All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Emergency work on the Sena rail line in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, following a major derailment on 23 June, have been concluded, much earlier than initially expected, reports Friday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Rabbiting On (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
We left yesterday afternoon, so I am not sure if this counts as Day One or Day Two of the trip, so, let's call it Day One an a Half... There was a lot of last minute stuff to arrange before we could leave Johannesburg to be homeless for six months, from receiving last minute parcels to shipping belongings to Germany, from cancelling gym membership to fitting a steering guard - some of those things...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Nine years have passed since Mozambique signed the Rome Statute setting up the International Criminal Court, yet the country has still not ratified this treaty, the chairperson of the Mozambique Bar Association (OAM), Gilberto Correia, noted in Maputo on Monday.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
MAPUTO, Mozambique, June 27 (UPI) -- Mozambique has agreed to keep commercial interests out of a newly discovered pristine rain forest, environmentalists say. Representatives from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust and other groups hoping to protect the rain forest of Mount Mabu say government ministers will preserve the area after new snake, butterfly and chameleon...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Conservation secured after expedition discovers new species of snake, butterfly and chameleon in untouched African landscape The unique lost rainforest of Mount Mabu is to be given protection from exploitation, following a new expedition to the remote area revealed a host of new species. The existence of the pristine forest in northern Mozambique was revealed by the Observer last year, and was originally...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Conservation secured after expedition discovers new species of snake, butterfly and chameleon in untouched African landscape The unique lost rainforest of Mount Mabu is to be given protection from exploitation, following a new expedition to the remote area revealed a host of new species. The existence of the pristine forest in northern Mozambique was revealed by the Observer last year, and was originally...
Recent Posts at Lightstalkers (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Maputo — Mozambique's foremost photo-journalist, Ricardo Rangel, died on Thursday night, at the age of 85. Sources in his family said he passed away peacefully in his sleep, in his Maputo home. Rangel was born in Maputo, then known by the colonial name of Lourenco Marques, in February 1924. His family was ethnically mixed, with roots in Africa, Europe and Asia. He spent much of his childhood...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Natural gas from the Temane and Pande gas fields, in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane, is to be piped to homes in Maputo city and the surrounding area by 2012 as part of a government programme to expand the number of users of this natural resource.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
The air link between Luanda (Angola) and Maputo (Mozambique) could be resumed at the end of the current year, revealed Tuesday the Mozambican ambassador to Angola, António Matonse.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Thieves are sabotaging the high voltage power line from the northern Mozambican city of Nampula to the port of Nacala by stealing metallic parts from the pylons, reports Tuesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
The Mozambican police seized about a tonne of the drug hashish last Friday night on Chonguene beach in the southern province of Gaza, according to a report in Tuesday's issue of the Maputo daily paper "Noticias".
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Angola participates since this Monday until the 26th June, in Maputo, Mozambique, in the first Euro-African Campus for Cultural Co-operation, which is supposed to discuss, among other subjects, migration and culture in both continents.
Bosses blog (Free subscription) | 06/21/2009
A Minha Voz, Zenaida Machado In The Red Light District, located in the heart of the oldest part of Amsterdam, marijuana, alcohol and prostitution can be enjoyed freely over the canals, just next to the old church, recreating the old Babylon cited in the Bible. In my country Mozambique, prostitution is not legalized. However, the hypocrisy of our politicians has allowed a small version of the Red Light...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
The Bank of Mozambique signed on Wednesday with the French Development Agency (AFD) a financing agreement under which the French government is to grant 1.5 million euros (2.1 million US dollars) to Mozambique to support the development of aquaculture to cultivate prawns, reports Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias'.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
The movies entitled "O comboio da Canhoca" and "O herói" directed by the Angolan filmmakers Orlando Fortunato and Zézé Gamboa, respectively, will represent the country on 18- 25 June in Maputo City, Mozambique, in the first Cinema and Audiovisual show of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP).
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