Maputo News
Mozambique removes anti-gay law
Country revises colonial-era legislation
Homosexual acts will no longer be deemed a criminal offence in Mozambique after 29 June when the country sings into effect new legislation to replace coloni...
Maputo News
Mozambique police involved in theft of rhino horn
Contrary to previous denials it has now been confirmed that senior police officers were involved in the theft of 12 rhino horns, following the early May haul of over 300 elephant tusks and 65 rhino ho...
Maputo News
Rhino horns go missing in Maputo
Maputo police have confirmed that 12 rhino horns have gone missing from the haul made on 12 May when 65 rhino horns and 340 elephant tusks were seized.
Six Mozambicans have been arrested. The haul...
Maputo News
Slaughter of Mozambique elephants
Elephant population halved in five years
There are only about 10,300 elephants left in Mozambique compared with 22,000 just five years ago according to a Mozambique government-backed survey made in...
Maputo News
Mozambique pledges bilingual education by 2017
Education ministry to teach Portuguese as foreign language
Education is to become fully bilingual in Mozambique, with the country's primary school children being taught in 16 Mozambican languages...
Maputo News
Mozambican president sworn in
Opposition party boycotts inauguration ceremony
Mozambique's new president Filipe Nyusi was sworn into office on 15 January at a ceremony that was boycotted by the main opposition party Renamo, whi...
Maputo News
Mozambican parliament sworn in
Opposition threatens to form breakaway state
Outgoing Mozambican president Armando Guebuza opened the nation's new parliament in Maputo on 12 January.
The new president Filipe Nyusi of Frelimo w...
Maputo News
Major new bridge for Maputo Bay
Bridge works to begin in 2015
Construction of the suspension bridge across Maputo Bay is expected to begin in early 2015 and is due for completion by the end of 2017.
The bridge, which will lin...
Maputo News
Mozambique's Nacala airport set to open
Airport to become commerical hub for northern Mozambique
The old airbase at Nacala in the north of Mozambique will reopen as a new international airport on 13 December, according to the nation's t...
Maputo News
Nyusi confirmed winner of Mozambique presidental elections
Frelimo wins elections with reduced majority
Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) has officially confirmed that Filipe Nyusi, the candidate of the ruling Frelimo Party, has won the Moz...
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Association of Mozambique Investors
AFIM is a non-profit making association that works to promote investment and economic development in Mozambique by creating links between investors, government...
Maputo Yellow pages
International Club of Maputo
English-language social club offering opportunities for friendship, culture and networking to English-speaking women of all ages and nationalities living in Moz...
Maputo Yellow pages
Maputo Young Professionals Network
The Maputo Young Professionals Network (MYPN) is an informal gathering of junior diplomats and young professionals working in international organisations, the g...
