Mozambique

ELECTORAL LANDSCAPE SPLIT THREE WAYS

As The Indian Ocean Newsletter closed for press this week, voting stations were opening for business in Mozambique after an [...]

Heads of state from the so-called Front Line countries met [...]

THE CHURCH AND THE ELECTIONS

The Roman Catholic church hierarchy in Mozambique says it is in a position to recognize with precision any cases of [...]

SERIOUS FEARS OF UN ENVOY

The United Nations secretary general's special representative in Mozambique Aldo Ajello has taken very seriously the threat this week by [...]

JULIUS NYERERE

The former Tanzanian head of state (1961-1985) told the South [...]

PORTUGUESE SOCIALISTS IN MAPUTO

Portugal's Socialist Party is split over Mozambique's general elections. In one camp, a party member from Porto, Antonio Peres, who [...]

PRICE OF VOTING

The list of electoral "dirty tricks" appears to include the payment of 10,000 meticais (US$1.5 at the official exchange rate) [...]

THREE CFD LOANS

Caisse Française de Développement (CFD) last month authorized loans to Mauritius, Mozambique and Reunion Island. The FFr.30 million loan to [...]

SALAMAO MUCHANGA

Salamao Muchanga and four other officials of RENAMO's youth league [...]

The Southern Africa Development Community's Mining Coordinating Unit and the [...]

MAJOR EUROPEAN UNION/SADC MINING FORUM

The European Commission and the 11-member Southern African Development Community [...]

CFD LOAN APPROVED

The Caisse Francaise de Developpement has just given a final [...]

Spotlight
ELECTORAL PERILS

With only three weeks to go to the general elections scheduled for October 27 and 28, the tone has sharpened considerably between leaders and supporters of the two main political groups: the FRELIMO government party headed by head of state [.

LAND DISPUTE AT MOAMBA

Local residents in Chankulo, a rural zone lying between Ressano Garcia (on the South African frontier) and Moamba (north-west of [...]

MANFREDO DI CAMERANA

Italy's ambassador to Mozambique since 1989, Manfredo Incisa Di Camerana, will leave his post about the end of the year [...]

UNOMOZ HELPS TRADE

Several Portuguese companies in the transmissions sector have taken advantage of the presence of a transmissions unit in the Portuguese [...]

Representatives of central banks from Portuguese-speaking countries met in Lisbon [...]

ARMANDO GUEBUZA

Mozambique's transport minister is in open conflict with a traditional [...]

The European Union is to send 202 observers to cover [...]