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Maputo News

Government tackles oil crisis.

The government has suspended import duties and sales tax on kerosene and diesel in an attempt to mitigate the rising price of oil and petrol products on the global market. The exemptions come into for...
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Alternative construction techniques discussed.

Participants at a recent seminar in Maputo have examined the use of alternative building materials and techniques as a way of mitigating the rising cost of conventional methods while meeting growing c...
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Direct flights between Maputo and Luanda to launch in November.

Direct flights between Mozambique and Angola could begin in November this year following negotiations between the countries
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Homage to Fernando Ganhão.

The Mozambican Writers
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?Seven wonders of Mozambique

Sociedade de Notocias, the publisher of Mozambique
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Conference on the digital divide.

The Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) and the University Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos - Brazil) are promoting the first Brazil-Mozambique conference on the digital divide, democracy and diversity (...
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Plastic bags to be banned in Maputo.

Plastic carrier bags are to be banned in Maputo due to their negative effect on the local drainage system, according to city mayor Eneas Comiche. The bags block manholes and drainage channels, prevent...
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Friends of José Craveirinha established.

The values and ideals of the late Mozambican poet Jos
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Mozambique world’s 50th most peaceful country.

Mozambique has climbed two places to 50th place in the ranking of the world
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Mozambicans flee xenophobia in South Africa.

Roughly 1,000 Mozambican nationals arrived at the central railway station in Maputo on 25 May to escape the xenophobic violence that has rocked South Africa in recent weeks. On arrival in the capital...
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Mozambican finalist for African Journalist 2008 award.

Fernando Lima is among the finalists in the African Journalist 2008 competition sponsored by America
Maputo News

Informal markets banned in Maputo.

The first phase of a project to prevent the opening of informal markets in Maputo is due to get underway in June. Overseen by the city council, the operation aims to ensure the proper management of pu...
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Tourism in Mozambique on the rise.

1,259,000 tourists visited Mozambique in 2007 according to ministry of tourism figures, representing a 21 per cent increase over the previous year. Accommodation capacity also increased by 8.2 per cen...
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Urban renewal in Maputo.

Maputo city council is due to begin a major urban renewal programme in the capital at the end of May, Portugal
Maputo News

Assembly of African Churches in Maputo.

The ninth general assembly of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) will take place in Maputo in December. Roughly 3,000 representatives of the pan-African ecumenical Christian fellowship will...
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Human trafficking law for Mozambique.

Parliament has approved unanimously a law on trafficking in persons, which contemplates prison sentences for offenders of up to 12 years among other measures. The law represents an important step fo...
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Mozambican police have

Human rights organisation Amnesty International has released a report accusing the Mozambican police of killing and torturing people with near total impunity. The study, titled
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Biennial on Education in Africa in Maputo.

Maputo is to host the biennial on education in Africa from 5-9 May. Organised by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the conference on education development brings toget...
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Feliciano dos Santos wins Goldman environmental prize.

Mozambican musician Feliciano dos Santos has won the Goldman environmental prize for Africa for his work to raise awareness about health and sanitation issues in the northern Niassa province of Mozamb...
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Eugénio de Lemos museum opens.

A museum dedicated to the late Mozambican abstract painter Eug
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Cyclone Jokwe hits Mozambique.

At least eight people have been killed and thousands more displaced by cyclone Jokwe in the northern coastal province of Nampula, local news sources report. The tropical storm hit land on 8 March with...
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Renewed call to eradicate backstreet abortions.

Urgent measures are needed to reduce the number of Mozambican women having backstreet abortions according to a recent seminar on the practice, the independent newspaper
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Government to subsidise fuel for chapas owners.

The government has decided to subsidise the cost of fuel for
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Maputo to get new gas-powered buses.

Maputo public transport company TPM is to introduce five new gas-powered buses to its existing fleet of 93 buses in a bid to cut running costs and improve services in the capital. The new vehicles w...
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Mozambique risks further flooding.

Tens of thousands of Mozambicans in the Zambezi river valley are being evacuated following the decision by the river authorities to open a floodgate in the Kariba dam upstream on the Zambia-Zimbabwe b...
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Transport fares rolled back after protests.

The government and the federation of road transport associations have revoked the increase in public transport fares in the Maputo area after clashes between police and demonstrators protesting agains...
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Transport price protest leaves at least one dead.

At least one person has died in Maputo on 5 February after police opened fire on a crowd demonstrating against a rise in public transport fares in the city. Thousands of people took to the streets of...
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