workers (SINTICIM) has accused the General Inspectorate of Labour (IGT) of bungling its investigation into the deaths of two workers on a Maputo building site in October. (AllAfrica)
Definitive Census Results - Nampula
The number of people living in Mozambique's most populous province, Nampula, has now reached almost four million, according to the detailed data from the 2007 census . (AllAfrica)
'I Couldn't Stop Illicit Payments', Says Witness
The former financial director of the Mozambican Airports Company (ADM), Hermenegildo Mavale, on Monday told the Maputo City Court that the former ADM chairman, Diodino Cambaza, on trial for swindling the company out of the equivalent of two million US dollars, ran the business on the basis of verbal instructions. (AllAfrica)
Decision to Expel Ex-Renamo Deputies Reaffirmed
As expected, the Standing Commission of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Monday reiterated its decision to deprive nine parliamentary deputies of their seats because they fought the October general election on the ticket of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM). (AllAfrica)
Mozambique: Budget Support From World Bank
The World Bank has provided a 110 million US dollar credit to Mozambique as direct budget support, under an agreement signed in Maputo on Friday by Planning and Cooperation Minister Aiuba Cuereneia and the World Bank representative in Maputo, Luiz Tavares.
(Topix.net)Mozambique: Ports Deny Malawian Claims
Mozambican port managers have denied claims by Malawi that the current shortage of fuel in that country is due to congestion in the Mozambican ports of Nacala and Beira.
(Topix.net)Election Observers Criticise Commission Over 'Malpractice'
Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) has done "little or nothing" to investigate the malpractice that occurred during the 28 October general elections, accuses the Electoral Observatory (OE), the largest and most credible group of Mozambican election observers. (AllAfrica)
Angola 2010 - Amodu Cautious, Oliseh Warns as Eagles Draw Egypt, Mozambique
AS the 2010 Africa Nations Cup draw conducted in Angola Friday pitched the Super Eagles against defending champions, Egypt, Mozambique and Benin Republic in Group C, Chief Coach Shaibu Amodu and ex captainof the team, Sunday Oliseh have warned on the toughness of the opposition expected at the event. (AllAfrica)
Country Withdraws From Shipping Project
Mozambique has decided to pull out of a project to establish a shipping route from landlocked Malawi to the Indian Ocean, along the Shire and Zambezi rivers. (AllAfrica)
Guebuza Opens Afraa Meeting
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Monday called on African air companies to work together to overcome the current international financial crisis. (AllAfrica)
Graca Machel Wins Children's Rights Prize
Graca Machel, the widow of the first Mozambican, President Samora Machel, and her husband, the former South African President Nelson Mandela, were named in Stockholm on Friday the winners of the prize for children's rights. (AllAfrica)
Frelimo Member Defects to MDM
A former member of the Beira Municipal Assembly has defected from the ruling Frelimo Party to the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) - but Frelimo has dismissed him as "a swindler". (AllAfrica)
Dhlakama Suffering From Arthrosis
Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, is suffering from arthrosis, according to medical sources in the northern city of Nampula. (AllAfrica)
Talks Deadline Lapses Without any Progress
THE 15-day deadline set by the Sadc organ on politics, defence and security to kick-start negotiations to end the impasse over the outstanding issues of the global political agreement lapses today with no indications as to when the talks will commence.
(Topix.net)MDC-T launches attack on MDC-M for delaying talks
The mainstream MDC on Friday launched a stinging attack on negotiators from the MDC-M, branding their counterparts as a mischievious and insincerea for delaying talks to resolve the outstanding issues in the unity government.
(Topix.net)Mozambique: Natural Gas for Maputo Power Stations
The two diesel fired back-up power stations that can provide Maputo with electricity in the event of interruption to the normal power supply are being converted to run on natural gas, according to a report in Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias". The publicly owned electricity company, EDM, has signed a memorandum of intentions with the ...
(Topix.net)Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF, MDC in Fresh Attempt to Mend Ties
Fresh negotiations to deal with the so-called outstanding issues in the unity government are expected to begin in earnest this weekend nearly two weeks after the Southern African Development Community Troika directed at its meeting in Mozambique that Zimbabwe resolves its niggling issues within 30 days.
(Topix.net)Landmine operation pays off in Mozambique
Maputo - Four of Mozambique's provinces - Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula in the north and central Zambezia - have been declared free of landmines, the government said.
(Topix.net)Mozambique: Dhlakama Threatens 'Revolution', But Not by Him
Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has once again threatened an "incendiary revolution", because of the alleged "theft of votes" in last week's general elections.
(Topix.net)Mozambique: Very high Tete turnout suggests massive ballot box stuffing
Mozambique political process bulletin A highly unlikely 66% turnout in Tete suggests massive ballot box stuffing.
(Topix.net)Biofuels Targeted by Oil Companies
The claim that biofuels are a threat to food security comes from multinational oil companies, who fear that biofuels are a threat to their business, alleged Jose Bellini, coordinator for agrobusiness of the Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock Research company, EMBRAPA, in Maputo on Thursday. (AllAfrica)
Southern African Rail Managers Meet in Maputo
The Southern African Railways Association (SARA) held its 29th board meeting in Maputo on Friday, bringing together railway managers from across the southern African region. (AllAfrica)
Budget Support From World Bank
The World Bank has provided a 110 million US dollar credit to Mozambique as direct budget support, under an agreement signed in Maputo on Friday by Planning and Cooperation Minister Aiuba Cuereneia and the World Bank representative in Maputo, Luiz Tavares. (AllAfrica)