By Gregory September In a continent where sovereign debt rarely shrinks ahead of schedule, Mozambique has done something that 85 countries with outstanding International Monetary Fund...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu On Saturday, March 14, 2026, Rwanda announced it may pull its troops from Cabo Delgado, the northern Mozambican province where an Islamist...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa has long been a target of outside interests looking to capitalize on what the continent has to offer. The 19th-century European exploration...
By Dishant Shah On paper, Africa is a geological powerhouse. The continent harbors nearly 30 percent of the world’s known reserves of cobalt, lithium, manganese, rare...
By Gregory Simpkins When the United Nations General Assembly reconvened in September, there was a renewed call for Africa to assume at least one permanent seat...
By John Kourkoutas When it comes to Africa’s emerging business hubs, Mozambique doesn’t always command the spotlight – but perhaps it should. Nestled along the southeastern...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Years ago, the discovery of vast natural gas reserves off the coast of Mozambique ignited hopes for a brighter economic future. For...
By NJ Ayuk Mozambique is not seeking handouts to lift its people out of poverty. Instead, it is determined to harness its natural resources to drive...
Daniel Chapo was inaugurated as Mozambique’s fifth president on Wednesday in Maputo, despite ongoing protests over disputed election results. In his speech, the 48-year-old law graduate...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Southern Africa was one of the regional security complexes in Africa that was pronouncedly affected by the Cold War. In the 1960s...
Mozambique held elections on Wednesday, capturing regional attention as the country embarks on a significant leadership transition. Around 17 million eligible voters were expected to participate,...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The Rovuma River serves as a natural geographical boundary between Mozambique and Tanzania, defining part of the border along the Indian Ocean...
Mozambique is currently in the midst of a 45-day election campaign to select its next president, as President Filipe Nyusi prepares to step down in January,...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The Global Terrorism Index, a comprehensive study evaluating the impact of terrorism in 163 countries, covers about 99.7 percent of the world’s...
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Monday that his administration is currently in negotiations with Zimbabwean authorities to extend the Machipanda railway into Botswana. The Machipanda...
Bloomberg | Mozambique is seeking to become one of Africa’s biggest hydropower producers and launch a green hydrogen industry. The government plans to add 14,000 megawatts...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The geographical feature that partly separates Mozambique from Tanzania is the Rovuma River. Much of the almost a thousand-kilometre water body creates...
By Caroline Kimeu When Ugandans Maureen Agena and Edward Echwalu arrived at the Lesotho border during their five-month road trip across east and southern Africa, the...
By Morgan J. Robinson Kiswahili originated in east Africa, spreading around the continent and the globe. It’s been adopted as a working language at the African...
Bloomberg | Long-delayed negotiations between Tanzania and oil majors for a US$42 billion onshore liquefied natural gas plant were concluded in May, paving the way for...
Bloomberg | A court in Mozambique found the former president’s son and 10 others guilty for their role in a US$2 billion tuna-bond scandal that spawned...
AFP | Mozambique has officially started exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced in the country’s restive north, President Filipe Nyusi said on Sunday. Nyusi said Mozambique...
AP | The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Diébédo Francis Kéré, a Berlin-based architect, educator and social activist, for a craft that is “sustainable...
By John M. Mugane Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognized language. It is...
The Bahamas government has reversed its policy of imposing travel restrictions on persons coming from certain African countries, indicating that the decision had been taken due...
Our health team has advised that it is not necessary at this time to impose a travel ban on South African countries - St. Kitts &...
As negotiators at the Glasgow climate talks try to agree on greenhouse gas cuts, African leaders say poorer countries can’t be expected to remake their systems...
As the country continues to experience a power crunch.
Citizens cannot be forced to wait in order to have reliable energy and live modern, dignified lives
Project should provide access to power to all Mozambicans
Strong economic growth in Mozambique is supported by major investments in the coal mining and natural gas sectors but stricter control over state-run firms is necessary,...
The economy of Mozambique grew by an estimated 9.6 percent in 2014, higher than an earlier forecast of 7.7 percent, the government said on Wednesday. Inflation...
Filipe Nyusi, 56, was sworn in as Mozambique’s new president following his election victory last October, promising to modernize the economy and maintain peace in the...
Mozambican voter casts her ballot in the country’s general elections, Oct. 15, 2014. PHOTO/Ferhat Momade/AP Voters in Mozambique started casting their ballots Wednesday in the general...
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza PHOTO/Aly Ramji /Mediapix Mozambique’s president Armando Guebuza early last week rejected a luxury Mercedes-Benz given to him by a business association, insisting...
AGOA allows 6,400 products from eligible Sub-Saharan African countries to enter the United States duty free. In 2013, according to US Department of Commerce, United States...
Early in the morning, Rudy Manuel accompanies his father to the farm of their Chinese agricultural partner to sell the rice produced in his father’s land....
African banks are set to maximize on trade finance space left by European lenders due to tough capital requirements. However, bureaucracy and inadequate research are two...
Ethiopia’s leading private oil marketer plans to expand into neighboring east African economies and is interested in part financing a refinery after commercial discoveries in the...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is set to hit 5.2 per cent, up from 4.7 per cent, the World Bank has said. “This performance is boosted by...
Mozambique expects a peaceful presidential and general elections in October to maintain its image as a country that is experiencing rapid economic growth and a popular...
Mozambique’s ruling party – the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) are set to nominate a candidate as its presidential frontrunner in a bid to...
A younger Eusebio in action while playing for his club Benefica. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Portuguese great Eusebio, top scorer at the 1966 Soccer World Cup, died...
In 1975, just after Mozambique had won its independence from Portugal after a bitter struggle, a quarter of a million Portuguese colonialist settlers left the country....
(Bloomberg Businessweek) – Tanzania sees natural gas reserves more than doubling by early 2015 from the 40 trillion cubic feet discovered, as the east African country...
(Reuters) – Zambia’s mines and energy said on Monday the government would revoke oil exploration licences of companies that had been awarded them but had not...
(Reuters) – Mozambique plans to take advantage of massive gas reserves to develop domestic industries as well as export liquefied natural gas, boosting government revenue by...
(Reuters)- Some of the world’s biggest oil firms including Exxon Mobil and Shell are keen to play a part in developing Mozambique’s huge gas fields, an...
(Reuters) –Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a Lagos-based development financier, is considering potential investments worth US$3 billion across sub-Saharan Africa over the next year, its chief executive...
Oil rig in Uganda. PHOTO/Tullow Oil (Reuters) – A worldwide rig shortage is delaying oil drilling in East Africa, which is slowing growth and pushing up...
Maria Mabjaia A teenager who only picked up sailing to keep out of mischief while her mother worked at a yacht club has become a Cinderella...
(Reuters) – Mozambique’s economic growth accelerated to 8.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 from 6.5 percent in the third quarter, data from the National...
The Cahora Bassa hydroelectric plant in Mozambique, provides electricity to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Mozambique’s power utility has cut off electricity supplies to Zimbabwe over...
Tropical beaches. Grilled prawns. Fine coffee. And an economy growing by almost 8 percent a year. Who wouldn’t be tempted by Mozambique? “Here we can have...
Once marred by conflict, Mozambique is slowly emerging as a popular tourist destination as people are drawn in by the tropical weather, beautiful beaches and rich...
Mozambique’s economy was likely to grow by 7.5 percent in 2012 from an estimated 7.2 percent growth in 2011 but core inflation, although the Consumer Price...
Police and immigration officials in Mozambique are investigating a group of 15 athletes from Ethiopia missing since Monday in Maputo, the Mozambique News Agency reports on...
