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Lucílio Manjate wins

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Lucílio Manjate wins

The young Mozambican writer Luc
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Mozambique free from hemorrhagic fever.

The joint director of health, Martinho Djedje, has said that Mozambique remains free of the hemorrhagic fever which caused three deaths in South Africa in October. Djedje told
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“O Pais” newspaper re-launched.

The Maputo-based weekly newspaper “O Pais” has been re-launched as a daily. Owned by independent Mozambican media company SOICO, the publication is now a 32-page full colour tabloid with a...
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One-stop border for South Africa and Mozambique.

Mozambique and South Africa are to create a one-stop border post (OSBP) at Lebombo-Ressano Garcia to ease the movement of goods and people between the countries. Currently people and goods have to cle...
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English-speaking Alcoholics Anonymous.

The Maputo chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has launched an English-speaking group with support from the United States embassy and the American International School. The group meets on Wednesdays...
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Book review:

Mozambique is a country of unending problems: this is the thrust of
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World Bank loan for Mozambican bank.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector funding arm of the World Bank, has provided US$8.5 million to support a loan facility for small- and medium-sized companies operated by...
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President Guebuza to run for re-election.

Incumbent president Armando Guebuza is the candidate for the ruling FRELIMO (Mozambique Liberation Front) party in the December 2009 presidential elections. The decision came after the head of state r...
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Mozambique bushfires claim 49 lives.

At least 49 people have been killed and a further 23 seriously injured in uncontrolled bushfires in central Mozambique since the start of September, a government spokesman has said. In addition over 2...
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Water distribution network extended.

About 1.5 million new consumers in Maputo, Matola and Boane will be linked to the water distribution network by the end of 2009, local newspaper
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World Bank funds education initiative in Mozambique.

The World Bank has donated $79 million to support primary and secondary schooling, professional education, teacher training, higher education, school health and institutional development in Mozambique...
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Umhlanga (Reed Dance) in Swaziland.

This year the annual Umhlanga (or Reed Dance) in Swaziland takes place on 1 September. Over 20,000 unmarried and childless girls and teenagers from all over the country gather reeds and present them a...
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Airport cargo terminal nears completion.

Work on the new cargo terminal at Maputo international airport should be finished by the end of October according to airport operator Aeroportos de Mo
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AIDS orphans in Mozambique on the rise.

Over 380,000 out of a total of 1.6 million child orphans in Mozambique have lost their parents due to AIDS-related diseases and this figure could rise to 650,000 by the end of 2010, according to the U...
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Government approves biofuel project.

The government has given its backing to a $280 million project to produce ethanol from sugar cane. The initiative involves the cultivation of approximately 18,000 hectares of land in the Dombe municip...
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Book review: development in Mozambique.

Mozambican publisher Missanga has launched
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Brazil to create African University in Redenção.

Brazil is to create a special university based in Reden
Maputo News

Zimbabwean refugees in Mozambique.

Mozambique is considering setting up transit centres for thousands of refugees seeking shelter from violence in neighbouring Zimbabwe, Goncalves Sengo, head of the national refugee assistance institut...
Maputo News

Mozambique airlines raises ticket price.

Mozambique airlines (LAM) is to increase the cost of domestic flights by ten per cent in response to the rising cost of jet fuel. In a statement the national flag carrier said fuel costs rose from 35...
Maputo News

ICSU general assembly in Maputo

The International Council for Science (ICSU) is holding its 29th general assembly in Maputo in October. This will be the first time that the international research and advisory body holds its general...
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International trade fair in Maputo.

The 44th edition of the Maputo International Trade Fair (Facim/2008) will take place from 1 to 7 September. Businesses from all over the world will come together in the Mozambican capital to present a...
Maputo News

New biofuel plant in Mozambique.

Biofuels production in Mozambique could soon get a boost thanks to a project for the creation of a new agro-industrial complex in Manhi
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Mozambique improves in World Bank governance indicators.

Mozambique has improved its ranking in four out of six of the World Bank
Maputo News

Portugal cancels Mozambique debt.

Portugal has formally cancelled Mozambique
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