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Mozambique: Business Queries Latest Government Subsidies

The Confederation of Mozambican Business Associations (CTA) has queried the feasibility of the government's latest measures to alleviate the cost of living for the poorest strata of urban society.

Mozambique Harvests 112,000 Tons of Cashew Nuts in 2010-11, AIM reports

Mozambique harvested 112,000 metric tons of cashew nuts in the 2010-11 season, Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique reported, citing Filomena Maiopue, director of the Mozambican Cashew Institute.

Mozambique: Technology Revolution Hits HIV Testing and Treatment

Delayed test results often mean HIV patients in Mozambique fail to get timely treatment, but new technology is reducing the need to send tests to far away laboratories, and speeding up test results and HIV treatment.

Mozambique: North Overwhelmed by Asylum Seekers

Thousands of frustrated Ethiopian and Somali asylum seekers trying to make their way to South Africa have been marooned in overcrowded camps in northern Mozambique since the government introduced measures limiting their movements.

MOZAMBIQUE: North overwhelmed by asylum seekers

JOHANNESBURG, 12 May 2011 (IRIN) - Thousands of frustrated Ethiopian and Somali asylum seekers trying to make their way to South Africa have been marooned in overcrowded camps in northern Mozambique since the government introduced measures limiting their movements.

Mozambique Calls for Exporting Finished Goods

Pyongyang, May 11 (KCNA) -- Mozambique's Minister of Mineral Resources Esperance Bias on Sunday stressed the need for the country to go in the direction of exporting finished goods.

Mozambique - Peace Corps volunteer raped

A US Peace Corps volunteer has been raped at knife-point in central Mozambique.

US Peace Corps volunteer raped in Mozambique: police

A US Peace Corps volunteer was raped at knife-point in central Mozambique, police said Wednesday, as the US Congress prepared to open hearings into the safety of the agency's volunteers worldwide.

MOZAMBIQUE: Cheaper new food subsidy coming

MAPUTO, 11 May 2011 ( IRIN ) - Mozambique's government will again attempt to curtail subsidy expenditures for essential foods and services, but this time its approach will be more nuanced so as to avoid a repeat of the cost-of-living protests in 2010.

Vale: Production at Mozambique mine begins in July

Brazilian mining company Vale says it will start producing in July at a $1.7 billion coal mine in Mozambique. Vale is the world's largest producer of iron ore. The company says in a statement that the mine will produce 11 million tons per year.

Vale opens Mozambique coal mine

Brazilian mining giant Vale opens a new $1.7-billion coal mine in Mozambique on Sunday, tapping the southern African country's thermal and coking coal reserves of around 23 billion tonnes.

Mozambique: Positive Economic Performance in 2010 - Chang

The Mozambican economy performed positively in 2010, according to Finance Minister Manuel Chang, with a growth in GDP of 6.5 per cent, above the average for sub-Saharan Africa of 5.9 per cent.

Mozambique: General Subsidies Unsustainable - Cuereneia

Mozambique's Minister of Planning and Development, Aiuba Cuereneia, admitted on Friday that the government is unable to maintain for much longer the subsidies adopted since early 2008 to mitigate the high cost of living.

Mozambique: Subsidised Foodstuffs for Urban Poor

The basic basket of subsidised foodstuffs which the Mozambican government plans to introduce for the urban poor will be attributed on the basis of income, not of wages.

Mozambique: Government Will Liberalise Bus Fares

With the gradual removal of fuel subsidies, the Mozambican government intends to liberalise fares for passenger transport, which will be determined by "the rules of the market", according to Luis Mula, of the Transport Ministry.