1,350 Electoral Observers Ready for Mozambique October Polls

The official Mozambique News Agency (AIM) has reported that Mozambique’s largest organization of electoral observers, Observatorio Eleitoral, has announced that it will deploy 1,350 poll observers countrywide on 28 October. Observatorio Eleitoral said...

Mozambique to Celebrate the 17th Anniversary of the Signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement

Mozambique will celebrate on Sunday the 17th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (GPA) in Rome, Italy which ended 16 years of a brutal and devastating civil war in 1992. The apartheid-backed RENAMO (Mozambican National Resistance)...

Mozambique Needs $32 Million to Continue Landmine Clearance Until 2014

The Mozambique government says it needs $32 million and is engaged in talks with agencies to secure funding for its de-mining projects until 2014. The head of the government’s National De-mining Institute (IND)’s Studies and Planning Department, Fernando...

Seven Injured During Political Violence in Mozambique

At least 7 people were injured in political violence between residents and supporters of the main opposition Renamo party in the northern city of Nacala, Radio Mozambique reported on Wednesday.

Mozambican Opposition Leader Threatens to Establish a Parallel Local Government

Mozambican opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama of Renamo has threatened to establish a parallel local government in the 43 municipalities that the ruling Frelimo party won in the November 2008 polls.

Mozambique Will Conclude Landmine Clearance in 2014

Mozambique would only manage to end landmine clearance in 2014 following the discovery of new areas covering 12 million square meters yet to be cleared, APA learned Monday.

Mozambique Sets 2009 Budget At $4 Billion

Mozambique’s parliament has approved the 2009 Annual Budget of $4 billion with a 55% deficit which the government hopes to cover up with heavy taxing, soft loans and grants.

Mozambique Voter Registration in Trouble, Again

Friday dawned rainy. Fifteen minutes past the opening hour posted outside, the voter registration office for the neighborhood of Malhangalene, in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, was still locked. A guard sat on a chair, text messaging on his cell phone,...